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Dracula’s Castle Is for Sale

Bran Castle can be yours for a rumored $80 million

An artist's impress of the Venus Express orbiter around Venus.

This Satellite's Last Act Will Be Skydiving Through Venus' Atmosphere

The ESA's Venus Express orbiter is going to end its life with a trip into Venus' atmosphere

How Do We Know the Earth Is 4.6 Billion Years Old?

We know the Earth is old. But how do we know its age?

In 2015, an Ad for a Sports Drink Will Land on the Moon

One giant leap for advertising

This Facebook Page Allows Iranian Women to Share Selfies Sans Hijab

The anonymous photos are meant to inspire change

How to Predict If Your Baby Name Idea Is Too Trendy

A statistical analysis tries to predict how names' popularity will change over coming decades

Fujitsu is Growing the Most Technologically Advanced Lettuce Ever

This gives a whole new meaning to factory farm

Charles Darwin: sailor, scientist, beard aficionado.

In the Victorian Era, Doctors Prescribed Beards to Help Keep Men Healthy

The mid-19th century beard boom was motivated, in part, by health concerns

Yardangs on Mars

What in the World (Or Off of It) Is a Yardang?

They're on Mars, they're beautiful and they have nothing to do with pirates

Workers lay railway tracks near the new railway station in Shanghai, China on 01 March 2010.

China Is Thinking About Building a Train to the U.S.

Chinese engineers are discussing a new high speed rail line from China to the US

A different blue whale skeleton rests on Goudier Island, Antarctica.

The Whale That Didn’t End Up Exploding Is Being Chopped Up and Shipped Across the Country

Dismantling a blue whale, piece by piece

This Farmer Grew Four Times As Much Rice in the Same Amount of Land

His controversial farming method has long been dismissed by experts

The Science of Cooking a Perfect Hard-Boiled Egg

It's all about temperature and timing

Small, Quiet Drones Let Conservationists Peek Inside Bird’s Nests

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is using remote-controlled drones to monitor nests of endangered species

How to Make Hitchhiking Safe Again

A new system of background checks could make catching a ride safer and easier

The new Mars rover, scheduled for 2020, is to be built on roughly the same platform as the Curiosity rover.

NASA's Going to Mars in 2020 And Wants to Bring Back Martian Rocks

The next NASA Mars rover, scheduled for 2020, may be the first step in a sample return mission

This is one of the oldest living trees in the world

Is This the Oldest Living Tree?

This Norway Spruce in Sweden has roots that are over 9,000 years old

A female German fighter rests after competing in the first World International Medieval Combat Championship.

The World Championships in Medieval Combat

Steps from a 15th century Spanish castle, combatants took to arms

In an Emergency, We Act Like Ants

Like many animals, we tend to clump together when danger presents itself

Gino Bartali

This Italian Cyclist Defied Fascists and Saved Lives

The world didn’t learn about the heroism of Gino Bartali during WWII until after he died in 2000

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