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A scanning electron microscope image of a fruit fly.

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I Think, Therefore I Am a Fruit Fly

Researchers found that even fruit flies seem deliberate over decisions

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Visit a Glass Labyrinth in Kansas City

The Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Mo., has a new interactive sculpture in the sculpture garden

Sriracha bottles on the line at Huy Fong Foods' Irwindale factory.

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Sriracha Is, Officially, Safe

Irwindale City Council voted to end their public nuisance complaint against the makers of Sriracha hot sauce

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Too Many Classroom Decorations Can Distract Young Students

Elementary students perform better when walls are left relatively bare

Thermogram images of an obese woman.

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A Third of All People on Earth Are Overweight Or Obese

Obesity rates are rising across the board

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Zebras Make the Longest Migratory Journey of Any of Africa’s Land Animals

Zebras travel twice as far as North America's migratory champion, the mule deer

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More Than 200 Hidden Paintings Were Discovered on the Walls of Angkor Wat

Researchers discovered the images by digitally enhancing photos of the temple's walls

NASA’s Rodent Habitat module with both access doors open.

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NASA's Lab Rats Get New Homes

The latest innovation in spaceflight: new rodent enclosures

A house in Detroit is demolished in 1992

40,000 of Detroit’s Buildings Could Be Torn Down

Detroit's Blight Removal Task Force is urging the city to tear down thousands of vacant buildings

He makes it look so easy.

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Humans Gave Up Our Strength to Support Our Big Heads

Evolution may have traded muscle mass for big brains

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When Gay Men Become Parents, Their Brains Act Like Both Straight Mothers' And Fathers' Brains

In the absence of a mother, gay men's brains become blind to gender and step up to the full task of parenthood

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"Reading Rainbow" Is Trying to Raise $1 Million on Kickstarter to Bring the Show to the Web

The beloved show "Reading Rainbow" is seeking funding to expand to the web

Maya Angelou by Ross Rossin, 2013.

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Maya Angelou Was One of the Most Influential Voices of Our Time

Maya Angelou was poet, novelist, educator, producer, actress, filmmaker, dancer and civil rights activist

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Using GIS to Factcheck Julius Caesar's Account of the Gallic Wars

Scientists are using modern technology to check whether Julius Caesar's accounting of Roman history was accurate

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Female Pigs Respond Differently to Batches of Sperm Carrying Mostly X Or Mostly Y Chromosomes

In an experiment, mother pigs' gene expression changed depending on the sperm type they were fertilized wtih

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You Could Smell Like A Viking

York has come up with a new tourism stunt: smell like a Viking

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Watch This Adorable Mammal Hatch From an Egg

A 1974 nature video shows a spiny anteater hatching

The New York Stock Exchange all gussied up for Twitter's opening day.

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Scientists Will Soon Be Trawling Through All of Your Tweets

Twitter is opening up their entire archives to researchers

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Ordinary People Respond More Strongly to "Global Warming" Than to "Climate Change"

Americans respond differently to the same scientific concept depending on the terminology being used

Armed militiamen from the pro-Russian Vostok Battallion took part in a rally held in Lenin's square, Donetsk, against Ukraine's presidential elections being held across the country.

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Dozens Dead After Fighting Erupts in Donetsk, Ukraine

Ukraine's military pushed to clear pro-Russian rebels out of the eastern provinces

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