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Orangutans Announce Their Travel Plans A Day In Advance
Animals

Orangutans Announce Their Travel Plans A Day In Advance

In the wild, male apes can plan ahead where they'll be going, and they keep their female friends apprised.

Irradiated Seeds Combat World’s Most Serious Wheat Disease
Agriculture

Irradiated Seeds Combat World’s Most Serious Wheat Disease

In Kenya, two new varieties of wheat are resistant to a fungus that defeated even Norman Borlaug's resistant plants.

FYI: Can Snakes Really Be Charmed By Music?
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FYI: Can Snakes Really Be Charmed By Music?

FYI: How Do You Dispose Of Chemical Weapons?
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FYI: How Do You Dispose Of Chemical Weapons?

As the international community debates what should be done with Syria's chemical weapons program, here is a look at what chemical weapons are, and what it takes to safely dispose of them.

Why You Love Your Parents’ Music
Psychology

Why You Love Your Parents’ Music

We have a "reminiscence bump" for the music our parents liked in their 20s--which they probably played around the house when we were kids.

Truman Show Syndrome: Why People Think They’re Living In A Reality Show
Psychology

Truman Show Syndrome: Why People Think They’re Living In A Reality Show

Sufferers of the "Truman Show" syndrome imagine a world where everyone is watching them. And they're just barely wrong.

Bees

Follow A Queen Bee On Her Maiden Mating Flight

Get the bees'-eye view.

FYI: Can Anything Move Faster Than Light?
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FYI: Can Anything Move Faster Than Light?

The Next Space Shuttle: Hybrid Engines Make Runway-To-Orbit Missions A Reality
Space

The Next Space Shuttle: Hybrid Engines Make Runway-To-Orbit Missions A Reality

A new type of engine could usher in an era of affordable spaceplanes

The Crazy Tech Behind The 2013 America’s Cup
Technology

The Crazy Tech Behind The 2013 America’s Cup

8 awesome facts about the world's fastest sailing yachts

Chemical Analysis Finds A Whiskey’s Unique Fingerprint
Science

Chemical Analysis Finds A Whiskey’s Unique Fingerprint

How to tell different whiskeys apart scientifically

6 of the most important drug milestones of all time
Health

6 of the most important drug milestones of all time

From arsenic to Prozac to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act.

The Week In Numbers: A 3-D Printed Invisibility Cloak, Skyscrapers That Attack, And More
Science

The Week In Numbers: A 3-D Printed Invisibility Cloak, Skyscrapers That Attack, And More

A Quick Primer On America’s Spaceports
Technology

A Quick Primer On America’s Spaceports

Everything you need to know about U.S. portals to space

Did I Participate In A Pyramid Scheme?
Science

Did I Participate In A Pyramid Scheme?

How college students like me get recruited into multi-level marketing, which seems to defy the laws of mathematics

Ride This: An SUV-Size Insectoid Robot
Robots

Ride This: An SUV-Size Insectoid Robot

Creator Matt Denton calls it the Mantis

Why Futurama Was The Greatest Show About The Future Ever Aired
Science Fiction

Why Futurama Was The Greatest Show About The Future Ever Aired

R.I.P. Futurama, we'll miss ya

These Spiky Shoes Literally Put A Spring In Your Step
Technology

These Spiky Shoes Literally Put A Spring In Your Step

The Adidas Springblade uses springs to give athletes better verticality

The World’s Tallest Skyscrapers Have A Dirty Little Secret
Technology

The World’s Tallest Skyscrapers Have A Dirty Little Secret

The Burj Khalifa in Dubai and the Bank of America tower in New York count among the worst offenders

What’s In Your Pee?
Science

What’s In Your Pee?

Over 3,000 compounds isolated in largest urinalysis ever