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The translucent sheet-weaving spider shows that scientists haven't yet found everything in our own backyard
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The new exhibition at Compton Verney features a Fabergé elephant with swinging trunk and a gigantic kinetic sculpture by Rowland Emett
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The trading center of Hedeby and its surrounding wall are considered one of the most significant Viking sites in Northern Europe
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The recovered items span thousands of years, and include coins, cell phones, dentures and more
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Archaeologists also found the skull of an extinct ox that is 2,000 years older than the trackway
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Archaeologists uncovered the remains of 10 women and children who may have been sacrificed at the Pömmelte enclosure, a 4,300-year-old Neolithic circle
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Kadibil, who died at the age of 95, had her incredible odyssey recounted in the acclaimed 2002 film ‘Rabbit-Proof Fence’
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After the age of 105, the odds of dying plateau, meaning it's possible to live beyond the current record of 123 years
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Turner V. Stokes, who died on Saturday at the age of 90, advocated for nudists' ability to go about sans clothing
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Researchers found the intact skull of the skeleton that made headlines for being pinned beneath a giant stone block
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Paolo Guerrero failed a drug test, but insists he never took cocaine. Three ancient mummies are lending credence to his case
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An oil drilling moratorium, development restrictions and fishing reform has helped the 200-mile-reef come off Unesco's endangered world heritage sites list
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A new study estimates that a quarter to half the carbon in interstellar space is in the form of greasy aliphatic carbon
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Stricken with polio at the age of 39, Roosevelt did not like to be photographed as he struggled to walk
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A new telescope that filters out light pollution and interference will watch the stars from the site constructed in 1675
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The brooding killdeer laid its eggs on a patch of cobblestone where the main stage of Ottawa’s Bluesfest was supposed to be set up
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Reports indicate a local priest hired an art teacher to restore the polychromatic wooden statue, with cartoonish results
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He did not rush to the frontlines of violent events, but instead photographed everyday scenes of racial discrimination
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Flight attendants are exposed to a number of possible or probable cancer-causing factors
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The National Trust for Historic Preservation's annual list is out
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