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POPSWhy gas in the U.S. is so cheap Americans are feeling the pain of spiking prices at the gas pump more acutely than citizens in other countries because they've become accustomed to cheap fuel and large cars, experts say.
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POPSThe Earth Will Be Just Fine, Thank You Despite its many flaws, I’m a big fan of human civilization. I marvel at our capacity to organize matter and information, at our ability to learn from mistakes and pass that learning down to subsequent generations. Civilization—writing, cities, trade, the whole lot of it—makes us unique on this planet and, as far as we can tell so far, in our part of the universe.
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POPS10 Amazing Things You Didn't Know about Animals After reading the comments at the source page, several people have suggested that some of this information is not quite accurate. There seems to be a lot of typos in the article, too. So I'm not sure what's going on at LiveScience. I'm not sure about parrot linguistic processing being near the level of a 4 to 6 year-old......hmmmm
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POPSHow a boy born with no ears can hear again - and beat the bullies His ears clip on to metal attachments on the side of his head. Joshua takes them on and off as simply as someone putting on glasses. "I wouldn't say I was delighted with them, I am completely gobsmacked," he said. "I can't believe how good they are." His mother added: "He has been full of himself since then. All the staring has stopped. I could never imagine the ears could be so good."
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POPSLessons in Manliness: Theodore Roosevelt and the Spanish-American War "Theodore Roosevelt, who arguably accomplished more than any other American man, called his experience in the Spanish-American War, “the great day of my life.” It was during his charge up Kettle Hill that Theodore Roosevelt’s leadership and confidence finally crystallized. He passed the test and emerged as a leader capable of ascending to the presidency."