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By Emanuel Maiberg
Tech

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06.03.15

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

A Lesson in Micropayments: Apple Will Fork Over Millions For Letting Kids Rob Their Parents

01.17.14

By Mclean Gordon
Tech

Get Ready to Pay for Online Content in Bitcoins and Tweets

11.15.13

By Meghan Neal

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Archaeologists Found Hundreds of Mass Graves So Large They Can Be Seen From Space

The reason people were buried with their animals nearby is the same reason pharaohs were entombed alongside treasures.

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By Luis Prada
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Life

Scientists Found an Unexpected New Use for Ultrasound Waves

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By Luis Prada
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Life

Meet the Fish That Are Ramming Themselves Up Manta Ray Butts

When threatened, some fish apparently decide the safest place in the ocean is inside another animal’s butthole.

1 hour ago

By Luis Prada
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Life

4 Green Flags to Look for the First Time You See His Apartment (That Aren’t Soap and Toilet Paper)

The bar should be a little higher than “his place has toilet paper.”

2 hours ago

By Sammi Caramela
The Atlantic forest (mata atlântica) and its tropical vegetation in Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro. (Photo by Apolline Guillerot-Malick/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Life

Scientists Discovered a Brazilian Tree With an Unexpected Superpower

This is why we need trees.

2 hours ago

By Luis Prada