this 5,000 year old stone carving may be the world...
An unassuming grass-covered stone mound outside Dublin may be home to the world's oldest visual...
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america s highest earning state probably isn t the...
Pop quiz: Which U.S. state had the highest median income in 2016? novel York or California,perhaps,...
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mars has eclipses. we have video.
whether you think solar eclipses on soil are cool,wait till you accept a load of an eclipse...
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how americans lost the stars and how we might be...
The United States is poised to get its first black Sky Reserve under the pristine nighttime skies of...
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happy equinox! here s how quickly the days are...
Sept. 22 marks the fall equinox,ushering in the year's best season on a day that lasts...
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take a look at one of the country s most blatant...
A North Carolina state senate district recently sprouted a mysterious unique appendage that just...
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the view across the ocean is not what you think
As a kid I spent a lot of time on the Maryland shore. Squinting out across the endless blue...
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think rural areas are falling behind? think again.
We've heard a lot about America's struggling rural areas in the past year. Forgotten...
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the stark racial and religious divide between...
The Public Religion Research Institute released a massive new survey of American devout adherence...
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under 50? you still haven t hit rock bottom,...
"This is the worst day of my life,” Bart Simpson complains at one point in the Simpsons film....
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the feel good hallmark channel is booming in the...
There's a very good chance that you or someone in your close circle of friends watches the...
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yes, the gop health care plan really is a giant...
One of the most weird developments in the debate over the Republican health-care draw has been the...
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one stunning quote that sums up james hodgkinson s...
James T. Hodgkinson,the man who shot up a congressional baseball practice this morning, was...
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we need a smarter narrative about rural america
We've heard a lot approximately America's struggling rural areas in the past year....
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why it seems like north korea is launching...
North Korea shot a ballistic missile over Japan on Tuesday morning,a provocation coming directly on...
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trump attacks republicans on twitter, but...
Donald Trump started his morning on Friday the same way he's started many mornings this month...
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the u.s. capitol has at least three times as many...
accomplice monuments have once again become focal points for protests and unrest following a violent...
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one in eight american adults are alcoholics, study...
A original study published in JAMA Psychiatry this month finds that the rate of alcohol use...
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one in eight american adults is an alcoholic,...
A unique study published in JAMA Psychiatry this month finds that the rate of alcohol use...
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each county in the united states, ranked by...
More than 52 million Americans live in economically distressed communities wracked by poverty,...
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the average american spent more than 9 full days...
In 2016,the average American commute was longer than ever before. The average American commute...
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the next eclipse is on mars
Are you going through eclipse withdrawal? Mars has you covered. soil typically experiences anywhere...
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a big wall street firm bets the american dream is...
A large Wall Street firm is betting that America is likely to become the United States of Renters....
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republicans are so much better than democrats at...
Democrats would need to flip 24 seats to retake the U.S. House in 2018. But at least two-thirds of...
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the incredible shrinking refugee cap, in one chart
The Trump administration intends to cap the number of refugees admitted to the United States next...
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how children s self control has changed in the...
The marshmallow test is a renowned psychological experiment intended to measure children's self...
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the terrifying science behind floating fire ant...
In addition to widespread suffering and devastation,Hurricane Harvey has brought a plague of...
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why the supreme court s decision to review...
The Supreme Court will hear a case on political gerrymandering that could reshape the way states...
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the languages that let you say more with less
Twitter's decision this week to test 280-character tweets is a nod to a fundamental linguistic...
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the alt right is just another word for white...
The Associated Press warned this week that the media outlets should avoid using the term...
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on twitter, trump accuses blacks of racism three...
During a White House speech on Monday,President Trump denounced racism as “evil” after facing...
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west virginia governor wants to sell trump on a...
Jim Justice,the Republican governor of West Virginia, is floating a federal proposal to bail out the...
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