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Science
Sonification: Listening to the Haunting Sounds of the Universe
Mudlarkers Pull Historical Artifacts Out of Riverbank Muck
Potato Battery Experiment: Powering a Light Bulb With a Potato
Batesian Mimicry: How Copycats Protect Themselves
Culture
How the Mason-Dixon Line Divided the North and the South
Why North Sentinel Island Is Off-limits to All Visitors
How the CIA Used 'Vampires' to Fight Communism in the Philippines
Hekate: The Triple-faceted Goddess of Witchcraft and Ghosts