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The NSA Has Its Own Advice Columnist, Snowden Leaks Reveal

Among concerns the anonymous advice-giver addressed were employee privacy issues

March 10, 2014

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Flying Snakes Glide Through the Air Like Mini-Tornadoes

Researchers are getting closer to understanding the physics behind this impressive reptilian feat

March 10, 2014

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Could Giant Walls Prevent Tornadoes?

The idea is to build three walls, 1,000 feet high and 150 feet wide, running east to west across the country's middle

March 10, 2014

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Stonehenge’s Stones Can Sing

Stonehenge's mighty bluestones sing when struck

March 10, 2014

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This Documentary Explores the Lives of Five People Willing to Go on a One-Way Trip to Mars

What drives a person to give it all up and set off into the unknown?

March 10, 2014

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How to Move a Town

Sweden’s northernmost town is moving towards the east to avoid falling into a mine

March 10, 2014

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Two Artists Lived on a Giant Hamster Wheel for Ten Days

The exhibit, In Orbit, is on display at a Williamsburg gallery

March 10, 2014

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Mexico's Pyramid of the Sun Is Slowly Turning Into a Pile of Dust

When scientists scanned the pyramid's insides, they found a giant pile of dust

March 7, 2014

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Forget Storing Carbon. Why Not Capture It And Make It Into Something Useful?

New equipment could let manufacturers use atmospheric carbon dioxide as a raw material

March 7, 2014

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It Was Cold Enough This Winter to Go Ice Yachting on the Hudson River

This high-speed sport only happens when conditions are just right: a frozen river, lots of wind, and cold temperatures

March 7, 2014

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What's the Most Perfect Moment to Buy That Plane Ticket?

You know that the longer you wait to book a flight, the higher ticket prices climb. But when exactly should you book a flight?

March 7, 2014

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Officials Are Giving the Great Wall of China a “Graffiti Zone”

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroy_was_here">Kilroy was here</a>

March 7, 2014

Sub-Orbital Travel Is Going to Make the World Feel Really, Really Small

Our small world is about to get even smaller—for those who can afford to fly sub-orbitally

March 7, 2014

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Hundreds of Thousands of Syrians Are Starving As the Civil War Continues

Sieges and blocked supplies are hurting Syria's civilian population

March 7, 2014

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These Alien-Looking Metal Domes Are Keeping London Safe And Dry

The flood barrier that protects London closed fifty times this winter—a new record

March 7, 2014

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There's New Evidence That Communist Leaders Secretly Airlifted Bears to Bulgaria in the '70s and '80s

Some of these Bulgarian bears are not genetically like the others...

March 7, 2014

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This Is What It Looks Like When You Hike All 2,650 Miles of the Pacific Crest Trail

Welcome to the monumental endurance of thru-hiking

March 7, 2014

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What Season You're Born in Might Influence How Your Brain Develops

Men born in December tend to have the most grey matter in a certain region of the brain, while men born in June have the least

March 7, 2014

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Congress Designates the First Wilderness Area in Five Years

32,500 acres of lakeshore along Lake Michigan have been designated as wilderness by Congress

March 7, 2014

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If the World Continues to Heat Up, Chipotle Says Guacamole Could Be in Jeopardy

Of course, guacamole isn't the only staple of modern society threatened by climate change

March 7, 2014