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A scientist says a multispectral analysis of the Mona Lisa shows hidden portraits beneath the famous painting.

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A French Scientist Says the Mona Lisa is Hiding a Portrait of Another Woman

Some art experts, however, are skeptical

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Is Stonehenge a Hand-Me-Down Monument?

New research suggests the monument was first built in Wales then dragged 180 miles to its current location

A cyclist braves Beijing's smog with a face mask last month.

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Beijing Just Issued Its First “Red Alert” for Smog

Will the city's latest smog crisis spur international action on climate change?

A diver inspects the plane's forward turret.

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View a Rare Seaplane Lost Just Before the Pearl Harbor Attack

The plane was a casualty of the first phase of the raid that took place on December 7, 1941

Mount Etna's eruption on December 3, 2015 was powerful enough to produce volcanic lightning

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Watch Mount Etna and Momotombo Erupt in All Their Glory

Photos and video catch the spectacular events in action

How many curls can you count?

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A Buddha in Japan Is Missing Half of Its Curls

What happened to the Buddha of Nara's famous 'do?

Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Inca Road

Visit Machu Picchu With Google Street View

Armed with a backpack and 15 high-res cameras, Google just tackled one of the world's wonders

Residents evacuate their homes in Chennai during catastrophic floods.

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Five Things You Should Know about the Catastrophic Flooding in Chennai

Mass evacuations, a submerged airport and questions about the city's urban planning

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Hundreds of Fake Ads Protest Paris Climate Summit’s Corporate Sponsors

Artists in Paris distributed 600 posters calling out companies' hypocrisy

Never fear—Swett, SD's town sign has been replaced with one that doesn't have bullet holes.

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For Sale: A Haunted Ghost Town

Swett, South Dakota can be yours for just $250,000

This is an artist's impression of sauropod dinosaurs on the Isle of Skye.

New Research

Hundreds of Dinosaur Tracks Discovered Along the Scottish Coast

Giant sauropods once roamed the Isle of Skye

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Mount Everest’s Glaciers are Turning Into Lakes

Thousands of Himalayan glaciers could melt by the end of the century

Centurions drink from a fountain near Rome's Coliseum during a heat wave in summer 2014. A recent announcement that centurion reenactors will be banned from the Coliseum during 2016 has led to protests and public outcry.

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Rome Just Banned Centurions

Officials stir up controversy by kicking impersonators out of the Colosseum

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A Hemingway Book Has Hit the Paris Bestseller List After Recent Attacks

<i>A Moveable Feast</i> declares that "there is never any end to Paris"

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The Statue of Liberty Was Originally a Muslim Woman

"The New Colossus" was actually born in Egypt

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These Videos Will Change the Way You Think About Travel Photography Forever

A new technique lets you zoom through the world without leaving your desk

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A Gothic Chapel Is Transformed Into a Spectacular Sky

Staring at the ceiling has never been so inspiring

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This Artist Makes Traditional Carpets That Look Like They Were hit by a Software Bug

Faig Ahmed’s Azerbaijani carpets twist and swirl like a bad Photoshop job

Pub signs illustrat the creative names of local watering holes, like the Dog & Sausage in St. Helier, Jersey.

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A Brief History of British Pub Signs

The colorful signs boast more than good looks—they're like miniature history books

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Minnesota Is Expanding Its Bike Share to Include Canoes

Because bikes and boats are a perfect pair

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