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6 years ago+8 8 0Banned Georgian sex manual reveals strange beliefs
The 300-year-old tome offers some sage advice.
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6 years ago+17 17 0Hairy tongues help bats drink up
New model predicts how hairs on a bat’s tongue draw up nectar.
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6 years ago+13 13 0The rarely, if ever, told story of Japanese sold as slaves by Portuguese traders
The subject of this slim volume is “a series of events that are essential in understanding Japanese history” — events “totally unknown, incredible, and unpleasant to read.”
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6 years ago+19 19 0A lack of an Oxford comma cost dairy $5 million
A group of Maine dairy delivery drivers will receive $5 million in a proposed settlement for unpaid overtime, according to court records filed on Thursday.
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6 years ago+30 30 0 x 1One of the Earliest Illustrated Medical Books Offers a Lens Into Medieval Health
Originally published in 1491, Fasciculus medicinae quickly proved popular, and dozens of editions followed until 1522.
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6 years ago+27 27 0The fat in a perfect croissant
Delicious, flaky croissants owe their wonderful texture to the complex, multiscale structure of butter or related fats.
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6 years ago+34 34 0 x 1Montenegro's Gushing Water Tree
A rare and natural phenomenon has turned a tree in Montenegro into a gushing spring.
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6 years ago+18 18 0'Youngest Soviet Defector' Tells His Tale Nearly 40 Years Later
He lives the life of an average American today, but nearly four decades ago as a child Volodymyr Polovchak whipped up a Cold War storm by refusing to return from the United States to the Soviet Union.
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6 years ago+17 17 0‘What Are We Going to Do About Tyler?’
Tyler Haire was locked up at 16. A Mississippi judge ordered that he undergo a mental exam. What happened next is a statewide scandal.
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6 years ago+19 19 0Westminster Abbey's attics yield a treasure trove of stained glass
Archaeologists clearing attics to create new museum space find 30,000 stained glass shards, some dating back to 13th century
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6 years ago+24 24 0Magical new 4,500 year old finds add to 'oldest toy collection in the world'
An ancient doll and a mythical animal were buried with a child from the Okunev culture in the Bronze Age.
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6 years ago+17 17 0Precious Gems Bear Messages From Earth’s Molten Heart
We may covet gemstones for their beauty, but their real value lies in what they tell scientists about the extreme forces at work deep underground.
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Current Event
6 years ago+16 16 0The mysterious origins of Europe’s oldest language
When Gen Francisco Franco banned the use of the ancient Euskara language, residents of the Basque Country fought to keep it alive.
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6 years ago+14 14 0Gigantic Sculptures of Cats Wearing Helmets by Kenji Yanobe
The Japanese sculptor Kenji Yanobe is known for his large-scale robotic and nightmarish toys. But animals too have always played an important role in Yanobe’s work too. And in his latest work titled Ship’s Cat, Yanobe has created a series of large-sc ...
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6 years ago+25 25 0No Kitten Around: Museum Exhibit Celebrates 'Divine Felines'
Ever feel fearful? Or brave? Protective? Aggressive? The ancient Egyptians had a cat for that! Ancient Egypt was full of animal deities, but cats reigned supreme, celebrated in sculptures and stories.
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6 years ago+18 18 0Edible Archaeology: Gingerbread Cuneiform Tablets
Because sometimes a plain old biscuit calls for some ancient Assyrian script.
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6 years ago+1 1 0A Puzzle Game Inspired by the Mathematics of Islamic Art
'Engare' by Iranian developer Mahdi Bahrami is a puzzle game of geometry and motion, inspired by Islamic art and architecture.
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6 years ago+22 22 0The Fascinating Hidden History of London Railings
There’s a surprising link between railings and the capital’s wartime past
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6 years ago+31 31 0Why Don’t Americans Eat Horse?
It's common in many cultures, but diners in the U.S. aren't ready for it
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6 years ago+18 18 0An AI With an Eerily Familiar Voice Offers a Musical Crash Course on the Electromagnetic Spectrum
It’s a science lesson, musical, 2001: A Space Odyssey homage, and video game shout-out all in one when an IT guy (Ed Wasser from Babylon 5) who hates cat videos encounters an AI who just wants a li’l internet access in the NASA-created “NOTGLaDOS: El ...