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Salem hanging site next to Walgreen’s

The morning of June 10, 1692, started with a hanging. Bridget Bishop, a local woman convicted of witchcraft – though it’s more likely her only crimes were promiscuity (by Puritans...

DATE: Jan 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

‘Doomsday’ seed vault preserves food of the past – and ensures its future

Tucked in a mountain on a remote Arctic island, beneath several hundred feet of rock and a near-constant blanket of snow, two imposing steel doors lock out the wind and bitter cold. Behind t...

DATE: Sep 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Society shaped by grandmas

Grandmothers: They feed you, they spoil you, they constantly needle you about your relationship status. And, and anthropologist Kristen Hawkes, they might be the driving force beh...

DATE: Sep 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

The scientific reason your world brightens up when you do

“Feeling blue” might be more than just a metaphor. Indeed, how we feel about the world can play a huge role in how we see it, according to a new study in the journal Psychological...

DATE: Sep 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

A white guy named Michael couldn't get his poem published. Then he became Yi-Fen Chou.

Sherman Alexie read hundreds, maybe thousands, of poems last year while editing the 2015 edition of Best American Poetry, an annual anthology that comes out this week. Just over six dozen of...

DATE: Sep 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Is Scrabble getting ‘ridic’?

Additions to word list irritate traditionalists

DATE: May 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Scientists turn back the clock on evolution

Study recreates dinosaur snout from chicken embryo cells

DATE: May 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Life on Earth may be older than thought

More than 3 billion years ago, Earth was a hostile, volatile place, its air oxygen-less and its climate unpredictable. And yet, life thrived. That’s according to a stud...

DATE: Feb 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Salem hanging site next to Walgreen’s

‘Doomsday’ seed vault preserves food of the past – and ensures its future

Society shaped by grandmas

The scientific reason your world brightens up when you do

A white guy named Michael couldn't get his poem published. Then he became Yi-Fen Chou.

Is Scrabble getting ‘ridic’?

Scientists turn back the clock on evolution

Life on Earth may be older than thought

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