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People Get Separation Anxiety When Parted From Their Phones
Separating college students from their smartphones can cause anxiety, especially for those who use their phones a lot
How Bird Migrations Show Up Beautifully on Doppler Radar
Large groups of birds taking off around sunset typically show up as circles that grow and disperse
Visitors to Emperor Augustus' Home Can Now See the Same Frescos He Did
Just in time for the 2,000th anniversary of Augustus' death, new wings of Augustus' home are opened
As Many As 3 Million Americans Could Soon Be Threatened by Sea Level Rise
Across the world, 650 million people could be at risk
A New MIT Challenge: Hack the Breast Pump
Last weekend, MIT's Media Lab hosted the "Make the Breast Pump Not Suck" Hackathon
The Waters Around Malaysia, Not Somalia, Are the World’s Worst for Pirates
More than 40 percent of pirate attacks over the last two decades took place in Southeast Asia
New Apps Tell You How Obsessed You Are With Checking Your Phone
Information is power
20 Years Later, "Shawshank Redemption" Has Made This Former Prison a Tourist Attraction
The Ohio State Reformatory now draws 80,000 tourists a year
Thousands of Strange Green Balls Appeared Overnight on a Beach in Australia
Scientists believe that the balls are actually extremely rare algae congregations called marimo
A New Search Engine For Metaphors
Yossarian offers a new way of searching for inspiration online
Scientists Have Basically No Idea How Many Cells Are in the Human Body
Is it 5 trillion or 500 trillion? Who knows.
The Physics of Slipping on a Banana Peel, And Other Weird, Ig Nobel Science
Banana peels may be the secret to better prosthetics
One of the U.K.'s Most Extraordinary Artifacts Was Likely Made by Children
The intricate work found on a dagger in 1808 was likely done by children
This Skeleton Couple Has Been Holding Hands for 700 Years
The couple's remains are just one of the discoveries recently made in the "lost chapel" of St. Morrell
A Fuzzy Little Genet Is Hitching Rides on Rhinos and Buffalo, And No One Can Figure Out Why
Camera traps exposed the secret world of a rhino-riding genet
Huge Structure in Israel Older Than Pyramids
The crescent-shaped stone pile may once have been a border marker
The Waters Around San Francisco Conceal a Graveyard of Historic Ships
Hundreds of wrecks, potentially, await discovery and exploration
Russian Spy Satellite Breaks Apart Over Rockies
A streak of light seen in the skies earlier this month was likely a spy satellite breaking up
At MIT, a Robot Cheetah Is Sprinting—And Leaping—Across Campus
MIT's robot cheetah may not be the only one in Boston—but it can leap
Libya’s Parliament Is Living on a Greek Ferry
Unrest in Libya has forced the government to take to the seas
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