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If we let athletes dope all they want, just how big, fast and strong can they really get?
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In 1936 Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, throwing the idea of Aryan supremacy back into Hitler's face
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For teens, having low expectations about living long, healthy lives turns out to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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53 million years ago, Antarctica was so warm that palm trees lived along its shores.
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The classic starting gun leaves too much margin of error, so London has switch to an electronic beep.
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A 3-D printed fetus might seem strange, but it represents an opportunity to improve medical education and imaging.
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With his billions of dollars, Clive Palmer is investigating cloning dinosaurs to build a real life Jurassic Park
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London's Natural History Museum is challenging adults to channel their inner child in an upcoming grown ups-only slumber party
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The opening of parts of the Arctic Ocean each summer, and the melting of surface ice on northern landscapes, driving a gold rush into the Arctic frontier
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Several of the characteristics that define a psychopath also correspond to the traits that make for effective leaders. For politicians, this is true
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Clendenin's photos evoke the feeling that for all the changes seen by the modern Olympic games, the athletes themselves could be transposed across time
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The Curiosity lander sets down in just a few days, and here's who to follow on Twitter in anticipation
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In Vietnam, dog lovers had best keep their pooches behind high, locked fences if they don't want their pets to wind up boiled in a pot
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Did you celebrate? If not, you'll just have to celebrate twice next year
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Humans love babies. Humans also love robots. Yet somehow, when you combine the two, it's terrifying.
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Why more writers should be as fearless, and as prickly as Vidal
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Visionary postcard artists illustrated around 90 fanciful cards between 1899 to 1910 imagined what the future held in store for France in the year 2000
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Soldiers arriving home with missing or mutilated genitals have drown attention to the lack of government support for in vitro fertilization
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Nasal hallucinations are a real thing, and they stink
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Getting your daily dose of awe inspires patience, altruism, and life satisfaction
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