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Billions of tiny zinc particles explode from the surface of mammalian eggs when a sperm cell touches down
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To better test our computer programs’ intelligence, we should to ask them for stories and drawings
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Ancient Roman concrete has some benefits over modern equivalents
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A new device can transform 150-year-old printed representations of heart beats into actual sound
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The ultimate decision over who controls the North Pole will come down to the United Nations
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Workers must periodically cover the Taj Mahal in clay to remove the pollutants stuck to its marble walls
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Analysis of the frame movements in footage from head-mounted cameras is just as unique as a fingerprint
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Friendly methods get information from suspects faster and more reliably, oh and they don't violate human rights
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The bright glow of friction in Earth's atmosphere
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The death of a captive rhino at the San Diego Zoo brings the species closer to imminent extinction
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An unprecedented engineering project sends water to China’s parched North
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Susceptibility to hangovers is partly due to genetics
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On the surface, killing wolves that kill sheep and cattle seems like a way to control predation, but the data paints a not-so-simple picture
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The maritime disaster was the worst in Bay Area history
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The pending budget will give NASA even more money than they asked for
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The Conjuring Arts Research Center in New York City houses some of the world's rarest books on the art of deception
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An investigation reveals practices in Mexican farm labor camps that resemble slavery
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The British Medical Journal's holiday issue includes an investigation of old magazines in waiting rooms and finds that men can be idiots
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America's Move Toward Concentrated Poverty
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The genomes of 45 birds contributed to the most in-depth bird evolutionary tree ever created
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