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How to start a snow blower

How to start a snow blower

He turned the switches and knobs to 'on,' but the problem wasn't that simple.
by Curtis Gilbert

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Oliver Sacks' 4 facts about hallucinations

Oliver Sacks' 4 facts about hallucinations

In his book "Hallucinations," Oliver Sacks is out to remove some of the stigma attached to people who see and hear things that aren't there.
by Emily Kaiser

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A hunting season on wolves was the right and ethical choice

A hunting season on wolves was the right and ethical choice

It's not shaping up as the mindless slaughter protesters would have us imagine.

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BBC: Last men on the moon

The BBC talks to one of the last two men on the Moon, 40 years after the final Apollo 17 mission blasted off on 7 December 1972.

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Mars redux: NASA to launch Curiosity-like rover

Mars redux: NASA to launch Curiosity-like rover

If you thought NASA's latest Mars landing was a nail-biter, get ready for a sequel.

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Does brain training make you smarter?

Does brain training make you smarter?

Can we train our brains to become more intelligent? In recent years a number of commercial ventures have appeared promising to not just improve test scores, but improve underlying intelligence.

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Study shows growth in second screen users

Television viewers were once called couch potatoes. Many are becoming more active while watching now, judging by the findings in a new report that illustrates the explosive growth in people who watch TV while connected to social media on smartphones and tablets.

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NASA: Voyager 1 enters new region of solar system

NASA: Voyager 1 enters new region of solar system

The unstoppable Voyager 1 spacecraft has sailed into a new realm of the solar system that scientists did not know existed.

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NASA: Closest planet to sun, Mercury, harbors ice

Just in time for Christmas, scientists have confirmed a vast amount of ice at the north pole — on Mercury, the closest planet to the sun.

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BBC: The age we made, part four

In the last part of the BBC series, Gaia Vince looks at cities and manufactured goods and how they will be fossilized in the geological record.

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