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How a Piano Dropped from a Helicopter Paved the Way For Woodstock

The Piano Drop set the stage for the outdoor rock festival

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The Mystery of Colorado’s “Book Tosser” Has Been Solved

The litterbug blames Amazon, arthritis for his habit of illegally discarding books

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An Imagined Catalogue of Self-Assembling Furniture

The furniture of the future will put itself together

The moon during a lunar eclipse

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Japan Plans a Trip to the Moon by 2018

The lander will use information from Japan’s moon-orbiting satellite to stick the landing

Light micrograph of a two-celled human zygote (the earliest stages of the embryo)

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Gene Editing in Human Embryos Ignites Controversy

Chinese researchers have published the results of using a new gene-editing tool on human embryos

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Scientists Clash Over Stegosaurus Sexing

A new paper is causing controversy with claims that dinosaurs’ sex can be determined by their bones

Illustration of a Greek vase shows Dionysus leading three revelers toward likely hangovers

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Recently Translated Papyrus Details 1,900-Year-Old Hangover Cure

Those disappointed by the effectiveness of this 1,900-year old remedy can instead peruse the eye surgery techniques in other ancient texts

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Watch A Dangerous Yet Lovely Volcano Erupt in Chile

Calbuco volcano springs to life after more than 40 years of dormancy

A new record comes off the press machine at the GZ Media factory in Lodenice, Czech Republic in 2013

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Vinyl Presses Struggle to Keep up with the Resurgent Demand for Records

Only a handful of pressing plants can make records in the U.S. and their machinery is finicky

Several Yanomami at the community of Irotatheri, in Venezuela, wait to preform a dance for visiting journalists

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Even an Isolated Amazonian Tribe’s Microbes Are Antibiotic Resistant

The finding of antibiotic resistance in people who have never taken antibiotics highlights how hard it will be to combat superbugs

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A Record-Breaking Clock Won’t Lose a Second For Another 15 Billion Years

Strontium atomic clocks could eventually help scientists map the Earth’s shape

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Busted: A Years-Long Bourbon Conspiracy

Rogue distillery employee suspected to be at the center of a huge bourbon theft ring

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FBI Admits Pseudoscientific Hair Analysis Used in Hundreds of Cases

Nearly 3,000 cases included testimony about hair matches, a technique that has been debunked

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Cognitive Scientists Question a Journal's Gender Balance

A major journal publishes a special issue with a striking lack of women authors

Scientists use underwater vehicles like these to study eruptions beneath the surface.

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This is What An Underwater Volcano Sounds Like

Decoding the noises of magma and bubbles will help scientists study explosions from afar

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Here’s How Cinnamon is Harvested in Indonesia

Watch as the inner bark from cinnamon trees is cut and stripped down to create the spice

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There Might Really Be a Planet X, Lurking Beyond Pluto

The far reaches of our own solar system could contain worlds undiscovered.

The Magellan probe captured radar images of the surface of Venus

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Lifeless Venus Could Hold the Key to Life on Earth

Earth’s sister planet is astonishingly hostile to life, but exactly how it got that way has researchers intrigued

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This Is Why You Like to Cry In the Shower

Hot, steamy, sad

Ice cores in Colorado are stored in a freezer at -33F. The core pictured here is from Greenland.

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Ice Scientists of the Future Will Study Glaciers That No Longer Exist

Glaciologists are stocking up on ice cores to ensure a future for their field

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