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Experts hope further examination will yield insights on the canvas' age, background and history
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A 3,500-year-old single-use vessel is part of a new display at the British Museum that explores our long-standing relationship with trash
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Scientists stuck 11 dogs in fMRI scanners to see if their brains had a knack for quantity
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The destructive swine are expanding their range in the United States and appear to be encroaching from Canada
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Panda moms are 900 times bigger than their cubs and a new study disputes the theory it's related to hibernation
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CHEOPS is the first exoplanet satellite devoted specifically to learning more about the thousands of planets we have already found
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The identity and sex of the individual have yet to be confirmed, but could mark a first for the sacred Mount Athos
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The gilded graves, built some 3,500 years ago, likely housed high-status individuals who displayed their wealth with objects from abroad
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But the animals remain threatened with extinction
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Mussel species are dying en mass in rivers across the Pacific Northwest, Midwest and South—likely from unidentified pathogens
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A new study offers an explanation as to why some moth species fly erratically in the face of danger, while others do not
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Captive breeding and microhabitats may help restore White's seahorse whose population plummeted 90 percent in the last decade
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The strategy helps the parasitic riders steal food and childcare from their hosts
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The fascinating "tail" of how Indian monkeys might have ended up in a Minoan painting
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A new study sequenced the genome of the Carolina parakeet, once the only parrot native to the eastern part of the country
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Based around an existing shipwreck, the museum will allow divers to explore cannons, anchors and coral reefs
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The big cephalopod was winning until the humans intervened
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New research highlights the role diet plays in dictating a cetacean’s size
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A new study investigated the online fish antibiotic market—and found that some humans seem to be ingesting them
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The painting’s frank depiction of drunk frivolity—and male anatomy—didn’t sit well with some viewers
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