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Planetary Parade Tonight: February 28

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A Roman Coin Hoard Hidden in Plain Sight

Photograph of Big Ben Clock in London in the evening

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Why Do Clocks Move Clockwise?

Painting of people gathered in two during medieval times

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Humans Once Slept in Two Shifts Each Night

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Dark Horse: The Surprising Origin of the Phrase

Painting of Jesse Hawley who advocated for the Erie Canal to be built.

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The Erie Canal Started in a Jail Cell

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Born to Rule. Born to Die

Nature's Most Unequal Kingdom

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The Night the Moon Turns Red

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His First Industry Collapsed. He Built the Next One

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Why the Battle of Hastings Mattered

Painting of harbor with merchant ships

HISTORY & INNOVATIONS

The Kind of Rules That Persist

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Backyard Discovery Buckley Hill

Cedar Wood Swing Set with Wave Slide, Play Deck

Discovery Sweetwater

Discovery Sweetwater

All Cedar Wooden Playhouse

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How Retailers Quietly Change Behavior.

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The Fish That Fed Empires

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The Most Interesting Part of the Global Economy Isn't How Big It Is

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SCIENCE & NATURE

When Google Used A Camel to Map the Desert

Photograph of a lamb

SCIENCE & NATURE

How Ranchers Know When Sheep Have Mated (Without Guessing)

Painting of the The Charge of The Light Brigade

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Before it Was Cozy, It Was Controversial

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Ice Made the Cocktail Possible

Painting of A Young Woman at her Toilet with a Maid from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Why Do Men’s and Women’s Shirts Button Opposite Ways?

Painting of Paul Revere by J.S. Copley

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Paul Revere Was a Dentist and Never Shouted That Famous Warning

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Disneyland's Secret Night Shift: Feral Cats on Patrol

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