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The Horrible Dating Advice Women Were Given in 1967

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By 2040, Most “Meat” Will Not Come from Dead Animals

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Botswana's High Court Decriminalizes Gay Sex

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Uber Begins Delivering McDonald's Burgers by Drone

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Drug to Replace Chemotherapy May Reshape Cancer Care

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Norberg: 10 Reasons to Look Forward to the Future

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Puncture-Proof Airless Tires Will Soon Be on the Market

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The Curious World of Medieval Copulation

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Upgrade Your Memory with a Surgically Implanted Chip

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Breakthrough in Process to Create Cancer-Killing Drugs

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Eye Transplant? Researchers 3D-Print First Human Cornea

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The British Used to Import Ice to Manage India's Heat

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New Algorithm Predicts Patient Survival in Intensive Care

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Permaculture Brings Prosperity to Areas in Rural Ethiopia

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Deaths from Cancer Continue to Decline Worldwide

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Microsoft's Latest Text-to-Speech AI Generates Realistic Speech

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Luckily There Is No Mental Illness Epidemic

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Self-Driving Trucks Begin Mail Delivery Test for U.S. Postal Service

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Ridley: The Future of Food Production

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New Seafood Substitute Tastes as Fishy as It Sounds

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The Dangerous History of Train Yards

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'Pumping Heart Patch' Ready for Human Use

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New Treatment Could Offer Hope to Men with Incurable Cancer

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Pinker: Why Humans Are Far Better Than You Think

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Advanced Nuclear Reactors May Be Here Sooner Than Many Imagined

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First Genetically Modified Animal Cleared for Human Consumption

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The Truth about the “Golden Age” of Flying

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Genetically Modified Fungus Kills 99 Percent of Malaria Mosquitoes

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World Record for Smallest Surviving Infant Thanks to Medical Tech

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New Compound Kills Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs

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Scientists Were Able to Keep Cells Alive in the Brains of Dead Pigs

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The Surprising and Forgotten History of London's Coffeehouses

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Would You Survive in a Different Historical Era?

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SpaceX Launches 60 High-Speed Internet Satellites

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Months of Motionless Milk-Drinking Were Once Used to “Cure” the Sick

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Artificial Photosynthesis Uses Gold to Turn CO2 into Liquid Fuel

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Driverless Cars Could Speed up Journeys by One Third

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In Georgian England Cudgelling Matches Were a Popular Pastime

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Dried Gut Bacteria Could Tackle Dementia, Parkinson's and Cancer

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What Life Was Really like in Medieval Castles

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Using a Smartphone to Detect Kids' Ear Infections

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33 Unusual Old Remedies From Throughout History

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Scientists on a Race to Find a Universal Antivenom

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The House That Was Built by Robots

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Scientists Developing Drugs to Stop Tumors Resisting Treatment

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The Peculiar Medieval Recipes for Toothpaste

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Pioneering Therapy Could Repair Deadly Heart Attack Damage

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Drinking Gold Was a Grisly Anti-Aging Fad in 16th-Century France