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New research suggests that the workers at copper mines in the Levant were valued workers, not slaves
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Stars are star-shaped because of imperfection in our eyes
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The chapter was removed after being deemed "too wild" and subversive
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Some argue, however, that Homo sapiens are responsible for the etchings
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This is the most direct evidence supporting researchers’ ideas about how the Sun is powered
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How well the drug works in humans, however, isn't so clear
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Norway's SALT festival involves music, sauna's and architecture
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Your house is laced with microbes shed by your body
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Could medical cannabis help prevent the more than 16,500 deaths each year due to opioid overdose?
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The slime in okra could make for a natural ice cream stabilizer
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These cat pictures are brought to you by quantum entanglement as discussed by Einstein and Schrödinger
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The approval of the Space Launch System is an important step for NASA
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When people listen to music they enjoy, their brains drift into a resting daydream, regardless of the genre
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New research shows that the first humans in the Arctic lived there for nearly 4,000 years
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Men who walk in lockstep see outsiders as less threatening
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A team recorded thin sheets of ice pushing rocks across a desert lake bed, answering a decades-old question
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A new physics study shows another possible method for how the pyramids of Egypt were constructed
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A new report outlines the logistics of letting the estimated 15,500 transgender individuals already in the military serve openly
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