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Before-and-after audio records show how ecosystems change
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Silent Spring turns 50 this month, but Rachel Carson's ecological game-changer was not always the beloved green bible it is today
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Photographer TIm Tadder's "Water Wigs" makes a splash in this collection of unique images
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A kindergarten program seeks to teach children a small community's native language
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Gentle global warming could be a boon for marine biodiversity
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These designers have all come up with clever ways to push the game out of the real of sight, and into the realm of touch
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A new species discovered in the Philippines has scientists wondering just how many animals we're missing out on
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New research shows that it might be influencing how much booze you down thanks to an optical illusion that makes curved glasses seem more alcoholically innocent than they really are
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Researchers observed that western scrub jays hold funeral reveries for fallen comrades
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The IUCN's Red List of endangered species looks bad, but the reality is probably much, much worse
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Today's fires are bigger, weirder, and way harder to model
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Add Labor Day to the vaulted hall of things concocted by secret societies, alongside Madonna's Superbowl performance and Pancho Villa's stolen skull
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The German drug company Grunenthal broke its fifty year silence about thalidomide recently, but survivors aren't satisfied
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Rigid illuminated rings could help unwanted bycatch escape from fishing nets
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From humble beginnings in 1962, today the Walmart empire includes 8,500 stores in 15 countries, with 3,898 proudly hosted on U.S. soil
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A Scottish skipper has discovered the world's oldest message in a bottle, beating the record previously held by a buddy of his
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The Internet Cat Video Festival brought LOLcats inside the walls of the gallery
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The history of debating empty chairs stretches back to at least 1924
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Psychologists say that humans don't really know what makes them happy
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Harvard scientists infused rat heart cells with wires and transistors that monitor the tissue's electrical impulses
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