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Half the World Lives on 1% of Its Land, Mapped (OMG. The yellow spots outline the Nile!)

Friends, Romans, Countrymen, Lend Us Your Toilets (Without Parasites)

Reciprocal Teaching, An Alternative to Gatekeeping Practices

Harnessing the energy of small bending motions

The Triumph of Email

The Indestructible Appeal of the Wrecking Ball

Scientists Discover Meteorite ‘Older Than Earth Itself’ in Australian Outback

Japan Keeps This Defunct Train Station Running for Just One Passenger

How Immigration Changes Language

Visible Light from a Black Hole Spotted by Telescope, a First

Predictive Policing Comes to Restaurants

Big-Eared Statues Reveal Ancient Egyptian Power Couple

Pathogens found in Ice Man's stomach

Quakers pioneered social enterprise. They were also the first to fail

Defending Kilgrave

Stepping Down From Solitary Confinement

Chemawa Indian School unmarked graves

Big-dollar baby formula thefts dog stores, police across US

The quest to hack trees and beat climate change

The Age of the Ghost Company

Why Kindergarten Is The New First Grade

No Accident: Inside GM’s deadly ignition switch scandal

Why last night's chicken made you sick

Transgender U.S. veterans suffer more illness than peers: study

Hackers caused a blackout for the first time, researchers say

New York Jail Agency Seeks to Delay Ending Isolation for Young Adults

Madaya: Syria allows aid to reach city facing starvation, says U.N.

The Powerball jackpot is nearly a billion dollars now

Of course, the government takes a lot of that money back in the form of taxes, so you know, it's not even really worth it :P If you even win, that is, which you won't.

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Itchy Eyes? Sneezing? Maybe Blame That Allergy On Neanderthals

Why Amazon's Data Centers Are Hidden in Spy Country

The Early History of Autism in America

Cook County's most unconventional judge takes justice beyond the bench

Monkey Cannot Own Copyright To Viral Selfie, Says Federal Judge

What and where is the Mountain of Butterflies?

A Vegan ‘Butcher Shop’ Is Opening In Minnesota

Here's What You Shouldn't Do When Trying To Revive A Newborn

From Portrait Painters To College Applicants, Squirrel Obsessives Through the Ages

Can Animals Think Abstractly?

It’s the Umami, Stupid. Why the Truth About MSG is So Easy to Swallow

Argentine ants altering California's ecosystems as homeowners give them shelter

Why Do Americans Work So Much?

Researchers discover link between stress and unhealthy microbiomes

Did my doctor miss my cancer because I'm a woman?

A Father, a Dying Son, and the Quest to Make the Most Profound Videogame Ever

The Israeli Army Unit That Recruits Teens With Autism

Conservative Christians Are on a Mission in Public Schools

The Long Fallof Phoebe Jonchuck (Trigger warning for child murder.)

The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare

2016: It's deportation time

Deportation raids to continue, despite outcry

3 Anger-Inducing Charts About Kids and Prison