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People already install bat houses to attract the insect-eating mammals, but one researcher is working to quantify exactly how much they may help
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A new service turns skin art into a gift that keeps on giving
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It doesn’t take many episodes
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Figuring out the chemical signature of death could help train dogs that aid law enforcement
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PETA Wants a Selfie-Snapping Monkey to be Granted Copyright to its Photo
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A sugar-sweet symbol for beat cops around the country
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Or at least, so the story goes of a British barrister’s decision to purchase the neolithic site for the equivalent of about $1 million
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Leaving cracks on the surface as it slowly contracts
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Just 41 words long, it provides a missing link for historians who have long wondered what the naturalist thought about religion
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The piggy that stayed home and the piggy that got roast beef get mixed up the most
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The pontiff spoke strongly about environmental action in an address to President Obama and the American people
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Apples make up 29 percent of the total fruit eaten by teens and kids in the United States
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The Environmental Protection Agency’s 2012 estimate was more than 50 percent off
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To chat with aliens, scientists might have to crack codes
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Putin and Berlusconi opened up a world of trouble along with a vintage bottle of booze
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#PotterItForward was designd to warm the hearts of future readers
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The location of major cables was once a secret, but now researchers hope knowledge of it will spark conversations on how to keep the system safe
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A collection of clips from real videos proves to be silly — and not just due to the fashion of the 1980s
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"The complexion was bad; in fact it was not even human," he wrote of Da Vinci’s mysterious smiling lady
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