Cool Finds
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The Messy History of Tacos
There's so much more to the humble taco than meets the hungry North American consumer's eye - or palate
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Sugar Placebo Pills Can Make You Feel Worse
Lurking in the shadows around any discussion of the placebo effect is its nefarious and lesser-known twin, the nocebo effect
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Clean Energy Can Come From Dirt
Forget wind, solar and even seaweed. Renewable energy is getting down and dirty...with dirt!
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Should We Kill Man-Eating Alligators?
Should we hunt down and kill man-eaters?
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In Sports, Winning Streaks Are Just Flukes
Winning streaks are engrained into our sports psyches, but are they actually a legitimate phenomoenon?
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Climate Change Will Mean the World Eats Rice
The future under climate change indicates that rice will become an even more abundant staple, thanks to a boost in carbon dioxide that make crops thrive
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Is There a Gene That Makes People Stupid?
Rather than looking for the genetic regions responsible for a person's high IQ, maybe we should be looking for the opposite: the root of stupidity
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In Scotland, Two Mix-and-Match Mummies Contain Parts of Six Corpses
3,000 year old bodies discovered in a bog turned out not to be two bodies at all. The skeletons are stitched together from the remains of six individuals
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Why Store-Bought Popsicles Drip Less
Just in time for another scorching July day, the history of the modern popsicle - and why the store-bought ones are less drippy than the DIY kind
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How Do Animals Perceive the World?
Scientists demonstrate how animals view the world, and why their vision influences the way they look
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How Ancient Greeks Named Their Puppies
To the ancient Greeks, just like today, picking a name for your new pup was an important step. But the process was a little more peculiar back then
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Germans un-Kampf-ortable With Reissue of Hitler’s Tome
Starting in 2015, Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf will once again be available to German readers
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