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A woman raises a knife and shouts slogans against then Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and the Brotherhood during a march against sexual harassment and violence against women in Cairo, February 6, 2013.

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In Egypt, 99 Percent of Women Have Been Sexually Harassed

The government recently moved to criminalize sexual harassment

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Goats Evicted In Detroit

An attempt at urban farming runs afoul of city ordinances in Detroit

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We'll Test Our New "Flying Saucer" One Day Soon, NASA Promises

June 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 14 were all potential launch dates, but each time weather conditions precluded the test

Back in 2004, former U.S. President George H.W. Bush (bottom jumper) celebrated his 80th birthday with a tandem parachute jump over Texas A&M University with the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team.

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George H.W. Bush Celebrated His 90th Birthday by Jumping Out of a Helicopter

At 90, Bush is still a decade short of being the world's oldest skydiver

Urban Explorations

Pittsburgh Is Struggling to Maintain Its 45,454 Public Steps

The city budget isn't enough to keep up with costly and logistically difficult repairs, so some stairways might come down

A modern Arctic fox

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Polar Carnivores Might Have Originated in Tibet

A new fox fossil lends weight to the idea that many carnivores now found in the Arctic originated in what is now Tibet

The Borei class nuclear-powered submarine Yuri Dolgoruky arrives at the Russian Northern Fleet's naval base after tests. September 9, 2013.

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As the Ice Melts, Spying in the Arctic is Hitting Cold War Levels

The prospect of resources and shipping lanes has sparked tensions in the Arctic

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See Samuel Beckett’s Doodles of James Joyce And Charlie Chaplin

The six-notebook handwritten manuscript has been in private hands since the 1960s

New Research

When People Are Stressed Financially, Their Racial Biases Escalate

White study participants view biracial faces as "more black" when times are tough

New Research

Europe Was Probably Colonized By Island Hoppers

New genetic research shows that people and agriculture likely spread across the Mediterranean by going from island to island

The Baker river, one of the Patagonian waterways that would have been blocked by proposed dams.

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Chile Sides With Environmentalists and Communities, Rejects $8 Billion Dam Proposal

Environmentalists are calling the decision "a land-mark"

Carl Linnaeus, 1707 to 1778. Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist. From Crabb's Historical Dictionary published 1825.

New Research

Who Does Wikipedia Think Is Bigger Than Jesus?

Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus is Wikipedia's most influential person, according to one measurement

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Thousands of Lovers’ Locks Collapsed Part of an Overloaded Bridge in Paris

The trend affects bridges throughout Europe and in some places in the U.S., too

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Americans Actually Want to Pay More Money If It Will Help Stop Climate Change

Nearly two thirds of Americans are willing to pay more for their electricity if it means cutting carbon emissions

Part of an exhibition of street art from Bayonne, France.

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Google Is Documenting the World's Street Art

The Street Art Project already includes some 4,000 images of street art, some of which no longer exist

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The Snowy, Barren Arctic Actually Contains a Sophisticated Network of Inuit Trails

Compiled from accounts over the past 200 years, a new atlas documents a network of trails stretching across the Arctic

Are Your Sniffles Really the Flu? This Box Can Tell You

No, it's not a tricorder, but this new diagnosis technology is a step in that direction

Residents walk near a destroyed house after a landslide in Teresopolis January 15, 2011.

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Deadly Flooding Hits Brazil Two Days Before World Cup Begins

Flooding in southeastern Brazil has killed at least nine

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Here’s What Actually Happens During an Execution by Molten Gold

It's probably not the gold itself that kills you, but rather the steam

Forest in British Columbia that has borne both fire and beetle infestations

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Beetles Have Destroyed 38,000 Square Miles of Forest

As part of this year’s farm bill, the United States Forest Service will try to rehabilitate beetle-infested forests

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