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"Reading Rainbow" Is Trying to Raise $1 Million on Kickstarter to Bring the Show to the Web

The beloved show "Reading Rainbow" is seeking funding to expand to the web

Maya Angelou by Ross Rossin, 2013.

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Maya Angelou Was One of the Most Influential Voices of Our Time

Maya Angelou was poet, novelist, educator, producer, actress, filmmaker, dancer and civil rights activist

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Using GIS to Factcheck Julius Caesar's Account of the Gallic Wars

Scientists are using modern technology to check whether Julius Caesar's accounting of Roman history was accurate

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Female Pigs Respond Differently to Batches of Sperm Carrying Mostly X Or Mostly Y Chromosomes

In an experiment, mother pigs' gene expression changed depending on the sperm type they were fertilized wtih

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You Could Smell Like A Viking

York has come up with a new tourism stunt: smell like a Viking

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Watch This Adorable Mammal Hatch From an Egg

A 1974 nature video shows a spiny anteater hatching

The New York Stock Exchange all gussied up for Twitter's opening day.

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Scientists Will Soon Be Trawling Through All of Your Tweets

Twitter is opening up their entire archives to researchers

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Ordinary People Respond More Strongly to "Global Warming" Than to "Climate Change"

Americans respond differently to the same scientific concept depending on the terminology being used

Armed militiamen from the pro-Russian Vostok Battallion took part in a rally held in Lenin's square, Donetsk, against Ukraine's presidential elections being held across the country.

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Dozens Dead After Fighting Erupts in Donetsk, Ukraine

Ukraine's military pushed to clear pro-Russian rebels out of the eastern provinces

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Listen to Your Coffee Beans—It'll Perfect Your Roasting Skills

Coffee beans make different noises depending on how toasted they are

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This Software Can Screen for Autism

What expert? This autism screening software works just as well.

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That Anxiety in Your Gut Controls Your Brain More Than You Know

Your stomach can be scared... and not just of being empty

Kiwis: Also a type of bird.

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The Very Large, Very Extinct Elephant Bird Is the Closest Cousin to the Wee, Flightless Kiwi

Proof that you should never judge a bird by its feathers

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Even 2-Year Olds Are Being Prescribed Ritalin

There may be as many as 10,000 American toddlers on stimulant drugs for ADHD

Tiputini River and rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.

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Ecuador Wanted $3.6 Billion to Save a Patch of Rainforest—Now, It's About to Start Drilling

Oil production could begin as early as 2016

Nigerian boys sift through the remains of the Gamboru market after multiple explosions took place Maiduguri, northern Nigeria, on February 7, 2012. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attacks.

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The UN Security Council Just Officially Labeled Boko Haram Terrorists And Tied the Group to Al Qaeda

Officially deeming the group a terrorist organization gives the UN power to impose sanctions

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Europe Has Its Own Bison Species That Came Back From the Brink of Extinction

Bison were just reintroduced into a stretch of Romania where they haven't been found for two centuries

Artwork of the International Space Station

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This Robotic Arm Is About To Repair Itself in Space

Space's newest Mr. Fix-It is a robot that can update its own hardware

There are no photos of the never-before-seen meteor shower yet, obviously, so here's a pretty one from the Geminids in 2011.

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Friday Night Will Be the First And Last Chance to See an Entirely New Meteor "Storm"

A new meteor shower should take place overnight from May 23 to May 24

Dr. John All fell 70 feet into this crevasse.

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This Scientist Fell Down a 70-Foot Crevasse in the Himalayas But Managed to Claw His Way Out

Rescue teams finally reached him the following day

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