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Longer Prison Sentences Make Incarceration More "Contagious"

When people receive prison sentences about 17 months or longer, their peers become significantly more likely to be locked up

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Former NASA Engineer Wants To Build A Car-Juggling Robot

Former NASA Engineer Wants To Build A Car-Juggling Robot

These mana potions won't actually let you cast fireballs.

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How Did "Mana," An Austronesian Religious Idea, Become a Gaming Staple?

Anthropologist Alex Golub tracks the path of mana, from ancient Taiwan to fantasy gaming culture

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See Exactly Where Air Quality in America Has Gotten Better

New maps from NASA show where air quality has gotten better over time

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko talks to the media after this morning's EU meeting in Brussels, Belgium.

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Ukraine Just Signed the Trade Deal That Was at the Heart of Its Revolutionary Uproar

When former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych abandoned a EU trade deal, he sparked protests. His successor just signed it.

Euclid, the Game

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This Geometry Game Is Nerdy, Addictive Fun

Bisecting an angle has never been more fun

Part of a healthy (neanderthal) diet

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Neanderthals Ate Their Vegetables

Traces of feces found in Spain show that neanderthals ate their vegetables

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This Rover Drives Under Ice And Could Explore Extraterrestrial Oceans

By driving on the underside of ice, this device can explore difficult-to-access waters on Earth, and possibly beyond.

Lt. Col. Geoffrey Barnes, Detachment 1 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Attack Squadron commander, performs a pre-flight inspection of an MQ-1B Predator unmanned drone aircraft in September 3, 2008.

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There Have Been 418 Major Drone Crashes Since 2001, Many of Them in the United States

Even the military is having drone problems

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Libraries Are Going to Start Lending Out Internet Hotspots

Libraries in New York and Chicago are planning to start lending out Wi-Fi hotspots to people who don’t have internet access at home

Members of the First Nation Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish and Musqueam bands paddle in traditional canoes during a Thanksgiving protest in North Vancouver, British Columbia October 14, 2013. The group are protesting the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion by energy company Kinder-Morgan and the increase of tanker traffic in the Burrard Inlet.

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One of Canada's Biggest Cities Just Officially Admitted That It Was Built on Unceded Aboriginal Territory

Vancouver city council decided that the land still belongs to the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh people

Unattributed photograph of William Howard Taft from 1909

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Taft’s Bathtubs Weighed A Ton

Taft might not have really gotten stuck in a bathtub, but he did seem to have a fondness for them

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Rush For "Himalayan Viagra" Leads to Clashes, Deaths

Demand for a medicinal fungus has led to over-harvesting of the substance in the Himalayas, as well as clashes and deaths.

4,500 year old Mesopotamian food offerings found in Bristol

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This 4,500-Year-Old Food From Iraq Was Found in a Cabinet in England

Spring cleaning got very interesting for researchers when they found remains of a Mesopotamian tomb offering in a cupboard

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In a Blizzard, You Can Watch How Wind Turbines Move the Air

It's pretty cool to see the patterns turbines create in the wind. But it could also help design better blades.

Plimoth Plantation, a recreation of what the Plymouth colony might have looked like

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Archaeologists Are Trying To Figure Out Exactly Where Plymouth Was

A new excavation is looking into the location of the famous colony

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This Is the Sound of Harley's Electric Motor Bike

It's quieter than it's combustion counterparts, but the new, distinctive sound is something Harley-Davidson hopes its fans will like

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5 Diseases You Can Get From Being Bitten—By A Human

As Uruguayan soccer player Luis Suárez demonstrated yesterday, sometimes people bite others. Here are five diseases you can get from human chomps.

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Big Antennas from the 1940s Are, Legally, the Same As Teeny Tiny Antennas in the 2010s

The fate of TV service start-up Aereo mirrors that of early cable companies

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Morning People May Act Less Ethically at Night

Early birds become less ethical late at night, and night owls are more likely to be dishonest early in the morning, a study shows.

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