“President Obama, facing re-energized Republican adversaries and new questions about the administration’s conduct, on Monday dismissed a furor over the handling of last year’s attacks in Benghazi, Libya, as a political “sideshow” but joined a bipartisan chorus of outrage over disclosures that the Internal Revenue Service had singled out conservative …

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Read the full story here: http://bit.ly/ZUcc3c Lake Michigan’s volume (in fluid ounces) is about the same as our brain’s capacity (in calculations per second). Computing power doubles every 18 months. At that rate, you see very little progress for a long time—and suddenly you’re finished. Illustration by: Chris Philpot Animation …

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When Kobe Bryant ruptured his Achilles tendon right before the playoffs, everyone took the Lakers’s word that the injury was legit. Dan Rubenstein, however, did further digging and exposes the cover-up.

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Matthew Janson is a 14-year-old 8th grader at Randolph Middle School in Charlotte. He’s captain of his school’s National Academic League Team. His particular interest is birds. He hopes to become an ornithologist and would like to go to New Guinea to see the birds-of-paradise. The best place he’s been …

Luke Bowman is a 14-year-old 8th grader from Jamestown, west of Fargo, representing Jamestown Area Homeschoolers, Jamestown. He enjoys playing board games, especially Settlers of Catan, Monopoly and Risk. He finds geography most interesting when viewed from a historical perspective. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the …

Kyle Yu is a 12-year- old 7th grader at Lee Burneson Middle School in Westlake, a suburb of Cleveland. He plays the clarinet and enjoys skiing, biking, hiking and swimming. He is interested in history. The coolest place he’s been is the Grand Canyon, where he hiked and went on …