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Diamonds 101
If you're planning on popping the question this year, you're probably in the market for some jewelry. And we realize you might be too busy...
Read & DiscussOpium Economics
Heroin makes Lou Reed feel like Jesus, and it won't leave Guns N' Roses alone, but how does it end up here in the United States? We take a...
Read & DiscussJailbirds
There are currently more than 2.3 million people incarcerated in the United States. What does that look like, exactly? That's equivalent to...
Read & DiscussPollen Bots
Seasonal allergy sufferers, rejoice! Japanese scientists have deployed an army of anthropomorphic pollen sensors across the country in an...
Read & DiscussInternet Censorship
Sex. Ass. Falun gong. Chances are, if you're reading this right now, you don't live in Yemen, Myanmar, or China. Internet censorship can...
Read & DiscussSatellites
There are more than 3,000 satellites orbiting earth. While we go about our daily lives, these contraptions are hard at work in our...
Read & DiscussSalar de Uyuni
With an area about the size of New Jersey, Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni salt flat is known as the flattest place on earth. So when NASA needs to...
Read & DiscussLords of the Rings
The Japanese have a yen for the gold medal in Judo. Fencing has been an idée fixe for the French. In honor of the XXIX Olympiad, we take a...
Read & DiscussRooftop Bees
With space at such a premium in Manhattan, New Yorkers are accustomed to thinking vertically when it comes to housing. Now bees are getting in...
Read & DiscussCambodian Sports
Decades of war and internal strife have left Cambodia with one of the highest proportions of people disabled by land mines in the world. The...
Read & DiscussUrban Aquaculture
Professor Martin Schreibman says our oceans have been overfished beyond repair. If we're going to keep eating fish and chips, tuna tartare,...
Read & DiscussCampaign Fundraising
From buying airtime to printing those indispensable bumper stickers, running for president is expensive. The candidates need to stick up...
Read & DiscussN*Danger
In honor of Earth Day, we'd like to turn your attention to a handful of the 16,306 species threatened with extinction. This video is dedicated...
Read & DiscussVampire Energy
Some household appliances cost us while they sit around and collect dust. They suck energy just by being plugged in, even if they aren't...
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