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Manhattan Project Sites to Be Opened to the Public

Manhattan Project Historical Park will preserve three sites from the beginning of the Atomic Age

Can you hear me now? Good.

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This Ear Was Made With Vincent Van Gogh's DNA

What secrets have been whispered into this creepy, living copy of the most famous ear in art history?

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NASA is Hiring Astronauts for Future Deep Space Missions

Do you want to head to Mars?

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Seattle's Famous 'Gum Wall' Is Getting Scraped Clean

An estimated 1,000,000 pieces of chewing gum are stuck to the quirky attraction

In the unregulated park, kids encountered alligators without fences, gates or grates.

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When Kids Played With Alligators in Los Angeles

Babies, dogs and onlookers mixed with snapping reptiles at California's Alligator Farm

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A 2,000-Year-Old Greek Fortress Has Been Unearthed in Jerusalem

The fort played a role in the Jewish revolts that inspired Hanukkah

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This Incredible Street Art Is Also An Evolution Lesson

In Rome, a giant mural illustrates how life began and evolved

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Amazon Just Opened An Actual Bookstore in Seattle

And just like its online marketplace, Amazon's brick-and-mortar shop aims to shake up the industry

Detail from the cover of the 1948 Green Book, a guidebook for black travelers.

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A Black American's Guide to Travel In the Jim Crow Era

For decades, <i>The Green Book </i> was the black traveler's lifeline

Singing sand dunes in the Gobi Desert

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Why the Sands of Many Dunes Sing, Boom, and Even Burp

Contrary to Marco Polo's tales, it's not because they're full of mysterious spirits

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Pink Gumdrops Are Solving a Sticky Crisis in London

The receptacles are part of the world's first chewing gum recycling program

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The Mind-Blowing 'Rain Room' Comes to Los Angeles

This wildly popular installation art creates an indoor storm—but visitors don't get wet

Pink mallow blooms in the Atacama Desert, which experienced record rainfall earlier this year.

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The World’s Driest Desert Is in Breathtaking Bloom

After historic rains, Atacama, Chile is exploding with vibrant wildflowers

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How 'Bewitched' Helped Salem Embrace Its Grim Past

A popular 1960s sitcom helped the New England town turn witches into big business

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This Haunted House is Actually a Lab for Studying Fear

Get scared for science

A hiker is dwarfed by the landscape of the mountain plateau where the Viking sword was found

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Hiker Accidentally Discovers 1,200-Year-Old Viking Sword in Norway

The wrought iron weapon is an extraordinary find

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How Tourism Shaped Photography in 19th Century Japan

Westerners were obsessed with geisha, samurai and cherry blossoms

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Paris Has a 'Love Lock' Problem

And it's not the only city that wants to get rid of them

A view of the opening to Danger Cave in 1976, when it was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places

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Utah’s Danger Cave Will Soon Open For a Rare Tour

The cave houses evidence of human habitation from over 11,000 years ago

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This Norwegian Modern Art Museum Is Also a Bridge

An ingeniously twisted design blends art with infrastructure

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