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Not Robertson's bread, nor his hands

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America's Best Bread Recipe Is 38 Pages Long

Simple ingredients and lots of patience combined make this bread rise to the top

Sewer cover in Los Angeles

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L.A. Needs Water, And for a Century, the "Mother Ditch" Supplied It

Built in 1781, the "Mother Ditch" supplied water to the early city

New Research

Facebook Users Most Often Unfriend People They Knew From High School

And how does that make the victim of the unfriending feel? Surprised, usually

Everything at This 4,500-Year-Old Site Was Removed—And Then Reburied

An unprecedented trove of artifacts and burials found at a development site were recently removed and reburied

Anthropocene

Pavement Cracks And Chain-Link Fences Are the New Ecosystems of the Anthropocene

The "natural" world is gone, and it's not coming back

Elevator shaft

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China's About to Have the World's Fastest Elevator

The elevator will ascend 95 floors in 43 seconds

Elvis back stage after a show at the New Frontier Hotel

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Elvis’ First Big Vegas Show Was a Total Flop

Playing to the middle-aged crowd at the New Frontier Hotel, Elvis' first Vegas show didn't go over so well

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When Museum Specimen Get Infested With Bugs, Curators Have to Freeze Them

Freezing and heating can oftentimes keep invertebrate enemies at bay

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Americans Are Living Longer, Healthier Lives, But Suicide And Drug-Induced Deaths Are on the Rise

Heart disease and cancer are still the big killers, but digging deeper into death statistics reveals some alarming trends

A trash dump outside of the capitol of Easter Island, pictured in 2011

Easter Island's Monumental Garbage Problem

As tourism increases, so does the trash on this remote island

New Research

Antarctica Was Once As Warm As Sunny California

Nearby polar regions got up to Florida-level temperatures

New Research

Scientists Confirm That Cats a) Are Pretty Smart, b) Don't Really Care What You Want

Cats' impressive individuality makes it hard to study their smarts

Charles Dodgson

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Lewis Carroll Hated Fame So Much He Almost Wished He'd Never Written His Books

At least, that's what he said in a letter, now in the University of Southern California library

New Research

The Mississippi River Carries More Than Enough Sand to Rebuild Its Sinking Delta

The mighty Mississippi carries enough sand and silt to rebuild Louisiana's disappearing marshes for the next 600 years

Discovery Hut

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Preserving Antarctic History Means Chipping Out Tons of Ice From Between Floorboards

Built by Robert Falcon Scott, Discovery Hut is one of several historic structures being preserved in Antarctica

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Sound Experts Want to Record One Full Day of Human Noise From All Over the Earth

The project could help scientists better understand the human soundscape and quantify how it changes over time

National Park of American Samoa

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This Week Is National Park Week

It's spring, and the National Park Service wants you to visit

A Lyrid meteor as seen from Oregon in 2012

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Look Up Tonight As the Lyrid Meteor Shower Hits Its Peak

Look to the northeast tonight to catch the peak of the annual meteor shower

Supporters gather at the finish line of the Boston Marathon yesterday to commemorate the victims of last year's bombings.

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For the First Time in Nearly 30 Years an American Won the Boston Marathon

Meb Keflezighi's win at the Boston Marathon is first American victory since Lisa Widenbach's in 1985

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Less Than a Fourth of Jet-Wheel Stowaways Survive—And That's a Generous Estimate

One teen recently survived a jet wheel ride from California to Hawaii

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