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12 endangered piping plover chicks hatch in Michigan and Wisconsin
The tiny shorebirds are continuing to rebound in the heartland.
Forget high-speed rail: California is exploring 140 mph bullet buses
The ambitious proposal envisions high-speed autonomous buses zooming down freeways.
Students discover long-lost Roman villa under high school gym
Cavour Scientific High School is less than 1,000 feet from the Colosseum.
Sturgeon sex creates thundering noise in New York
On this episode of Sex and the Sturgeon, 800-pound fish thrash their tails.
Fact or myth? Ticks can drop out of trees like paratroopers.
Tick season is in full swing, so it’s time for some myth busting.
US host cities made transit improvements a World Cup goooooooal
From Seattle to Atlanta, host cities used the tournament to speed up rail and bus upgrades years in the making — while trying to avoid the mistakes of past World Cups.
4 Epsom salt uses around the house (and 7 ways to never use it)
It’s a myth that Epsom salt works in gardens.
How to stop a killer asteroid
From high-speed battering rams to gravity tractors, the technology exists to protect the planet. The question is whether humanity will act in time—and in concert.
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