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Artist Stephen Towns' first museum exhibition showcases his painterly skill through traditional textile art
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Up to 1,000 tourists visit the colorful ridge every day. But this influx of people is eroding the nature
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The art is part of a larger digitization project of early American history by the Chicago-based research library
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The find changes the story of human migration, but scientists still don't know what human species did the cutting
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A waste hauler found the bone fragment in a case sealed with red wax and tied with red cords. It included a faded label reading: “Ex Oss. S Clementis PM"
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The early seabird had the sharp teeth of its dinosaur relatives but a bird-like body
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By digging in ancient toilets, researchers uncovered genetic material that tells of past diets and diseases
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The scientists say their research is the first to use a human bone to precisely measure the radiation absorbed by an atomic bombing victim
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This Saturday, the craft will launch on its mission to search for clues about the Red Planet's interior
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On Monday, the city of Nawabshah reached 122.4 degrees Fahrenheit, causing heatstroke, power outages and general misery
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Archaeologists have so far uncovered the bodies of 26 men and children on the coastal village of Sandby Borg, possible victims of a local power struggle
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Among the 3,800 artifacts being repatriated to Iraq today include pieces believed to be from Irisagrig, a site archaeologists have yet to find
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The art installation was recently on display in London
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But don't go hauling your boats out just yet
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It's the first triple eruption in 15 years—but don't worry, it's not a sign the Yellowstone volcano is ready to blow
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The excavation uncovered the remains of more than 140 children and 200 llamas, who were sacrificed some 550 years ago in Peru's northern coast
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A native to Baja California, the San Quintín kangaroo rat hopped back into researchers' lives last summer
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The caterpillars were accidentally introduced to Britain in 2005
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“The Boarder,” which is published for the first time in the <i>New Yorker</i>, was discovered while going through the prominent writer’s vast archives
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After four years of research, the new medium's impact on Homer's art will be explored this summer at Bowdoin College Museum of Art
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