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Some of America’s Nuclear Arsenal Is So Old It Still Runs on 8-Inch Floppies

The technology backing America's nuclear arsenal is showing its age

Mark and Scott Kelly in 2011

Twin Astronauts Are Helping NASA Learn How a Year in Space Changes the Human Body

Mark and Scott Kelly will be part of a living experiment

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Engineers Are Constructing a Giant Steel Lid to Contain Chernobyl’s Radioactive Core

The arch-shaped lid will protect against radioactive dust should Chernobyl's decaying facilities collapse

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Convenience Stores Are Killing Hotel Minibars

Once found in many hotels, minibars are slowly being phased out

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A Scientist's Gender Biases Mouse Research

Mice are scared of male researchers, but not female researchers, which could affect a huge chunk of biological research

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This Seal Tried to Steal Another Seal's Baby Before It Was Fully Born

Nature is not a nice place

A bowl of shark fin soup, which is sometimes made with meat from protected species of sharks

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People Caught Eating Rare Animals in China Might Soon Face Jail Time

Eating endangered species was never kosher, but now legitimate punishments can finally be dished out for this crime

Students at school in Lagos, Nigeria circa 2003 (not the school from which the 234 girls were kidnapped)

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After Two Weeks, 234 Abducted Nigerian Schoolgirls Are Still Missing

A terrorist group opposed to western education is thought to be behind the kidnappings

Tourists crowd the Sistine Chapel

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It Takes A Lot of Planning for a City to Canonize Two Popes At Once

At least 1.3 million people gathered for the canonization of two popes in Rome this weekend

Campbell's by Andy Warhol

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It Took Three Years to Restore 23 Pieces of Art Andy Warhol Made on a Computer in the 1980s

Trapped in an obsolete computer format, these works are finally seeing the digital light of day

View of ancient buildings in a sandstorm in Lanzhou city, northwest Chinas Gansu province, 24 April 2014

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Photos: A Massive Sandstorm Swept Across Northern China

The event is one of the largest to hit China in years

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These Look Like Ordinary Bikes, But If You Steal One, You Will Definitely Get Caught

From San Francisco to Wisconsin, bait bike are two-wheeled victims in disguise

A wolf-dog (left) and a mastiff.

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New Hampshire Has Too Many Wolf-Dogs

Are they domesticated pets or wild animals?

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Long-Haul Space Flights Might Damage Astronauts' Brains

This warning is based on a study involving rats, but researchers think it could apply to humans as well

No more selfies required with a vacation photographer

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People Are Hiring Professional Photographers for Their Vacations

Professional photo shoots aren’t just for weddings anymore

Part of the centuries old depiction from the Japanese art scroll He-Gassen

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Anthropologists Are Afraid to Ask About Farting

Why are farts so universally reviled?

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The Freezing Winter Forced New York's Rats To a New Food Source: Trees

This past winter was particularly hard on the animals

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Cougars Survived the Pleistocene Extinction Because They’ll Eat Just About Anything Meaty

Eating everything that's in front of you is key to eking by when times are tough

A fragment of the meteorite that tore through the Earth above Chelyabinsk, Russia, in February 2013.

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The Earth Is Pummeled By Asteroids All the Time; That They're Not Causing Damage Is Just Luck

Most asteroids explode high up in the air or crash into the ocean, but some don't

Pistols equipped with silencers, confiscated from drug dealers.

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Sales of Gun Silencers Have Shot Up Nearly 37 Percent Last Year

Proponents argue that they make firearms safer; others say it's just the opposite

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