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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

A fresco from Augustus' house in Rome

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

A capture of the map showing how various countries' populations may be affected by sea level rise. For the full experience see the interactive infographic at the

As Many As 3 Million Americans Could Soon Be Threatened by Sea Level Rise

Across the world, 650 million people could be at risk

Breast pumping equipment

A New MIT Challenge: Hack the Breast Pump

Last weekend, MIT's Media Lab hosted the "Make the Breast Pump Not Suck" Hackathon

Sunrise over the Straits of Malacca.

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

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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

A scanning electron micrograph image of red and white blood cells.

Scientists Have Basically No Idea How Many Cells Are in the Human Body

Is it 5 trillion or 500 trillion? Who knows.

A totally realistic portrayal of what it's like to slip on a banana peel.

The Physics of Slipping on a Banana Peel, And Other Weird, Ig Nobel Science

Banana peels may be the secret to better prosthetics

Bush Barrow was the original resting place of the intricate gold-studded dagger that researchers now believe was crafted by children.

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

Till death do us part: This couple has been holding hands for 700 years.

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 genet riding a rhino.

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

The pyramids of Giza were constructed between 2575 and 2465 BC. The monument in Israel dates to between 3050 and 2650 BC.

Huge Structure in Israel Older Than Pyramids

The crescent-shaped stone pile may once have been a border marker

The remains of S.S. Frank H. Buck peek above the surface during low tide off San Francisco's Lands End.

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

Protests in August, 2014 against the Libyan parliament's decision to ask the UN to intervene in the country's current conflict.

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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