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Ink Foraging in Central Park

The founder of the Toronto Ink Company leads a group of pigment enthusiasts on a hunt for acorns, berries, beer caps, and other ingredients.

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A new study finds that kids and teens who are more religious or spiritual do better as they age.

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Quantum mechanics defies causal order, experiment confirms – Physics World

Optical switch could boost quantum technologies

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What colors are in a rainbow?

Roy G. Biv knows.

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Giant Trap Is Deployed to Catch Plastic Littering the Pacific Ocean

Organizers hope a 2,000-foot-long unmanned boom will collect 150,000 pounds of plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in a year.

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Matching DNA to a weight-loss diet doesn't work, new study shows

The most rigorous study so far found no difference in weight loss between overweight people on diets that “matched” their genotype and those on diets that didn’t.

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The Dunedin Study: A New Zealand Study on Aging and Health, 45 Years in the Making

What began as a study of childhood development has become one of largest sources of data on what makes us who we are, and why.

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A new study finds that jogging is not only good for the heart and lungs, it also helps the brain preserve memory when it's under attack by chronic stress.

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Standing desks increase bodily pain and slow down people’s cognitive functions at work, new research suggests.

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The Key to Weight Loss Is Diet Quality, Not Quantity, a New Study Finds

People who cut back on added sugar, refined grains and processed foods lost weight without worrying about calories or portion size.

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The $5.6bn cost of the 70-storey W350 Project is expected to be twice that of a conventional building

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Lift Weights, Eat More Protein, Especially if You’re Over 40

Eating more protein can significantly augment the effects of lifting weights, a review of research found.

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There Is One Thing Computers Will Never Beat Us At – NewCo Shift

In late post-revolutionary France one man was tasked to map out the country. Gaspard de Prony, a mathematician and engineer, decided to…

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The idea that everything from spoons to stones are conscious is gaining academic credibility

“If you think about consciousness long enough, you either become a panpsychist or you go into administration.”

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How to Keep a Zibaldone, the 14th Century's Answer to Tumblr

After their invention by Venetian merchants, forms of these books were kept by everyone from H.P. Lovecraft to Thomas Jefferson.

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Opinion | The Real Causes Of Depression Have Been Discovered, And They're Not What You Think

To deal with depression, you need to deal with its underlying causes.