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Styx, Orpheus, Erebus or something else? What should Pluto's moons be named?
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Experts want to do away with the romanticized conceptions of what Mozart looked like, or those of a white-wigged, red-jacketed young man at the piano
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Just being inside all the time might be creating a population full of nearsighted people
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Today, Pope Benedict XVI told the world that he would resign
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The festival, billed as an international gathering point that "evokes a pristine snow fantasy," attracts around 2 million people each year
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Chemical mask-wearing mycotoxins can slip past screening techniques
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If China doesn't take steps to better preserve the relics, they may eventually turn into dust
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Scientists thought male fish, exposed to artificial hormones, were growing eggs. They weren't
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Captive sea turtles in the Caymans can ruin a tourist's visit with a nasty dose of bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites
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Disease? Warm summers? No one knows for sure what is leading to the moose's decline in this state
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The pyramids hail back to the days of the kingdom of Kush, which occurred around 2,000 years ago
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By the year 2100, the human race will have lost about 50% of the languages alive today. Every fourteen days a language dies. There are some success stories
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We really do think our mediocre constructions are just as good as those of the very finest of craftsman
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Wisdom the 62 year-old albatross just hatched what is thought to be her 30 to 35th chick
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With artificial limbs and organs, Rex is a vision of a bionic future
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Across the United States cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, are on the rise. Named for the “deep “whooping” sound [that] is often heard when the patient tries to take a breath,” says the U.S. National Library of Medicine, this bacterial infection can cause fever, difficulty breathing, and bouts of awful coughing that can last [...]
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Dali felt as though sleep was a waste of time (so did Edison, and many other influential people) but science suggests that sleep is pretty important
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A slow jam won't get you through that third mile, and smooth jazz isn't going to kick that kickboxing workout up a notch. It's not just personal preference either - it's science
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Researchers are now starting to look into the question, and see just how intelligent our furry friends actually are
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