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The crew of the Kulluk were rescued from the oil drilling platform by the U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday, December 29.

Arctic Offshore Drilling Still Going Poorly As Shell’s Rig Runs Aground

The recent mishap is part of a string of troubles that Shell has encountered in its efforts to drill in the frigid Gulf

New Years resolutions from all around the world

A World of New Year’s Resolutions, Mapped by Google

What do people all around the world want to change this year?

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The Science of Keeping New Year’s Resolutions

Want to bolster your chances of actually staying true to your New Year's resolution, whatever it may be?

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Introducing the First Search Engine for Math And Science Equations

Symbolab allows users to search for equations using both numbers and symbols as well as text

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Some People Can Tickle Themselves

Just as schizophrenics may hear voices in their heads, they may also experience self-induced phantom tickling

Love Chicken Nuggets? Thank Cornell Poultry Professor Robert C. Baker

In 1963, this professor of poultry science came up with the first chicken nuggets

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You Know You Want To Snoop Around Marilyn Monroe’s Secret FBI File

Freshly un-redacted FBI files paint Monroe as a bit of a communist

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Educating Americans for the 21st Century

This School Is Getting Girls Into Physics

The gap between boys and girls in math and engineering starts early and continues through college. But a school in the UK is trying to buck that trend

Adam Lanza’s DNA Will Tell Us Nothing

Genetics is a powerful tool, but it will not tell us why Adam Lanza killed those people

How to Avoid Getting Scammed on New Year’s Eve Champagne

Tonight, when you pop the bubbly, are you popping champagne or sparkling wine? How should you pour it? How do you drink it?

Seared Atlantic salmon with sturgeon caviar, braised leeks and pureed potato.

Genetically Modified Salmon Should Be Headed to a Plate Near You

Designed to bulk up twice as fast as a regular fish, Frankenfish should get FDA approval soon

For the First Time Ever, The New York Times Is Making More Money From Subscribers Than From Ads

Good news for journalists, editors and newspapers: the New York Times paywall seems to be working

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Letter From Chinese Labor Camp Prisoner Found in Kmart Decorations

The letter's author described 15 hour work days, no days off and pay of around $1.61 per day after receiving sentencing without a trial

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What Did Dinosaur Taste Like?

And which would be the most delicious?

This box turtle is very disappointed in your flagrant disregard for turtlekind.

It’s Not Safe for Turtles to Cross the Road, Humans Make Sure of That

Some motorists go out of their way to hit turtles that are trying to cross the road

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Why Do Rich People Wear Monocles?

Monocles have been the chosen eyewear of our cartoon rich people for a long time now

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Online Dating Sites Boom As Singles Make New Year’s Resolutions

Late December through January is the heaviest time of year for online dating websites

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This Is What the End of All Time Looks Like

Feel like having your tiny human mind blown? Check out predictions for the next 10^10^10^76.66 years

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What Will They Do With The Body of a Beached Whale in Queens?

Rescuers, locals and conservationists have been trying to figure out just what to with the body of a fin whale that died in Queens on Thursday

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The Last Working Copyist in Mali Is Trying To Save Timbuktu’s Manuscripts

180,000 medieval manuscripts are housed in Timbuktu, and only 23,000 of those ancient writings have ever been catalogued

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