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'Star Wars' Names Race Up Popular Baby Name Charts | Video

May 15, 2017 | Video

Names like Kylo, Rey and even Jedi are racing up the charts, while other pop culture names like Zayn also rise in popularity.
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Baby Kylo: 'Star Wars' Names Raced Up the Charts in 2016

May 15, 2017 | Article

Some of the fastest-rising baby names of 2016 were inspired by Star Wars characters – even the evil ones.
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Top 10 Baby Names of 2016

May 15, 2017 | Article

From Liam to Emma, here are the most popular baby names for children born in the United States in 2016.
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What's Behind the Fidget Spinner Fad?

May 11, 2017 | Article

Adults are dumbfounded by the popularity of these spinning things, and according to an expert on fads, that's probably the point.
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Why Multitasking Harms Your Productivity

May 10, 2017 | Article

Researchers looked at what happens in the brain when the process of gathering information and absorbing it is interrupted.
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Blasphemy Laws Are More Widespread Than You Might Think

May 10, 2017 | Article

Many in the West treat blasphemy as an obsolete concept. A scholar argues that blasphemy laws in the West suggest otherwise, while also sharing common features with such laws in the Muslim world.
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Science Movies on Netflix in May

May 09, 2017 | Article

Catch a whiff of the fresh science movies, documentaries and television shows springing up on Netflix in May.
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Can a 12-Year-Old Really Be Smarter Than Einstein?

May 09, 2017 | Article

A 12-year-old in England scored 162 on a Mensa IQ test, putting her in the top 99.998 percentile of test takers of her age. But what does a high intelligence mean?
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Missing Link? What the Piltdown Man Hoax Can Teach Science Today

May 05, 2017 | Article

A century-old case of scientific fraud illustrates how hard it is to untangle the truth when access to new discoveries is limited.
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Hanging Up on Landlines: Most US Homes Are Now Cellphone-Only

May 04, 2017 | Article

Are landline phones going the way of floppy disks and VCRs? A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says yes.
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