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Sometimes less is more.

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How to interpret them correctly, how accurate they are, and what's next on the horizon.

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Data from the South Pole may show how the continent will respond to climate change.

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You may know how to spell “victory,” but here are 25 things you might not know about the country’s best-known gathering of logophiles.

PBS

Even though the show was meant for middle-schoolers, its audience was 80 percent adults. Here's why.

Have you checked the settings on your ceiling fan lately?

There's more to ceiling fan settings than "on" and "off"—and if you've noticed that your fan works better on cold days than on hot ones, you may have it on the wrong setting.

Warner Bros. Entertainment

Start your day with two scoops of horror.

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We tried to bomb lava into submission. It didn't work.

Steel City

Could you be mine?

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A new simulator is designed to break household chores down into robot-friendly steps.

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The country's new diplomacy plan involves Big Macs.

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Salvador Dalí's self-promotional antics and bizarre artwork made him an international celebrity early in his career, and there are still traces of him littered throughout pop culture.

FX Networks

The hit FX series uses history as a guide.

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It's simple math.

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Pixar’s beloved underwater masterpiece was released 15 years ago.

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Canada and Denmark are one step closer to resolving their whisky war over tiny Hans Island.

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Grab them up while supplies last!

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The wizard experience proved difficult for the late actor.

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There's more to the soap opera than meets the eye.

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