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Frank Sex Talk: Catching up with Dr. RuthIn an interview with LiveScience, Westheimer talks about the changing sexual vocabulary and the effects of racy TV.
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The PC Turns 25, for Better or WorseAug. 12 marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of IBM’s first personal computer, a landmark system that would spawn generations of clones and make IBM a household name.
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Medieval Justice Not So MedievalPunishments for offenses in those days were perhaps even more sensible and humane than they are now, say some historians.
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Hawaiian Temples Much Older Than ThoughtAncient Hawaiians also did more remodeling than researchers knew, a new study finds.
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A Brief History of Human SexWas it any different in caveman days? And just how does human sexuality differ compared to that of a bonobo ape? The answers might surprise you.
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The Artifact Wars: Nations Battle Over Bits of HistoryMuseums often hold important cultural objects from other countries that were obtained in a long chain of "criminal and sleazy" activities. Let the lawsuits begin.
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Desire Controls What We See, Study FindsWithout realizing it, people will perceive things according to how they want to see them, a new study suggests.
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Historical Tours Get New High-Tech GuideMonuments often lack good historical explanations or offer information that is out of date. A new project would send presentations to cell phones.
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Ancients Traveled 1,800 Miles for Pretty AxesFor millennia, people have gone to great lengths to get pretty things. Take, for example, the newly discovered journeys of early West Indian groups.
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Genetic Mutations Help Date Old BooksThe fundamentals of genetic science may help date centuries-old works by Shakespeare and Rembrandt.
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Word Play: Explore Your Inner EtymologistSearchable site reveals how words are typically paired and the difference between written and spoken English.
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06/06/06: Another Date with Para-ScienceFrom 666 to 9/11, numerologists, gamblers, fear mongers and marketers are searching for meaning where none exists.
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Mona Lisa Turns 500, and Other Unproved 'Theories'Amid more intrigue than ever, the world’s most recognizable work of art turns 500 this year. Maybe.
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Bosnian Pyramids: Great Discovery or Colossal Hoax?It's either one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of our time, or man has made a giant pyramid out of a molehill.
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U.S. Unprepared for Next Great Quake
Lessons from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake have not fully reverberated to Seattle, Nashville or New York, all of which are vulnerable to a "Big One."
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Wild and Wacky Tales from the 1906 QuakeA paralyzed man walks, a horse is shot for looting, and the U.S. Mail is saved.
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Dinosaur Tumor Studied for Human Cancer CluesAnimal illnesses are being studied in med school in an effort to better understand the evolution of diseases that inflict us.
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Yoda Helps Unlock Cathedral MysteriesSecrets held for centuries by stonemasons are about to be revealed by new software used to animate the pint-sized Jedi.
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Parthenon Once a Riot of ColorIf the ancient Greeks sold kitschy postcards to tourists 2,000 years ago, they would have depicted much different views of the popular sites that visitors flock to today.
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Peace or War? How Early Humans BehavedOur ancestors are depicted as both peace-loving softies and war-mongering buffoons. Which is right? A little of both, this man says.
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Survival Dance: How Humans Waltzed Through the Ice AgeThe ability to boogie may have our prehistoric ancestors get through tough times, new studies suggest.
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Posthumous Poses: Corpses Donated for Art and ScienceThe controversial but wildly popular Body Worlds reveals the human body inside and out, in poses that are at once natural and bizarre.
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Map Fuels Debate: Did Chinese Sail to New World First?Tattered and rusty orange, a map recently unfurled in Beijing has reignited an international war of words over who reached the New World first.
