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An 18-year-old pizza delivery driver surprises a family in Detroit by playing piano for them.

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Research found no major difference in asthma rates of inner-city kids and those in other communities.

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Google lays out a plan to make renewable energy cheaper than coal.

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Santa Monica's iconic amusement pier is the site of this year's Land Art Generator Initiative. The Pipe is an offshore desalination concept that's making waves.

Using tiny eyewear, researchers tricked the insects into revealing secrets that could lead to simpler visual processing in robots.

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Bipartisan 'Chemical Safety Improvement Act' would require more safety regulation for chemicals while making it easier for those that pass to get on the market.

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Elon Musk says nuclear detonations on the red planet offer the quickest path to making it habitable. But what other options are there?

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Life-affirming data from 1976 was dismissed as a 'false positive,' but former NASA scientist Gilbert V. Levin is speaking up.

New Discovery series 'Lone Target' turns Joel Lambert into human prey.

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This 12-year program in Finland inspires troubled kids to reach for their dreams.

New analysis of basalt rock formations on the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S. reveals the possibility of cleaner coal.

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Climate change journalist George Monbiot says he was wrong when he claimed 'the only ethical response is to stop eating meat.'

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After protests and complaints about prior Olympics uniforms being made in China, Ralph Lauren brings production back the USA.

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