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• 10 Hardest Vegetables to Grow and Maintain
• 10 Most Long-lived Empires in History
• "Shark Week" at Discovery Headquarters: Chompie Image Gallery
• Violent. Raging. Awesome: How Volcanoes Work
• How small can CPUs get?

10 Hardest Vegetables to Grow and Maintain Posted: Now, more and more produce eaters are looking for produce grown even closer to home -- their own backyards. But it may not be as easy as planting the seed and watching it grow. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

10 Most Long-lived Empires in History Posted: Empires rise and empires fall -- it's a seemingly unavoidable fact of life on Earth. But these superpowers reigned longer than any others. What can we learn from their missteps and achievements? This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

"Shark Week" at Discovery Headquarters: Chompie Image Gallery Posted: For the city of Silver Spring, Md., "Shark Week" doesn't stop when the TV is off. Every year, a great white shark affectionately known as Chompie takes up residence on Discovery Communications' headquarters.

Violent. Raging. Awesome: How Volcanoes Work Posted: Volcanoes can be both scary and awe-inspiring, with everything from exploding mountaintops to rivers of lava. Can scientists predict their eruptions?

How small can CPUs get? Posted: Advances in technology have allowed manufacturers to double the number of transistors on a CPU chip every two years. How long can they keep this up?

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