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In a few weeks a new batch of college freshmen will step onto the quad, and their lives have been very different from yours
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NASA's InSight, launching in 2016, will see inside the red planet.
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A report issued by TRAFFIC issues the latest depressing statistics surrounding the epidemic-proportion illegal rhino horn trade in South Africa and Asia
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Astronomers caught a red giant star swallowing one of its planets, a vision of Earth's own potential fate
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This 63-year old engineer, is probably Japan's last true ninja
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Exotic animals in Germany’s Wuppertal Zoo aren't just sharing smiles and admiration from visitors. They are sharing deadly viruses, too
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Watch the Twitter users of the United States wake up and greet their followers with either a good morning, or something a little less appropriate
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Pallets, the unassuming collection of wooden slats, are perhaps the most important thing in our global economy
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"Weird fiction" fans toast today to the birth of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, aka H.P. Lovecraft
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Pea aphids can harness sunlight to aid in energy production
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Filtering van Goghs works to simulate color blindness unlocks strikingly different images, perhaps revealing something about the way the famous painter saw the world
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The race for the tallest structure in the world has been with us since humans built structures, and today it is going strong. But where's the limit?
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Researchers debunk the myth of Miserable Mondays. Turns out, we hate all days equally
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A recent study found that college students who binge tend to be more satisfied with their college experience than their peers who don't drink
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Cracking the Code of the Human Genome
Researchers have encoded a book, including pictures and an accompanying computer program, in DNA
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The Sun is the most perfectly round natural object known in the universe
Nikola Tesla invented a device that uses lightning to play music. No, seriously
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The number of people in slavery is estimated to be upwards of 27 million — 2x the number of slaves taken from Africa during the transatlantic slave trade
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Just because the six-wheeled nuclear-powered behemoth has yet to begin cruising doesn't mean there aren't loads of interesting things to read and hear
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