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The Greatest Heists In History [Infographic]

Well-executed heists make for good stories, but history’s greatest heists, as this infographic shows, are so unbelievable they’re almost art. Take, for example, this: a man on board a Portland-to-Seattle flight in 1...
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A 3-D Printed Fashion Show Inspired By Birds

Click to launch the gallery. Last week in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, designer Melinda Looi presented what’s being billed as Asia’s first 3-D-printed fashion show. The models wore nude bodysuits; the entire show was abo...
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Counterpoint: The U.S. Could Totally Kill Edward Snowden With A Drone Strike

In a recent PopularScience.com post, contributing writer Kelsey Atherton suggests that Edward Snowden is at no risk from a U.S. drone strike in Hong Kong because of Chinese air defenses and the risk of collateral damage in the ...
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A Cocktail Scientist Debunks Myths About Ice Cubes

True or false?: Ice cubes get cloudy because of mineral impurities.True or false?: Larger ice cubes melt more slowly than small ones.True or false?: Shaking a martini “bruises the gin.” Many of us use ice every day,...
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How Surveillance Has Evolved In The United States [Timeline]

Americans have been spying on each other since the earliest days of the republic. This interactive timeline is an attempt to highlight some of the most important events in that history, though it is by no means comprehensive: e...
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What Makes You Want To Click This?

It’s the holy grail of Internet journalism: The click. How can I persuade you, in a few capitalized words, that this article will be worth the load time? According to a new study from researchers at the University of Bris...
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