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It wasn't a military expert or an aviation pioneer, but a Russian actor who developed the first viable parachute
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From a caterpillar to the Milky Way, the ten finalists in the contest's Natural World category capture the peculiar, the remarkable and the sublime
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Research shows that cities can cut emissions by 70 percent; check out the ones striving their hardest to curb their carbon appetites
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This week, watch Bette Davis in the 1938 hit Jezebel, join performance art that honors African women and listen to one of the world's best pianos
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For more than 50 years observations from Hawaii have tracked rising carbon dioxide. We're still ignoring those warnings
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Israel battles a swarm of millions of locusts that flew from Egypt that is giving rise to a host of ecological, political and agricultural issues
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A new DNA analysis confirms that an ancient skull found in a Siberian cave was an early ancestor of man's best friend
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"Every square meter of Mercury's surface" in one gorgeous map
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It was a decade of Uggs and excess but also styles meant to further the greater good
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Living in the forest alongside bears and beavers, the ancient Canadian Arctic camel
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The birds' plumage is even colder than the surrounding air, paradoxically insulating them from heat loss
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Brazilian deforestation is tied to producers of luxury Italian leather goods
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Actually, fairly smart. And we're only seeing the first wave of smartwatches, with Apple expected to enter the fray as early as this year
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Visionary designers of the 19th century believed that the future of air travel depended on elaborate airships
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Look for the comet just after twilight in the Northern Hemisphere's western sky, with the best viewing chances to come early next week
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Ivory poachers slashed the population of the small elephants by 62 percent in the past decade--future losses at those rates will doom the species
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Melting sea ice will open up shipping lanes across the Arctic, potentially making the Northwest Passage and North Pole navigable during summer
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Recently, researchers explored the potential for therapy animals to help kids with autism, and found that they were more effective than toys
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Richard the Lionheart was buried without his heart, and a modern forensic analysis just unveiled how it was preserved
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On the eve of Woodrow Wilson's inauguration, suffragists descended upon Washington
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