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Pigeons' Brains Work Kind of Like Ours

A small study showed impressive categorizing abilities in three pigeons

Cards Against Humanity now owns a private island in Maine.

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Cards Against Humanity Has a Private Island

“Hawaii 2” started as a joke, turned into an island owned by the card game and licensed to its players

A Buddhist monk prays in a temple. Scientists recently discovered the mummified body of a Buddhist monk some say is in a long-term trance.

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Is This Mummy Dead…Or Meditating?

Some Buddhists claim this well-preserved monk is in a deep meditative state

The results of agriculture changed our mouths, but not completely for the better.

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Before Agriculture, Human Jaws Were a Perfect Fit for Human Teeth

The emergence of agricultural practices initiated major changes to the jaw structure of ancient humans, leading to dental problems we still experience

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Starving Sea Lions Are Piling Up on California Beaches

It's the third year of a crisis that's confusing scientists

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How Space Travel Can Damage Our Immune Systems

Research finds that living in low-gravity conditions can take a toll that goes far beyond an aversion to dehydrated foods

Dyed droplets are propelled off leaves by simulated rainfall

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Life-Giving Rain Also Spreads Deadly Plant Disease

High-speed cameras show how leaf flexibility influences raindrop dispersal into the air — along with pathogens picked up from infected plants

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Creating Drought-Tolerant Plants By Hacking Their Natural Responses

Which new technique will help plants survive with less water?

Hikers in the North Cascade mountains of Washington, on the Pacific Crest Trail

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The Pacific Crest Trail Is So Popular It Needs a New Permit System

Only 50 people per day will be allowed to start thru-hikes from the southern terminus

An Enigma deciphering machine from the German navy

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Notes From Alan Turing’s Code-Breaking Days Found in Roof Insulation

The rare code-breaking documents include sheets used to calculate settings for the machine working on "Enigma"

One LEGO master is proposing this tiny version of the HMS Beagle.

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A Great Idea: Create an HMS Beagle in LEGO Form

Vote to turn this tiny version of a famous ship into a LEGO kit available for all to enjoy

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Private Space Investments Will Reach $10 Billion This Year

Make way for money—investors are bullish on space

The USSR is alive and well in a bunker in Lithuania.

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This Fake Gulag Will Let You Pretend the Soviets Are Still in Power

Barking dogs, harsh guards and brutal imprisonment in a bunker where the USSR never fell

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North America’s Trees Create Some of the World's Hottest Forest Fires

What makes certain forest fires especially destructive?

Illustration of the Elysia chlorotica by Mary Peart from "Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts" by Augustus A. Gould, W. G. Binney

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A Green Sea Slug Steals Power From Algae

The discovery makes this a true plant-animal hybrid

Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home

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Thomas Jefferson Conducted Early Smallpox Vaccine Trials

When an English doctor discovered a safer kind of immunity, someone had to spread the word to America

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Wisconsin is Too Warm for a 66-Foot Ice Tower to Survive

Weather conditions likely played a big factor in the crashing demise of a giant ice sculpture intended to last through the winter

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1 in 3 Would Rather Die Early Than Take a Daily Pill

New research shows a third of people would trade years of their life to avoid taking daily meds

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Why One Nonprofit Wants You to Sell Them Your Poop

A qualified candidate could make thousands of dollars a year selling their waste to an organization preparing fecal transplants for the ill

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Cockroaches Have Personalities, Too

Feel guilty the next time you crush a cockroach

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