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June 27, 2013 6:13 AM
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Coral reefs are the equivalent of underwater forests. Twenty-five percent of all marine life lives in coral reefs. The combination of plant life and colorful marine fish make coral reefs vacation destinations among scuba divers. Larger coral reefs, such as the Great Barrier Reef, are actually made up of many smaller reefs that are connected into a single ecosystem.
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June 27, 2013 6:12 AM
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Are you looking for a summertime hobby? Do you have a hankering for ice cream on a stick and a love of Elmer's Glue? Why not build a full-sized house out of Popsicle sticks. Beware the brainfreeze!
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June 27, 2013 6:10 AM
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Many women in the Old West had fascinating stories that were not recorded as well as they should have been. Digging up their histories sometimes raises more questions than it answers.
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June 26, 2013 5:19 AM
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Honeybees aren't native to U.S., but these guys are. And they contribute to pollinating delicious American crops such as pumpkins, blueberries and
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June 26, 2013 5:17 AM
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(Phys.org) —New research shows that to prevent starvation at night, plants perform accurate arithmetic division. The calculation allows them to use up their starch reserves at a constant rate so that they run out almost precisely at dawn.
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June 26, 2013 5:15 AM
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Barbara Millicent Roberts, better known as Barbie, first appeared to the public at the 1959 New York Toy Fair. Since then, Mattel’s iconic doll has embarked on over 130 careers as everything from a lifeguard to a paratrooper. Of course, such a range of professions increases the toy company’s marketing scope when it comes to clothing and accessories (not to mention the figures themselves), but the doll’s diversity also represents a variety of aspirational ideals for young girls.
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June 25, 2013 6:07 AM
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Bosses at Manchester Museum have been left puzzled by the mystery of an ancient Egyptian statuette which - a video has revealed - seems to turn itself around 180 degrees in its display case.
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June 25, 2013 6:04 AM
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Turn your eyes skyward anywhere in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg and you will see it. A tall off-white, disheveled but somehow elegant tower is by far the tallest building in Russia’s fourth most populated city.
Yet this is not a monument to a fallen tsar or departed dictator. It is a TV tower. What is more, it’s an unfinished TV tower. Nonetheless it gives the city another claim to fame – as the home to the tallest abandoned structure in the world.
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June 25, 2013 6:02 AM
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These are very rare and beautiful visions, published in Japan in the 1930s-1960s
We are continuing our ever-popular series of extremely rare and fantastic retrofuture finds from Japan (read the first part here), boldly exploring the fertile territory of science fiction art and futuristic illustrations from a country of unlimited dreams and super-charged imagination.
Robotic spaceship helps astronauts in distress:
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June 24, 2013 8:40 AM
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These 10 vintage cigarette ads seem almost hilariously outrageous.
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June 24, 2013 8:39 AM
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Be the first to move ahead on fat tires & fun with Scrooser: an urban mobility solution for the environmentally conscious individual.
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June 23, 2013 7:17 AM
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Inspired in part by the great geography game GeoGuessr, I spent some time recently in Google Maps, finding the edges of their Street View image coverage. I've always been drawn to the end of the road, to the edges of where one might be allowed to travel, whether blocked by geographic features, international borders, or simply the lack of any further road. Gathered below is a virtual visit to a few of these road ends around the world -- borders, shorelines, dead ends and overlooks from New Zealand to Svalbard, from Alaska to South Africa.
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June 23, 2013 7:15 AM
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A look at 10 famous musicians convicted of tax evasion.
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June 27, 2013 6:12 AM
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Image Source The chest-beating, body-slamming, over-the-top antics of professional wrestling don’t usually bring academics to mind.
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June 27, 2013 6:11 AM
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For as ear-piercing as ambulance sirens are, you’d think they’d be better alert systems. Truth is: they’re shockingly ineffective. Drivers register the sound only at close proximity and at very low speeds.
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June 26, 2013 5:20 AM
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June 26, 2013 5:18 AM
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The red panda looks like a fluffy raccoon-cat, frolics in the snow like an arctic otter, and is known to interrupt lunchtime in impossibly adorable ways. These are well-known skills and traits. What's not so well-known is that red pandas are also master escape artists. So we shouldn't be surprised that Rusty the red panda made a break for it last night from the National Zoo.
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June 26, 2013 5:16 AM
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A fascinating look at the world's most historical significant and iconic lighthouses!
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June 26, 2013 5:14 AM
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The New Navel of the Moon. It’s so poetic, isn’t it?
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June 25, 2013 6:05 AM
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10 snapshots that offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the lives of nurses during the Korean War.
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June 25, 2013 6:03 AM
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In the U.S., the most wasteful country per capita, each citizen throws away an average of 7.1 pounds per day, according to garbage guru Edw...
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June 24, 2013 8:41 AM
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June 24, 2013 8:39 AM
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This will only appeal to pedants. And when I say pedants, I mean people who are well educated and knowledgable, of course.
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June 23, 2013 11:17 PM
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June 23, 2013 7:16 AM
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Sorry, Toastmasters. When people clap at a performance, they're not really driven by how much they enjoyed what they saw, according to a new study.
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The magnificent colors, fish, and plant life on the reefs make these a definate wonder. In recent years efforts have continued to bring health back to many reefs, include the sinking of ships to give a substructure for the reef to thrive on. Hopefully as we learn more we can preserve this treasure for generations to come.