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tortoises

Brave Tortoise Escaping Deadly Sand Fire Fled 'as Quickly as He Could'

Here's at least one happy ending.
July 25, 2016
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service

Find The Police Robots Near You With This Handy Map

Are you living near a PackBot?
July 25, 2016
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underwater week

The Perplexing Problem of Manitoba's Nameless Lakes

There are some 90,000 anonymous lakes.
July 22, 2016
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underwater week

The World's Oldest Known Manatee Turns 68 This Weekend

Happy birthday, Snooty.
July 22, 2016
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fleeting wonders

The World's Last VCRs Will Be Produced In Japan This Month

Goodbye, old friend.
July 21, 2016
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seals

A Cute Seal Is Living In an Inland British River

Youths keep throwing rocks at her.
July 20, 2016
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underwater week

Most Whales Don't Know How Bad They Smell

And other fragrant underwater tales.
July 20, 2016
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underwater week

For Two Weeks, The Beaches Of South Jersey Looked Tropical

It was all thanks to a giant phytoplankton bloom.
July 19, 2016
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underwater week

Leonardo da Vinci Designed a Nightmare Scuba Suit

The perfect summer outfit for your dystopian marine nightmares.
July 19, 2016
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underwater week

The Same Dead Whale Keeps Washing Up In California

Get a hint, Wally.
July 18, 2016
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soda

Victorians Drank Soda Out Of Monstrous Gilded Machines

The 19th century saw a soda fountain arms race.
July 15, 2016
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fleeting wonders

91-Year-Old Woman at Museum Fills In Crossword-Themed Artwork

What is art, anyway?
July 15, 2016
Gastro Obscura
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bees

The Case Against Honeybees

The buzz around America's favorite workers grows louder every year. Is it drowning out the real story of our food system?
July 14, 2016
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names

France's Dumbest-Named Villages Are All In A Club Together

One name translates to "my nipple."
July 14, 2016
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pokemon

You Can Only Play Pokémon Go in South Korea in This One Seaside Town

The "Pokémon Go holy land on the peninsula" is being mobbed.
July 13, 2016
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urban planning

Humans Are Losing The One-Sided War Against Seagulls

Our many technological failures inspire the question—should we even fight?
July 13, 2016
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pokemon

Pokémon Go Players Keep Hanging Out In This Alaskan Septic Field

Stop the madness.
July 12, 2016
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pokemon

The Westboro Baptist Church Is Getting Owned In Pokémon Go

“We recruited Jigglypuff to deal with the sodomite Clefairy" is probably not a sentence you thought you'd read today.
July 11, 2016
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mars

The Rover on Mars Mysteriously Powered Down a Few Days Ago

The Curiosity Rover is in "safe mode."
July 8, 2016
Gastro Obscura
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fruit

Will We Ever Tame The Wild Huckleberry?

Domestication is on hold—even as threats to the iconic berry grow.
July 8, 2016
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police

Drivers Are Getting Half-Off Coupons for Traffic Tickets in China

Finally, a coupon you can actually use.
July 7, 2016
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legos

Galileo Finally Made It to Jupiter (In Lego Form, at Least)

He was joined by a god and a goddess.
July 6, 2016
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jobs

The ‘Brownstone Detective’ Who Digs Up Dirt on New York Homes

Wondering if someone got murdered in your house? Ask Brian Hartig.
July 6, 2016
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crime and punishment

A Guy in Switzerland Sent a Pigeon on a Kamikaze Mission to Kill a Falcon

He now could go to jail.
July 5, 2016