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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Joseph Guillotin, Henry Shrapnel and Jules Leotard became immortal — by entering the English language. But when your entire li..
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
In his new book, author and Harvard literature professor Stephen Greenblatt explores the 2,000 year-old writings of Lucretius an..
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Most people have a favorite number. But why do people choose the numbers they do?..
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Have you ever wondered how much heat you can take? 232 years ago, three men decided to find out...
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Democracy in the human world can be a messy and acrimonious business, but in the bee world, a little waggle dance can help you g..
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Friday, March 18, 2011
Everyone knew the mission would fail — the technicians, the pilot and the friend who would replace him if he deserted the mis..
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Deep in the middle of a Siberian winter, a frozen bird fell from the sky. Then another. Not what you expect while ice fishing ..
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Krulwich makes a bet he can find tools that have gone extinct — but it turns out old technology doesn't disappear like you'd ..
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Saturday, January 22, 2011
Deep in the Arizona desert, one man has been deciphering the chatter between rodents, hoping to prove that communication among h..
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Try as you might, you can't walk in a straight line without a visible guide point, like the sun or a star. You might think you'r..
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Saturday, November 13, 2010
In this story, we explain why someday you might have a rock for a grandson...
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Saturday, October 23, 2010
Not that you were shopping for this, but we've found the perfect gift for a busy, busy werewolf...
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Friday, October 1, 2010
The phrase raining cats and dogs isn't quite right when you talk about hurricanes. This hurricane season, we throw an average on..
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Time seems to slow down when we fear for our lives. A neuroscientist believes he has figured out what's going on in our brains t..
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Friday, July 16, 2010
Look up at the sky and what do you see? Well, blue, yes. And maybe a plane or a bird, but otherwise ... nothing. Or so you think..
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