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Please Pass the Happiness
Physics
Shopping Cart Science
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Archaeology
Looking Inside a Mummy’s Stomach
Physics
Make A Wish
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Building a Better Golf Ball
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Moons
Nuclear Moon Bases
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Mammoth (DNA) Resurrection
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The Fastest Punch on the Planet
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Archaeology
Bigger Brains in Human Ancestors
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Cheating the Angels
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Suicide is (Relatively) Painless
Physics
Japanese Binocular Soccer
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Science
The Media Bug
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Private Space Flight
A Look Inside Virgin Galactic’s Flight Training
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Creating Diamonds from Tequila
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Ask Us Anything
Why Do the Colorado Rockies Keep Their Baseballs in a Humidor?
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Science
Michael Crichton, Dead at 66
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Dinosaurs
Dino-aged Reptile Makes a Comeback
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Bird, Uninterrupted
![Dinosaur Stomping Ground Found](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/Q6W2R4PANPVRZSZBJYRVDZMMNI.jpg?w=440)
Archaeology
Dinosaur Stomping Ground Found
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Science
Pint-Size Scientists
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Small World, Smaller Creatures
Physics
Fluid Density and You
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Announcements
The Drug Pumper
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Animals
The Turtle Trainer
![The Information Wrangler](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/IFTC76GPX4DWLOJH56GGQE6VKE.jpg?w=485)
Announcements
The Information Wrangler
Physics
The Science of Spinning
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Science
Baby, It’s All In Your Mind
Science
The Science Vote
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Science
And the Ig Nobel Goes to . . .
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Science
Bad Market? Blame Men
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Environment
It’s Snowing on Mars
![I Want Your Antibodies](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/Q2O5BXL7KOUQWV5DNOYENGD3FQ.jpg?w=676)
Health
I Want Your Antibodies
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Science
Colossal Squid Revealed
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Science
A Geek’s Guide to Colleges
![In Defense of the LHC](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/VLTHIGKTVXNZBP3S36OUNOL2RA.jpg?w=500)
Particle Physics
In Defense of the LHC
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Particle Physics