Cool Finds
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The Technical Challenges of Photojournalism in a War Zone
A short documentary reveals what it's like to work in Afghanistan
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The Oldest Chemistry Lab in America?
A classroom designed by Thomas Jefferson was rediscovered
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Declassified Spy Maps Show Melting Arctic Ice
Maps reveal how climate and politics are heating up in the Arctic
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Invader Tags European Space Agency With Alien Art
The anonymous street artist strikes again
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JetBlue Goes Green with a Farm at JFK Airport
The airline hopes to produce herbs and around 1,000 pounds of blue potatoes each season
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Remember These Free AOL CDs? They're Collectibles Now
1000 hours free! Sign on today!
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Learn Physics From Nobel Prizewinner Richard Feynman for Free
The physicist’s legendary lectures are now available online
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Orson Welles Wrote a 'Citizen Kane' Sequel
The greatest movie never made?
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How the Journalist Who Broke the News of World War II Got Her Scoop
Somebody needs to make a movie about Clare Hollingworth
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Watch These Giant Rats Sniff Out Landmines
Giant rats can detect TNT decades after it was buried
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Who Will Save the World’s Chocolate?
As climate change threatens cocoa crops, rival food companies are banding together
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This Swiss Watchmaker is Teaching Apprentices For Free
The U.S. desperately needs new watchmakers. Will a new generation save the industry?
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A Woman Bought a House For $100,000, Then Learned Frank Lloyd Wright Built It
She had no idea her Madison, Wisconsin, home was part of the famous architect's affordable housing project
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How the Tetris Theme Song Was Made
A small piece of hardware produced the iconic sounds of gaming
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Thanks to Augmented Reality, These Coloring Books Come to Life
The new technology takes 2D pictures and turns them into 3D magic
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Listen to the Sweet Sounds of Slime Mold
Two artists transform the bioelectricity of microorganisms into song
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The Only Eyewitness Painting of Lincoln's Assassination Is Finally Being Restored
How a forgotten portrait of the president's dying hours was saved
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Watch Drones Drop Thousands of Moths on Crops
Swarms of sterile moths could be coming to a cotton farm near you
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Ray Harryhausen's Movie Memorabilia Goes Up For Auction
Sketches, models, and a treasure trove of collectibles from Hollywood's first king of special effects
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Iraqi Museum Discovers Missing Lines From the Epic of Gilgamesh
One of the world's first great stories just got a new chapter
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