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The hand and foot of Homo naledi

New Research

The Increasingly Muddled Origins of Homo Naledi

Detailed analyses of Homo naledi shows a mosaic of both early and modern human features

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ISIS Demolished Yet Another Priceless Syrian Monument

The 1,800-year-old Arch of Triumph was destroyed on Sunday

Sears sweater models...or government agents?

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In Vietnam, the C.I.A. Paid Spies With Stuff From Sears

Nothing says "clandestine espionage" like a mail-order catalog

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Feast Your Eyes on an Optical Illusion Cake

This may be the most delicious optical illusion

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What Cyclists Can Learn From Schools of Fish

A weaker athlete might be able to keep up if they stay to the back of a group

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Butt Dials Blamed for a Spike in 911 Calls

Reports put accidental pocket dials at 30 to 50 percent of mobile emergency calls

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How Decorative Gourd Season Conquered Fall

Strange-looking squash have become big business for farmers

A lava fountain on Kilauea Volcano

New Research

It Wasn’t Just an Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs, Epic Volcanoes Helped

A new study ignites a decades-old debate about what killed the dinosaurs

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How Nature Inspired the Medicine Nobel Prize Winners to Fight Parasites

Their discoveries saved the lives of millions of people around the world

The dining room on the Titanic

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A Lunch Menu From the Titanic Just Sold for $88,000

The "unsinkable" ship served corned beef, mutton chops and custard pudding

The team had a single day to uncover the massive mammoth's skeleton.

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Michigan Farmer Stumbles on a Mammoth Skeleton

Paleontologists excavated the skeleton, prying the bones from the dark muck of the field

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The Card Catalog Is Officially Dead

Long live the card catalog

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Now There Are Diagnostic Codes for Squirrel Bites, Library Injuries and More

Hey, it could happen

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How a Captain Morgan Advertisement Inspired an Emergency Room Technique

Captain Morgan, hip fixer

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Notoriously Durable Styrofoam Could Be Munched by Mealworms

Microbes in the beetle larvae's guts help break down polystyrene

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Here's What Whale Songs Look Like as Sheet Music

Musical notation created by a musician and a designer make whale song look almost like an alien language

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Scientists Can Now Sequence a Human’s Genome in 26 Hours

New tools cut sequencing time almost in half

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Why Scientists Are Gathering Seeds From Roadside Sunflowers

Climate changes threatens commercial sunflower production, where plants are grown for their oil

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It Will Take Nine Years to Clean the Taj Majal

“Mudpack therapy” will help the iconic monument clean up its act

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Japanese Universities Are Shuttering Social Sciences and Humanities Departments

Just how valuable is that degree in literature?

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