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beige
Here I was, getting ready to switch from real food — stuff with texture, flavor, ritual, all the trappings of overindulgent American fare — to a beige liquid.

These feisty dogs often bond to only one or two persons in a household. They can also be snobbish when it comes to other kinds of dogs, as the Chihuahua is a clannish breed.

foreign
A new study shows that reminders of one’s homeland can hinder the ability to speak a new language. The findings could help explain why cultural immersion is the most effective way to learn a foreign tongue.

The giant Pacific octopus forfeits its life for its children, refusing to leave the den while guarding more than 50,000 eggs.

The 1978 Lufthansa heist was planned by the infamous Jimmy Burke -- $5.8 million in untraceable cash, stored in cardboard boxes in a vault at NY's Kennedy Airport, was stolen.

Rather than roaring to space on an elevator of flame, the shuttle Endeavour's final flight Friday was a leisurely, low-altitude journey past the iconic Golden Gate Bridge.

neighboring
Our Milky Way galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy are destined to collide! This illustration shows what the night sky might look like in 3.75 billion years.

new heights
It has become synonymous with the glamor, magic and fun of Brazilian football on the backs of players such as Pele, Jairzinho, Zico and Socrates, who took football to new heights during the second half of the 20th Century.

Hundreds of monitor lizards were seized by Thai customs officials on their way to Chinese kitchens, where their meat is considered a delicacy.

weird
In our ongoing fascination of sending weird things into space, scientists launched an orbital satellite filled with geckos in order to better understand mating in zero-gravity. The satellite has since gone rogue.