Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized ...

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The $420 billion global animation industry (movies, television cartoons, games, anime) has long been dominated by computer-generated imagery; Walt Disney Animation hasn’t released a hand-drawn film ...

Constantly relying on GPS to get around? You could be losing your sense of direction and offloading an important part of your ...