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When quinoa prices rise, do quinoa farmers starve?

New Research

Don’t Worry: Eating Quinoa Doesn't Hurt Peruvian Farmers

A new study shows that the grain helps rather than hurts

It turns out art really does change lives.

New Research

Museum Programs Affect Teens for a Lifetime

A first-of-its-kind study shows that the effects of arts programs can last well into adulthood

The little brown bat infected with white-nose syndrome found in the state of Washington

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White-Nose Syndrome Detected in Bats West of the Rockies for the First Time

The fungal disease, which has devastated bat populations in the Eastern U.S., has now shown up in Washington state

Art Meets Science

What's Over the Horizon? These New Maps Will Show You

Andy Woodruff's line of sight maps show what you're facing from any coastline in the world

The late Zaha Hadid sits in front of one of her structures, the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London.

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Here are Seven of Zaha Hadid's Most Stunning Structures

The architect leaves behind an astonishing legacy

New Research

Researchers Make Cyborg Beetles a Reality

Outfitted with microprocessor-equipped backpacks, scientists can control the beetle's steps via remote control

Were American-run newspapers during World War II full of news by Nazis?

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How the Associated Press Became Part of the Nazi Propaganda Machine

New research suggests a backscratch agreement that traded access for control

The HMNZS Bellona in April 1947, just before the crew mutinied.

Cool Finds

Following WWII, New Zealand’s Navy Was Rocked With Peaceful Mutinies

More than 20 percent of the Royal New Zealand Navy was discharged for protesting low pay

The interior of an ancient Egyptian tomb.

New Research

3,400-Year-Old Necropolis Hints at Ancient Egyptian Life

Dozens of tombs and a temple were uncovered in an ancient quarry

A box from Zuppardi's in West Haven, Connecticut.

Cool Finds

Chicago Is Getting a Pizza Museum

Hold the anchovies: This pop-up is a pizza-lover’s dream

Broadcast towers will soon blink for the sake of birds.

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Tower Lights Will Soon Blink for the Sake of Birds

With a simple blink, tall towers can go from deadly to bird-friendly

University of California, Irvine students playing League of Legends.

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UC Irvine Becomes the First American Public University To Offer E-Sports Scholarships

The university jumps into the world of competitive gaming

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German Brewery Pulls Beer Accused of Having Nazi and Anti-Immigrant Sentiments

“Grenzzaun halbe" referenced the country's debate on whether or not to seal its borders

Can you see it? Some of the Etruscan letters found on a sandstone slab in the Mugello Valley

Cool Finds

2,500-Year-Old Monument Could Help Crack the Mysterious Etruscan Language

Researchers found the inscribed slab near Florence and believe it might hold secrets behind the language of Italy's pre-Roman culture

New Research

NASA Scientists Are Trying to Make Medicine Onboard the ISS

Scientists are sending fungi to the space station to see what pharmaceuticals astronauts can brew

Scan of Idmonarachne brasieri

New Research

305-Million-Year-Old Fossil Helps Unravel the Spider's Evolutionary Web

The spider look-alike shows what separates modern spiders from their ancient eight-legged cousins

A man with a mind-controlled prosthetic competes in a test run of October's Cybathlon in Switzerland.

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Switzerland Will Host the First Cyborg Olympics

The “Cybathlon” will show what happens when humans and machines collaborate

Welles' Kane was a thinly-veiled portrait of the man who tried to take him down.

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How Hearst Tried to Stop ‘Citizen Kane'

The newspaper mogul hated the film more than previously thought

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Amateur Astronomers Capture an Asteroid or Comet Colliding With Jupiter

The object recently exploded in the atmosphere of the solar system's largest planet

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Dog Owners Beware, DNA in Dog Poop Could Be Used to Track You Down

A Chicago apartment building is trying out a new scheme to catch four-legged offenders and their humans

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