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Truman, Trump, and Why Presidential Candidates Get Top Secret Intelligence Briefings

A brief history.

A New Form of Light Has Been Discovered

It was kind of an accident.

Watch This Amazing Infrared Footage of a Volcanic Eruption in Costa Rica

Yesterday, the Turrialba Volcano blew its top.

Astronaut Reveals Gash in Space Station Window Caused by Debris

Garbage up there is getting to be a problem.

Scientists Say Egypt is in Denial Over Hidden Rooms in King Tut's Tomb

It's getting heated.

Scientists Just Found Cells They Thought Could Never Exist

We may have to rewrite the textbooks.

The 'Lord of the Rings' Volcano Is Now Active

Mount Doom awakens.

This Egyptian Coffin Held the Smallest Known Mummified Fetus

It's a very tiny coffin.

NASA Just Found 1,284 New Planets

It's a very large universe.

China Is Tired of Graffiti Artists at Mount Everest

The country is prepared to shame them publicly.

Russia Built a Huge Tunnel to Save a Near-Extinct Group of Leopards

In the far eastern part of the country.

A Teen Says He Found a Lost Mayan City Using Old Star Maps

William Gadoury is precocious.

This Guy Dug a Well in 40 Days After His Wife Was Denied Access to Water

His family thought he was crazy.

Court Rules Figurines Modeled on This Artist's Vagina Are Art

There's a lot going on here.

Professor Solves 350-Year-Old Mystery Behind The Man in the Iron Mask

He thinks so, anyway.

The Rogue Team Rescuing Fort McMurray's Pets As the City Burned

Many were found terrified.

China Is Banning Erotic Banana Eating on Live Streams

But what of cucumbers?

India Wants to Spend $6 Billion for New Forests

A lot of damage has already been done.

Boaty McBoatface is (Mostly) Dead

Long live Boaty McBoatface.

Restoration of Historic Italian Palace Interrupted by Mob Arrests

The Camorra gets into the preservation racket.

New Wheels Could Cut Deafening Screech of San Francisco Subways

Scientists Uncover a Huge Trove of Dinosaur Fossils in Antarctica

Over a ton of 71 million-year-old fossils.

Scientists Grow 2-Week-Old Human Embryo Outside of Womb For First Time

The future is coming.

Canadian Scientists Are Speaking Out After 9 Years of Censorship

It's been awhile.