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Minecraft Players Are Recreating Scenes From Studio Ghibli Movies

Now gamers can romp around Yubaba’s Bath House and clamber into a Catbus

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Americans Used to Really Hate Tipping

Are gratuity's days numbered?

Male or female? Turns out there's no distinction.

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There’s No Such Thing as a Male or Female Brain

When it comes to sex traits, brains are consistently inconsistent

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Mount Everest’s Glaciers are Turning Into Lakes

Thousands of Himalayan glaciers could melt by the end of the century

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Europeans Only Started Digesting Dairy 4,000 Years Ago

They can enjoy that cheese thanks to ancient nomadic herders

Wisdom (front) and her mate

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The Oldest Known Seabird Is About to Lay Another Egg

Wisdom the Laysan albatross has lived at least 64 years and raised as many as 36 chicks

An Antarctic minke whale, the animal Japanese whaling vessels target

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Japan Starts its Whale Hunt Again

Despite an international ruling, the Japanese fleet plans to harvest 333 minke whales

A booking photo from Rosa Parks' arrest on December 1, 1955.

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Sixty Years Later, Cities Celebrate Rosa Parks’ Legacy

Statues, streets and anti-bias education commemorate the civil rights activist's historic protest

A map of human impacts around the globe where green areas show areas with the least amount of human influence and red and purple show the areas with the greatest.

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Explore the Complexities of Climate Change with These Interactive Maps

Understanding the ins and outs requires some strong visualizations

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What Was the First Thing Sold on the Internet?

The answer depends on how the question is approached

Centurions drink from a fountain near Rome's Coliseum during a heat wave in summer 2014. A recent announcement that centurion reenactors will be banned from the Coliseum during 2016 has led to protests and public outcry.

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Rome Just Banned Centurions

Officials stir up controversy by kicking impersonators out of the Colosseum

"History will be kind to me," wrote Winston Churchill, "for I intend to write it myself."

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UNESCO Honors Winston Churchill's Writings With the Equivalent of World Heritage Status

Churchill's papers join the ranks of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Anne Frank's diary and the Magna Carta

Clouds of smoke pour from a smokestack

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Which Countries Are Most Open to Curbing Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

A new study shows large gaps between concern about climate change and the willingness to act

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Happy Birthday to Schrödinger’s Cat

In the 80 years since Erwin Schrödinger first outlined a quantum mechanics thought experiment involving a cat, the feline’s popularity has only grown

Fire tornadoes, or fire devils, often arise during wildfires.

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Hypnotize Yourself With a Slow-Motion Fire Tornado

So hot, it's cool

Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev and President Ronald Reagan at the Geneva Summit.

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Reagan and Gorbachev Agreed to Pause the Cold War in Case of an Alien Invasion

The 40th President of the United States was a big science-fiction fan

Screenshot from "Aspiring Reporter Interviews Bolden about NASA's Journey to Mars"

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A Nine-Year-Old Aspiring Journalist's Heartwarming Connection with NASA

A popular photography blog helped one kid interview NASA administrator Charles Bolden

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Why a Yam Is Not a Sweet Potato

Despite grocery store labels, these tubers aren’t at all the same

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A Brief History of Cranberries

Pucker up: Thanksgiving (and plenty of cranberry sauce) is almost here

Study co-author Adam Townsend examines his research subject.

New Research

Chocolate Fountains are Great for Physics Lessons

Delicious, delicious physics

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