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What Happens When a Hurricane Meets a Volcano?

When Iselle crosses the Big Island of Hawaii, it will offer a rare glimpse at a clash of the titans Tags: disasters, Oceania, physical, weather and climate.Nolan Walters's insight:This could be a very...

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Population 7 Billion

"Just 200 years ago, there were only 1 billion people on the planet, and over the next 150 years, that number grew to 3 billion. But in the past 50 years, the global population has more than doubled,...

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Migration in America - Forbes

"More people left Phoenix in 2009 than came. The map above visualizes moves to and from Phoenix; counties that took more migrants than they sent are linked with red lines. Counties that sent more...

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Agriculture: Back to the Start

Coldplay's haunting classic 'The Scientist' is performed by country music legend Willie Nelson for the soundtrack of the short film entitled, "Back to the St... Sure this is an animated commercial for...

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Jolly Yellow Giant

One of the largest stars in the galaxy blazes brightly in this recent image from the Very Large Telescope in Chile. HR 5171A is a yellow hypergiant, a rare type of star that is evolving quickly as it...

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A hard look at corn economics — and world hunger

Corn is not what you think. For starters: Most of the time, it's not human food.Nolan Walters's insight:Most of the corn is not even going to us. Most of it goes to the animals, who eat it (which is...

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The Scarecrow - YouTube

Watch "The Scarecrow," the companion film for Chipotle's new app-based game. Then download the free app at www.scarecrowgame.com and join the quest for whole...Nolan Walters's insight:This is another...

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Music in 2014: Taylor Takes the Year, Republic Records on Top, Streaming to...

While the U.S. music industry suffered through its worst sales year since the advent of SoundScan (now Nielsen Music) in 1991, streaming was so strong last year that the industry nevertheless saw...

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Eastern Kazakhstan to see massive dairy farming development. Markets....

43 enterprises of East Kazakhstan Oblast have been selected to participate in a large dairy farming development initiative.Nolan Walters's insight:The development of Dairy Farming in Kazakhstan can...

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Leonard Nimoy, a pop culture force as Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ dies at 83

Starship Enterprise’s Vulcan was the ultimate outsider — a trait that his portrayer said he understood well.Nolan Walters's insight:Leonard Nimoy is an excellent example of popular culture. Star Trek...

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For some Americans, Arabic is a language of terror

Reading the pledge of allegiance in Arabic at a US high school sparked a furious backlash in upstate New York. New York — It was intended to celebrate language and diversity. But reading the pledge of...

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Learning new languages will literally make you see the world differently

Researchers have found that people who speak more than one language literally see the world differently, ScienceMag reveals. Researchers have found that depending on the primary language spoken,...

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