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Navy scientist Alison Smith will describe her novel authentication system at Smithsonian's Military Invention Day | Continue reading
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Some of the oldest known Neanderthal remains include teeth that could push back the split with modern human lineages, but not all scientists are convinced | Continue reading
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The post-war era’s labor unrest and market instability has seemingly been forgotten in the public’s memory | Continue reading
The International Spy Museum details the audacious plan that involved a reclusive billionaire, a 618-foot-long ship, and a great deal of stealth | Continue reading
The cracked stone board was likely used to play ludus latrunculorum, Rome's favorite game | Continue reading
Brains plus bonnets equal a historic first | Continue reading
For decades, Jews who were forced east into the uneasy confines of the Soviet Union were excluded from the conversation about the trauma of genocide | Continue reading
The zoo's cassowary “still has that mysterious aura about her—that prehistoric, dinosaur-walking-through-the-rainforest-quality. | Continue reading
Studying key points on the HIV virus that are weak to immune system attacks could lead to new treatments or HIV vaccines | Continue reading
Renewable energy outworked coal in April—and will likely do the same in May—though the trend likely won't last once air-conditioners switch on | Continue reading
Crustaceans in the Mariana Trench and other underwater canyons feed on food from the surface laced with carbon-14 from Cold War bomb tests | Continue reading
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The explosion of kid-friendly paraphernalia led the federal government to crack down on pot | Continue reading
The story of Jacques Cinq-Mars and the Bluefish Caves shows how toxic atmosphere can poison scientific progress | Continue reading
Negotiated in 1835 by a small group of Cherokee citizens without legal standing, challenged by the majority of the Cherokee nation and their elected government, the Treaty of New Echota was used by the United States to justify the removal of the Cherokee people along the Trail of … | Continue reading
Her bold experiment to teach Iowa third graders about racial prejudice divided townspeople and thrust her onto the national stage | Continue reading
Scientists and engineers are finding practical applications for the Japanese art form in space, medicine, robotics, architecture and more | Continue reading
The accelerated decomposition method transforms remains into soil and uses just an eighth of the energy required for cremation | Continue reading
The Psyche spacecraft, headed to an asteroid with the same name, will explore a metal world thought to be the leftover core of a destroyed planet | Continue reading
Loaded with power, massive storms may be another conduit for renewable energy | Continue reading
America’s favorite processed breakfast was once the pinnacle of healthfulness—and spiritual purity | Continue reading
The first pictures of the sky were taken on glass photographic plates, and these treasured artifacts can still help scientists make discoveries today | Continue reading
After a tense few hours, firefighters announce they saved the landmark from 'total destruction' | Continue reading
The pioneer of bioinformatics modeled Earth’s primordial atmosphere with Carl Sagan and made a vast protein database still used today | Continue reading
A new biography explores the remarkable feats of Virginia Hall, a disabled secret agent determined to play her part in the fight against the Nazis | Continue reading
The town of Brande (population: 7,000) is headquarters of clothing brand Bestseller, which wants to construct the 1,049-foot spire | Continue reading
An estimated 66 tons of feces left behind by climbers is coming out of the deep freeze on North America's highest peak | Continue reading
Joy Milne first noticed a “sort of woody, musky odor” emanating from her husband some 12 years before he was diagnosed with the degenerative disorder | Continue reading
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Inside Iraq's most notorious prison, an Army interrogator came face to face with a shocking truth about the war—and himself | Continue reading
10 prominent English writers answered a 39-question survey detailing their opinions of literary predecessors and peers | Continue reading
Lake Elsinore has seen tens of thousands of people descend on Walker Canyon to see the recent superbloom, overwhelming local resources | Continue reading