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Happy Birthday to Schrödinger’s Cat

In the 80 years since Erwin Schrödinger first outlined a quantum mechanics thought experiment involving a cat, the feline’s popularity has only grown

Fire tornadoes, or fire devils, often arise during wildfires.

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Hypnotize Yourself With a Slow-Motion Fire Tornado

So hot, it's cool

Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev and President Ronald Reagan at the Geneva Summit.

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Reagan and Gorbachev Agreed to Pause the Cold War in Case of an Alien Invasion

The 40th President of the United States was a big science-fiction fan

Screenshot from "Aspiring Reporter Interviews Bolden about NASA's Journey to Mars"

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A Nine-Year-Old Aspiring Journalist's Heartwarming Connection with NASA

A popular photography blog helped one kid interview NASA administrator Charles Bolden

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Why a Yam Is Not a Sweet Potato

Despite grocery store labels, these tubers aren’t at all the same

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A Brief History of Cranberries

Pucker up: Thanksgiving (and plenty of cranberry sauce) is almost here

Study co-author Adam Townsend examines his research subject.

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Chocolate Fountains are Great for Physics Lessons

Delicious, delicious physics

A juvenile Saccoglossus kowalevskii, a species of acorn worm, with it’s pharyngeal region in blue.

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This Gross-looking Worm Gives Clues About Humans' Ability to Breathe and Talk

Humans share about 70 percent of their genome with the lowly acorn worm, according to recent research

An illustration of Enrico Fermi and other scientists observing the first artificial nuclear reactor.

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The World's First Nuclear Reactor Was Built in a Squash Court

It sat right next to University of Chicago’s football field

"After signing this Constitution, shall we go to Washington’s place for a pint? I hear he brews a tasty one."

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Try Out George Washington’s Own Craft Beer Recipe

The recipe for "small beer" includes molasses as a sweetener and instructions on what to do if the weather is very cold

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A Phone Booth Was Just Put on the National Register of Historic Places

Save your change for a telephonic trip to Prairie Grove, Arkansas

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket takes off at the start of a test to re-land the system

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First Reusable Rocket Launched and Landed Safely Back on Earth

Blue Origin's ship cruised to the edge of space and back in a mere 11 minutes

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In Brazil, Subway Reading Means a Ticket to Ride

These books encourage reading by doubling as subway tickets

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Tennessee Locals Spot Half-Mile-Long Spider Webs

Ballooning baby spiders are making some residents of North Memphis cringe

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A New Rose Is Part Plant, Part Color-Changing Machine

Innovation has never looked so pretty

Skeletal cast of "Lucy."

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Lucy the Australopithecus Turns 41 (Plus 3.2 Million Years)

Lucy gets a Google Doodle for the anniversary of her discovery

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This Visualization of the World’s Carbon Emissions Is Chillingly Beautiful

A NASA simulation shows how carbon dioxide moves

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A Hemingway Book Has Hit the Paris Bestseller List After Recent Attacks

<i>A Moveable Feast</i> declares that "there is never any end to Paris"

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The Statue of Liberty Was Originally a Muslim Woman

"The New Colossus" was actually born in Egypt

The winning video featured hip hop dancers as farmers who put demands on the water supply

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The Many Ways to "Dance Your Ph.D"

Once again, researchers get creative in a yearly dance competition to explain their Ph.D. thesis work

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