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Paris Has a 'Love Lock' Problem

And it's not the only city that wants to get rid of them

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Genetically Edited Hercules Dogs Can Pack on Extra Muscles

Scientists use a natural mutation that produces extra muscle to tweak dogs genes

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5 Things to Know About the WHO’s Statement on Red Meat and Cancer

Yesterday's announcement created widespread confusion for carnivores

Ai Weiwei's "Trace," which used Lego blocks to show political dissidents last year.

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Ai Weiwei Wants Your Legos

The dissident artist needs millions of toy bricks for his next project

Scientists tracked the growth of young whales compared to images taken last year.

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Drones Captured These 'Killer' Whale Family Portraits

Not just beautiful, these photos show that raising killer whale calves is a family affair

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, part 2

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These Brilliant Literary Maps Will Help You Understand Your Favorite Book

A lavishly illustrated atlas for Huckleberry Finn and other classics

Albert Einstein, pondering the mysteries of the universe—or maybe just writing a killer tweet.

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Albert Einstein Has a Social Media Team

How the famed physicist tweets from beyond the grave

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Would You Drink a Cocktail Invented By a Computer?

How IBM's Watson become the world's most creative bartender

A view of the opening to Danger Cave in 1976, when it was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places

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Utah’s Danger Cave Will Soon Open For a Rare Tour

The cave houses evidence of human habitation from over 11,000 years ago

Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) on 12 February 2015

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Comet Lovejoy is One Boozy Space Rock

The greenish comet that lit up the sky last January releases as much alcohol as 500 bottles of wine every second during its peak

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Adding Faint Scents to Healthy Food Could Make it Taste Better

Scents of salty food may be all it takes to make low-salt items delicious

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Future Cops May Track Down Criminals By Making Fingerprints Glow

One scientist's revenge could be the ultimate crime-fighting tool

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How Contact Lenses Were Made in 1948

Would you put this on your eye?

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This Norwegian Modern Art Museum Is Also a Bridge

An ingeniously twisted design blends art with infrastructure

Planets forming around a young star (artist’s vision)

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92 Percent of Possible Earth Twins Have Yet to Be Born

Our young universe promises trillions of more planets to come

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27 Percent of U.S. Adults Didn't Read a Single Book Last Year

This new survey on reading habits isn't all doom and gloom, though

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The Mysterious Case of the Adirondacks Sugar Maple

The trees are on the decline, but why?

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Lead Poisoning Rampant for Wealthy Medieval Europeans

It wasn't just the Romans that accidentally poisoned themselves

"Adolf Hitler Strasse" wasn't a street in Germany—it was a street at Camp Siegfried, a Nazi summer camp located in Yaphank, New York on Long Island during the 1930s.

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A Town Founded By Nazis Was Just Sued for Housing Discrimination

In parts of Yaphank, laws require homeowners to be of German descent

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Sesame Street Just Welcomed Its First Autistic Muppet

“Julia” is geared towards raising awareness and acceptance

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