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A new study charted how English has changed over the past 500 years, finding it to be more stagnant than ever before
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Because of their complex brains and rich social lives, should dolphins and whales be considered non-human legal persons, with full legal rights?
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Powell designed glasses with built-in screens that translate speech, the translation appearing live as subtitles floating in front of the wearer's eyes
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Cornell researchers exploit kids' adoration of Batman for the better, using the superhero as an impetus to encourage kids to eat healthy
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There's so much more to the humble taco than meets the hungry North American consumer's eye - or palate
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Two New York City jewelers, caught with $2 million worth of illegal ivory, plead guilty to charges of commercializing wildlife
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Should we hunt down and kill man-eaters?
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Winning streaks are engrained into our sports psyches, but are they actually a legitimate phenomoenon?
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The rage over CERN's font choice drives the question: How would the world have reacted to Newton's world-changing tome had Comic Sans existed at the time?
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Starting in 2015, Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf will once again be available to German readers
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Because we always have
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