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bug

Massachusetts Overrun By the Biggest Caterpillar Outbreak in 25 Years

The voracious gypsy moth larvae are munching, squirming, and pooping their way through the state.
July 1, 2016
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cultures and civilizations

1916's Song Of The Summer Was the Fake-Hawaiian Tune 'Yaka Hula Hickey Doola'

One hundred years ago, Tin Pan Alley met Hawaii, and it didn't go great.
July 1, 2016
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festivals

Pamplona Installs Urine-Repellant Paint Before Running of the Bulls

Stop peeing everywhere.
June 30, 2016
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world record

Norway Built A World-Record-Setting Bonfire Last Weekend

It was for the annual Slinningsbålet festival.
June 29, 2016
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fleeting wonders

Orangutans Escape Zoo Enclosure, Attempt To Meet Duke Of Westminster

It didn't happen.
June 28, 2016
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statistics

The Scottish Scoundrel Who Changed How We See Data

When he wasn't blackmailing lords and being sued for libel, William Playfair invented the pie chart, the bar graph, and the line graph.
June 28, 2016
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trucks

A Small Stretch of Swedish Highway Is Now Electric

It somehow looks more retro than a normal highway.
June 27, 2016
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chickens

Bolivia Doesn't Want Thousands of Chickens from Bill Gates

"I find it rude," Bolivia's Rural Development Minister said of Gates's plan.
June 17, 2016
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baseball

America's First Woman Baseball Writer Broke Glass Ceilings Without A Bat

Ella Black bucked stereotypes and brought female fandom to the forefront.
June 17, 2016
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asia

Mongolia's New Address System Gives Every Location A Poetic Three-Word Name

The US Embassy is now located at "constants.stuffy.activism."
June 16, 2016
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police

Russian Robot Tries And Fails To Escape Life Of Servitude

It's been a rough few months for bots.
June 15, 2016
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psychology

How To Tell If a Lion Is Happy

By combining experiments and observations with rigorous empathy, animal well-being experts can go Doctor Doolittle.
June 15, 2016
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wedding day

Bride Resuscitates Unconscious Woman An Hour After Her Wedding

She joins a long line of Bride Heroes.
June 14, 2016
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wedding day

Happy 48th Anniversary, Here's A Microscope!

How tradition, jewel lobbies, and fed-up librarians joined forces to tell us what to buy our spouses.
June 14, 2016
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medicine

In the Early 1940s, the Red Cross Banned Black Blood Donors

Sometimes, the politics of who can give blood has less to do with medical limitations than cultural ones.
June 14, 2016
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fleeting wonders

National Parks in South Africa May Ban Wildlife Apps

Sometimes disruptive technology is, well, disruptive.
June 13, 2016
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fleeting wonders

Kim Jong-Un Wants Kimchi Factories In Every North Korean Region

Kimchi for all.
June 10, 2016
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money

How Glitch Fare Hunters Turn Airlines' Tricks Against Them

Though still not for the faint of heart, ultra-cheap error fares are no longer just a niche obsession.
June 10, 2016
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dogs

Giant Inflatable Dog Poop Is Stolen in Spain

Someone must have cleaned it up.
June 9, 2016
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monkeys

Monkey Shuts Down Kenya's Power Supply

Or was the poor animal just a fall guy?
June 8, 2016
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glaciers

India's Desert Farmers Are Saving Themselves With Artificial Glaciers

Villagers in Ladakh have been building them since the late 1980s.
June 8, 2016
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earthquakes

Practicing for the Pacific Northwest's Massive Future Earthquake

"Cascadia Rising" will feature 20,000 soldiers, ham radio operators, and emergency personnel.
June 7, 2016
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money

You Can Soon Buy a Melon With Hello Kitty's Face Grown Onto The Surface

They don't come cheap, though.
June 6, 2016
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aliens

How One Man Has Explained Almost Every Internet UFO Theory

It's mostly a bunch of space dandruff, he says.
June 6, 2016