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Brass players aren't off the hook, either
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The US Postal Service announced that it would make special Sunday deliveries for Amazon.com customers
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Conrad Heyer fought with Washington in the Revolutionary War
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Researchers think "huh" is a great example of "convergent cultural evolution of linguistic items," or a word that came out of a conversational need
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Researchers in Italy watched porcupines corner a dog and stab it to death
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By scraping your tweets, these researchers can get insight into your personality
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The problem likely reaches beyond China, as some researchers have reported a worldwide decline in average sperm counts
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Kraft's new orange dye was used in the 17th century to trick people into thinking cheese was better than it was
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In the coming years, biomimicry could be the newest upscale dining fad, much as molecular gastronomy was in the late 1990s and locavorism is today
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From bug eaters to pee drinkers, these robots of the future will be part of the food chain
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Whether in Sweden, the U.S. or Venezuela, however, it seems that women simply want to recognize a bit of themselves in store windows
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Since detailed observations began, only three hurricanes on Earth have been this strong
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As far as Charles Ginsberg was concerned, the video tape was "one of the most significant technological advances" since the television
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These climate scientists had some fun posing n landscapes representing their very serious work
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Photographer Isa Leshko says the project originally began as a form of self-therapy, but it evolved into a traveling photography exhibition
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Over a ten week period, Sweetie accrued around 20,000 solicitations for virtual sex from men from around the world
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Even with the bar set incredibly low, most movies fail this simple test for sexism
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These results held true even after controlling for conservative politics, being from the South and harboring anti-government sentiments and other factors
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Culling an elephant pack can destroy the survivors' social skills
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Whether non-virtual stores will succeed in drawing shoppers away from their turkey dinners and post-stuffing stupor, however, remains to be seen
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