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This past Sunday, journalist Paul Salopek began his walk from Ethiopia to Patagonia
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Archaeologists are slowly bringing "the Hobbit Human" to light as new bones turn up
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For some, knowing whether 5 is greater than 2 is a difficult task
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Female mice have tricks for encouraging the otherwise absentee father of their offspring to care and get involved in child-tending
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Once given a 1-in-45 chance of smacking into the Earth, the odds are now effectively zero
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One of the biggest challenges to a Mars mission is just how long it takes to get there
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Maybe it's the economy, or the current state of politics, or the recent boy band resurgence - but for whatever reason, Americans are putting down the milk and picking up the wine glass
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It's flu season again, but this year the bug going around isn't just your average illness
For just the second time in forty years, not a single player was inducted this year. Not Barry Bonds, not Roger Clemes, not Sammy Sosa—nobody
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How much damage does head butting really do?
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A new cancer-causing virus is affecting U.S. raccoons
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Low water levels in Lake Michigan could cause the Chicago River to start flowing the other way
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Above, you can see signature of Jacob J. Lew, reportedly the top candidate to be the country’s new Treasury secretary. This scribble—a slinky? a bit of fuzz? a doodle of a caterpillar?—may be printed on every single new dollar bill. The signature is causing no shortage of judgment from media outlets like The New York Times [...]
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The world may be at the brink of an epidemic of drug-resistent gonorrhea, though simply using condoms could save the day
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The 2023 move, by the way, is permanent
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Across Australia wildfires are raging. And yes, there is a climate connection
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The synthetic feces is less icky than the natural variety and is a "super probiotic," aptly named RePOOPulate
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Rather than face forced labor, some ancient Egyptians gave up their futures and their coin to become temple servants
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Some of the bowhead whales in the icy waters off of Alaska today are over 200 years old
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It's a criminal strategy that comes with low risks and high rewards.
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