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insects

Fireflies That Blink In Sync Return To Tennessee

Most fireflies switch on and off randomly—but not these guys.
June 3, 2016
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features

Do You Live in a Mail-Order Sears Kit Home? These House Hunters Will Find You

You might live in a "Hamilton" and not even know it.
June 3, 2016
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fleeting wonders

These Pollen Coronas Are the Upside of Pollen

Tons of sneezy plant dust in the air sometimes means beautiful, elongated rainbow rings around the sun.
June 2, 2016
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medicine

Veterinarians Remove Goldfish-Sized Tumor From Goldfish

He's feeling fine now.
June 1, 2016
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law

In The Mood For Drama? Go To An Urban Tree Hearing

The people of Somerville, Massachusetts really, really care about trees.
June 1, 2016
Gastro Obscura
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fleeting wonders

It Was A Record Year For Québécois Maple Syrup Production

Sweet!
May 31, 2016
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seals

No More Seal Selfies, Says NOAA

Enough is enough.
May 27, 2016
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black history

Musket Balls, Fake Teeth and More Found Beneath Malcolm X's Childhood Home

Your average city backyard holds an awful lot of history.
May 27, 2016
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prank

Everyone Thought It Was Art When These Clever Teens Put Glasses on a Museum Floor

Teens.
May 26, 2016
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pollution

The Taj Mahal Is Turning Green

Thanks, bugs.
May 25, 2016
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time-capsule

The Inevitable, Intergalactic Awkwardness of Time Capsules

A close examination of the Voyager Golden Records reveals the one flaw behind all attempts to bottle history: humans.
May 25, 2016
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competitions

This Relaxation Competition Finds Out Who Can Chill the Best

Could you win?
May 24, 2016
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funeral art

Hundreds of Yellow Butterflies Attend Ceremony for Gabriel García Márquez's Ashes

Some ashes were finally laid to rest.
May 23, 2016
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tree week

How Trees Help Solve Murders

Twigs, seeds and pollen can help heat up otherwise cold cases.
May 20, 2016
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celebrity

Cannes Hotels Have Hired Hawks To Protect Celebrities From Seagulls

They're fighting birds with birds.
May 20, 2016
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tree week

Preserving Ireland's Ancient, Mysterious Tree-Based Alphabet

Across Ireland, hundreds of millennia-old Ogham stones are slowly weathering away.
May 19, 2016
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fleeting wonders

Boston's Sidewalks Are Covered In Secret Poems

You can only see them when it rains.
May 19, 2016
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sleep

How Trees Sleep

Like the rest of us, they droop.
May 18, 2016
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soviet history

You Can Again Dine at the KGB's Favorite Restaurant

A lot of spies used to eat here.
May 17, 2016
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tree week

The WWI Plan To Turn America's Trees Into Telephones

George O. Squier's Floraphone was set to transform the country's forests into communication hubs—until it didn't.
May 17, 2016
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tree week

The Woodcarver Drawing Secret Faces on Trees at This Canadian Park

"The Magic Man of Cottonwood Island."
May 16, 2016
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airports

Watch a Dog Gang Shut Down a Tokyo Airport

One of the trespassing pooches is still on the loose.
May 13, 2016
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list

Your Summer Guide to Spotting Rare, Wild Blimps

There are only six true blimps left in the U.S.!
May 13, 2016
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fleeting wonders

See A Restored Mail-Order Sears Home From 1916

Nice work, Reddit user.
May 12, 2016