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On some level, babies remember the things you do to them.

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We Remember People We Met as Babies, Even If We Don't Remember Being Babies

Babies can subconsciously remember people they've met, even if they don't remember meeting them

New Research

Ice-Age Bees Uncovered at the La Brea Tar Pits

The samples were actually excavated back in 1970, but were set aside because there wasn't a way to analyze them at the time

An asylum in Jacksonville, Illinois, c. 1890-1901.

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In the U.S., Mentally Ill People Are Ten Times More Likely To Be in Prison Than in a Hospital

The number of mentally ill people in prison is going up, and the number in hospitals is going down

The stolen diamond looked nothing like these

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This May Have Been the Worst Diamond Heist in History

An Albuquerque museum was robbed of a diamond that was returned the next day

Organic chicken feed.

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Walmart's About to Do for Organic Food What It Did for Every Other Consumer Product

Walmart's going to give organic food a big push

This is not the 101 year old message in a bottle.

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Message in a Bottle, Found in the Baltic Sea, Is 100 Years Old

While this new Baltic bottle will probably take the prize for oldest verified message in a bottle, it's probably not actually the oldest

Tear gas being used on protesters in Caracas in February.

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Here's a Six-Minute Explainer for the Turmoil Currently Underway in Venezuela

The 2014 protests have affected not just political activists but ordinary citizens, too

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Almost 2 Million People Ran a U.S. Half Marathon Last Year—And Most of Them Were Women

Fitness trendsters, take note: it’s about time you go run 13.1 miles

Detroit Institute of Arts

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Bidders Are Clamoring for Detroit’s Artwork, But the City Isn’t Selling

As the bankruptcy fight rages on, Detroit’s artworks are still objects of interest

Troops in Crimea.

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U.N.: Kidnappings, Torture, Propaganda Preceded Crimea's Secession Vote

The conditions around Crimea's secession vote were not clean, says a draft U.N. report

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A Recent Uptick in Cancer Patient Suicides in Russia Might Be Tied to the Unavailability of Painkillers

Procuring strong painkillers in Russia - even when the prognosis is death - is exceedingly difficult

Fuxianhuia protensa

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Oldest Fossilized Heart Found…It Belonged to A Shrimp

Researchers found the oldest-known cardiovascular system in a fossilized “shrimp-like” anima

Email time.

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French Workers Don't Have It As Easy As Brits Want to Believe

New rules allow some workers time off, but don't demand anybody turn off their phones when they go home

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It Is Possible for Grandmas to Overindulge on Time With Their Grandkids

One day with the kids is boon to cognitive performance, but five days is draining

Thames Houseboats

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10,000 People Live in Houseboats on London’s Waterways

High rent prices have driven Londoners onto the water

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Sea Otters Can Get the Human Flu

Scientists have no idea how the otters contracted the H1N1 virus, however

The papyrus is just a few inches wide.

New Research

The "Gospel of Jesus' Wife" Is Most Likely Not a Modern Fake

Chemical analyses show the text was written thousands of years ago

The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide as reconstructed for the past 800,000 years.

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Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Is Now at Its Highest Point in Human Existence

The air hasn't been so full of carbon dioxide in, at least, the past 800,000 years

Inle Lake

Myanmar Is Becoming A Tourist Destination, But at a Cost

As more tourists enter the country, environmentalists worry about local ecosystems

New Research

There Are Regional Differences in Death Row Inmates’ Last Words

Southerners are more likely to say sorry, but that doesn't mean they actually feel remorse

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