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7 scary diseases you can get from the water
Many deadly infections are transmitted via water, including cholera, typhoid and brain-eating amoebas.
'Wall of flames' from out-of-control Canadian wildfire...
Firefighters are battling a 'monster' wildfire in the evacuated town of Jasper and Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada.
Will Olympic athletes ever stop breaking records?
Physically, athletes might reach a point where they can no longer beat sports records — however, innovative techniques and sportswear...
47,000 years of Aboriginal history destroyed in mining...
Humans used the now-destroyed rockshelter throughout the last ice age until just a few decades ago.
Panathenaic prize amphora: A pot brimming with olive oil...
Instead of a gold medal, victors at the ancient Greek Panathenaic Games received terra-cotta pots filled with Athenian olive oil from...
Which Olympic sport burns the most calories?
Olympic-level sporting takes a lot of energy. But which event is the most energetically costly?
Sending 'touch' over the internet could soon be as easy...
A new standard for codecs used for haptics could revolutionize tele-health and online gaming.
Lake Kivu: The ticking time bomb that could one day explode...
Lake Kivu, one of the African Great Lakes, sits along a tectonic plate boundary called the East African Rift, which is dotted with...
