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A model depicting a Viking ring fortress layout.

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Newly Discovered Viking Fortress Could Have Been a Launch Point for Invading England

The ring-shaped complex could have been used as a military training ground

Pew pew

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A Military Contractor Just Went Ahead And Used an Xbox Controller For Their New Giant Laser Cannon

The army’s new laser cannon is controlled with an Xbox controller

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Peaches Were Domesticated in China 7,500 Years Ago

Preserved peach pits reveal the origins of this sweet fruit

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Why Networking Can Make You Feel Dirty

Pursuing relationships to forward your career aspirations triggers a sense of moral disgust

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Napa Earthquake Turned Dry Creeks Wet Again

"Miracle water" wets some of California's dried streams

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Every Year for the Next 100 Years, Authors Will Write Books That Won't Be Read Until 2114

Author Margaret Atwood's new book became the first to go into the century-long time capsule project

The projected path of asteroid 2014 RC past Earth on September 7, 2014

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Assumed Asteroid Remnant Leaves Crater in Nicaragua

A small rock from a passing asteroid left a crater in Nicaragua

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Cockatoos Learn to Use Tools by Watching Each Other

With a teacher, Goffin cockatoo learn to use new tools more quickly

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The Keeling Curve Gets a Much-Needed Boost from Google's Schmidt

The long-running carbon dioxide monitoring program got a $500,000 grant from the Schmidts

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Case Solved on Jack the Ripper? Not So Fast

An author and a scientist claim to have proven the identity of the notorious 19th century killer, but others say the evidence is lacking

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Why Environmentalists Should Keep Quiet About Geoengineering

If it seems like there's a technological fix, people lose interest in helping

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High-tech Chopsticks Developed To Combat Food Safety Issues In China

Could utensils be a way to keep consumers safe?

New Research

Approximately a Third of Americans Have Been the Victim of Sexual Violence

The CDC's latest rape and sexual violence statistics are just as disturbing as ever

Columbian Mammoth skeleton recovered from the LaBrea Tar Pits on display at the Page Museum in Los Angeles' Hancock Park

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Rare, Red Mammoth Hair Found on Californian Artichoke Farm

Columbian mammoths roamed Western North America thousands of years ago, and now we have a better idea of what they looked like

Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

New Research

The World Has a Whopping 117 Million Lakes—For Now

A new survey catalogs the world's (steadily disappearing) lakes

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Once Mexico Had a Wealth of Corn; Now It's Left With a Genetically Boring Monocrop

This lack of diversity does not bode well for food sustainability and economics in light of climate change

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500 Years' Worth of Book Illustrations Have Just Been Liberated From Print

The internet's about to get a wealth of illustrations from more than two million books

Runners pass by a vineyard in France during the 2008 Marathon du Medoc

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In the Marathon du Medoc, Run 26.2 Miles—While Stopping to Drink Wine Along the Way

Like running? Like wine? Why not combine the two?

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New Research

Turns Out We Live in the Laniakea Galactic Supercluster

Add another line to your celestial address: Astronomers just found out we live in the Laniakea Galactic Supercluster

New Research

“Unschooled” Kids Do Just Fine in College

Children used to self-directed learning and intellectual freedom can handle the strictures of college

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