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South Africans celebrate at a gay pride event outside Johannesburg in 2013. While other countries have passed legislation criminalizing homosexuality, South Africa has advocated tolerance.

Some African Countries Are Trying to Use Science to Make Homophobic Laws, Now African Scientists are Pushing Back

Some African countries have tried to use science to justify laws that criminalize homosexuality

Flamingos at the the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo in Israel, possibly contemplating their escape

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Forget Llamas and Lions, Flamingos Are the Best Escape Artists

The pink birds are tougher than they look

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U.S. Grants Captive Chimpanzees Endangered Species Status, Prohibiting Most Research on Them

Captive chimps now have the same protections as wild ones

New Research

Polar Bears are Eating Dolphins, Probably Thanks to Climate Change

A warmer winter lured a pod of white-beaked dolphins north but then ice trapped them, sealing their fate as a polar bear's meal

A concept illustration of the Hyperloop

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Elon Musk’s Futuristic Hyperloop is Coming to California Next Year

The project isn’t the enormous high-speed rail alternative that Elon Musk orginialy proposed, but it is close

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Excess Embryos: Families Are Now Adopting Unused Embryos Leftover from IVF Treatments

The practice is relatively new and touches on complicated legal and ethical issues

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Los Alamos’s “Atomic Secretary” Was Never Told What the Manhattan Project Was For

Dorothy McKibbin coordinated entry of all people and property to the Los Alamos site

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In California, Smart Water Meters Tattle on Wasteful Ways

The internet-connected meters provide nearly real-time feedback on water use

Afghan men stand near the ruins of the ancient Buddhas of Bamiyan.

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Destroyed Buddha Statues Are Coming Back to Life in Afghanistan as Beautiful 3D Projections

3D light projections recreate a pair of statues destroyed by the Taliban

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Lions and Tigers are on the Loose After Floods in Tibilisi, Georgia

Wild animals escaped a Tibilisi, Georgia zoo when their enclosures were destroyed

A composite image of the Philae lander on comet 67P.

Comet Lander Philae Wakes Up From Nap

"Are you there, Rosetta? It's me Philae"

A screen shot from a video about how Indo-European languages spread around the globe.

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Half of All Languages Come From This One Root Tongue. Here’s How it Conquered the Earth.

Today, three billion people speak Indo-European langauges

Dinosaurs likely weren't around to witness this lovely view from the rim of the Grand Canyon.

New Research

Dinosaurs (Probably) Never Saw the Grand Canyon

The canyon likely didn't exist in time to be a hang out for giant lizards

Some sommelier have taken an interest in pairing strains of marijuana with wine varieties.

Which Wine Should You Pair With Your Weed?

Forget the cheese and charcuterie

Saturn’s largest ring as spotted by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope in 2009

New Research

Saturn’s Rings Extend Farther Than Thought — Nearly 4 Million Miles From the Planet

The outermost ring is dark and dusty

Team WPI-CMU’s robot climbs over cinder blocks during the finals of the DARPA Robotic Challenge

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Worried About the Robot Takeover? Here’s a Video of Robots Falling Over

It’s like humanoid robots have ended adolescence — awkward clumsiness abounds

New Research

Here’s Why Americans Waste So Much Food

Spoiler alert: desire for freshness, fear of food poisoning play a role

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Behold the Weird Beauty of Mold

Scientists aren’t quite sure why mold comes in so many colors

New Research

How Much Water Did Rome’s Aqueducts Really Carry?

Not as much as previously thought

Fear the claw. More often than no, claw machines are likely rigged for you to lose.

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Here's How Claw Machines Are Rigged to Make Sure You Lose

That's why simply grabbing a prize is so deceptively difficult

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