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'Pocahontas And The English Boys' Bridged 2 Wildly Different Cultures

Historian Karen Ordahl Kupperman shines a new light on Pocahontas, showing how she made her way as a go-between for her two cultures, and introducing us to her long-forgotten English counterparts.

'Pocahontas And The English Boys' Bridged 2 Wildly Different Cultures

Historian Karen Ordahl Kupperman shines a new light on Pocahontas, showing how she made her way as a go-between for her two cultures, and introducing us to her long-forgotten English counterparts.

There are two kinds of elephants in Africa: the forest elephant and the savanna elephant (above), photographed this past spring in Liwonde National Park in Malawi. The Great Elephant Census found that Africa's savanna elephant population decreased by about a third in the seven years between 2007 and 2014.

Elephants Under Attack Have An Unlikely Ally: Artificial Intelligence

Conservationists are deploying audio recorders, neural networks and predictive analytics in a bid to save elephants.

A prep cook at a San Francisco restaurant drops fish skin into a food scrap recycling container. Turning food waste into fertilizer is popular in parts of Europe and is catching on in the U.S. But tiny plastics are also making their way into that fertilizer — and into the food chain.

Another Place Plastics Are Turning Up: Organic Fertilizer From Food Waste

Turning food waste into fertilizer is popular in parts of Europe and is catching on in the U.S. But tiny plastics are also making their way into that fertilizer — and into the food chain.

San Diego researcher David Hilton gathers samples from a hot air vent in Indonesia in this undated photo.

Scripps Institution Of Oceanography Researcher Dies After 5-Year Battle With Cancer

A San Diego geochemist is being remembered as a diligent and wise colleague after succumbing to cancer.

The Twitter app on a mobile phone in Philadelphia, April 26, 2017.

Twitter Finds Security Bug, Advises Changing Passwords

Twitter is advising all users to change their passwords.

Chris Marshall has organized pop-up Sans Bars in New York, Washington, D.C., and Anchorage, Alaska. And he has expanded into permanent spaces in Kansas City, Mo., and western Massachusetts.

Breaking The Booze Habit, Even Briefly, Has Its Benefits

Tens of thousands of Instagram followers can't be wrong: Curiosity about the sober life is trending. Scientists say cutting out alcohol can improve your sleep and blood pressure, and help your liver.

Nancy Crampton-Brophy has been charged with the murder of her husband, Daniel Brophy. She is the author of romantic suspense novels, who in a 2011 blog post outlined various motives and methods of killing a husband.

Novelist Who Penned 'How To Murder Your Husband' Essay Charged With Husband's Murder

Chef Daniel Brophy was shot dead in June at the culinary institute where he was an instructor. In 2011, his wife wrote a blog post imagining different methods and motives for killing one's spouse.

Measles used to be a common childhood disease, but after an effective vaccine was developed, the disease was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000. This year's outbreaks, however, put that status in jeopardy.

Is Measles Here To Stay?

Vaccination eliminated measles from the U.S. nearly 20 years ago. But with this year's record-setting outbreak, are we close to measles making a sustained comeback?

A Worm That Can Really, Really Get Under Your Skin

And once it's there, it moves around. And around. There's a new report on the worm out this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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