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A photographer with Reuters, Finbarr O’Reilly, in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province during 2011

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The Technical Challenges of Photojournalism in a War Zone

A short documentary reveals what it's like to work in Afghanistan

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High Definition Video of Jupiter Reveals New Weather in the Great Red Spot

Video portrait shows massive storm changing as it shrinks

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The Oldest Chemistry Lab in America?

A classroom designed by Thomas Jefferson was rediscovered

Mysterious Neolithic masterpiece...or world's most complicated BBQ joint?

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The People Who Built Stonehenge Loved BBQ

New evidence that Neolithic settlers roasted pork and beef

Eco-tourists snorkeling with fish in a Brazilian river

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Does Ecotourism Hurt or Help?

When critters get used to tourists, they may be less aware of both predators and poachers

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Declassified Spy Maps Show Melting Arctic Ice

Maps reveal how climate and politics are heating up in the Arctic

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Invader Tags European Space Agency With Alien Art

The anonymous street artist strikes again

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JetBlue Goes Green with a Farm at JFK Airport

The airline hopes to produce herbs and around 1,000 pounds of blue potatoes each season

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America's in the Midst of a Lobster Boom

With the lobster catch up sixfold in the last 30 years, can we eat without worry?

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Chicago's Newest Library Is on a Train

Bored during your morning commute? #BooksOnTheL can help.

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Learn Physics From Nobel Prizewinner Richard Feynman for Free

The physicist’s legendary lectures are now available online

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Orson Welles Wrote a 'Citizen Kane' Sequel

The greatest movie never made?

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How the Journalist Who Broke the News of World War II Got Her Scoop

Somebody needs to make a movie about Clare Hollingworth

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Watch These Giant Rats Sniff Out Landmines

Giant rats can detect TNT decades after it was buried

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This Gene Might Be Why Elephants Don't Get Cancer

Their large bodies and many cells mean more elephants should be dying of cancer, scientists are trying to figure out why not

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These Brave Playwrights Want to Rewrite Shakespeare

“They have been at a great feast of languages, and stol’n the scraps.”

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How a Metronome Could Save a Life

An simple device could help save lives by keeping CPR on the beat

Harvesting a cocoa tree

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Who Will Save the World’s Chocolate?

As climate change threatens cocoa crops, rival food companies are banding together

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This Swiss Watchmaker is Teaching Apprentices For Free

The U.S. desperately needs new watchmakers. Will a new generation save the industry?

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