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This Sunken Ship Near the Golden Gate Bridge Looks Exactly How You'd Expect on Sonar
Just sitting there in the deep.
Why New Lightbulbs Will Make White T-Shirts Look Bad
LEDs spell the end of a time-honored laundry detergent trick.
13 Minutes: The Average Warning-Time Before a Tornado Hits
Unlike other natural disasters, tornadoes can strike any time in much of the country.
Alien Planets and Human Extinction
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The Site of a 1950s Plane Crash Just Became a National Landmark
But the Park Service won't tell you how to get there.
Drought Now Covers 100% of California
And the snowpack is melting quickly, too.
Scientists Think Your Body Clock Was Set Before You Were Born
Whether you're a morning person or a night owl is determined on the cellular level.
The Forever Battery
A Silicon Valley startup run by old-school technologists has invented an energy storage device that could take an entire neighborhood off the grid.
These Dolphins Are Using Sea Sponges as Tools
And a new discovery suggests that it changes their diet—just like technology changes ours.
Share It Forward: How 1 Facebook Status Spread Across the World
Hundreds of thousands of people paid it forward with Facebook—or, at least, said they would.