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After seven years of designing and tinkering, the most powerful rocket in the world hurtled into space
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The Museum of London's "Votes for Women” show marks 100 years since women were first granted the right to vote in Britain
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Researchers estimate that more than a trillion planets may lurk beyond our galaxy's bounds
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The same drugs that knock us out or numb our wounds can also be used on our leafy friends
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The creepy-crawly is unlike any living spider
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Houses, fortifications, pyramids and causeways were among the discoveries
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The best of the U.S. National Archive's #ArchivesBlackHistory
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Palaeontologists were first alerted to the fossil by a 10-year-old tourist
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Though it won't work for all species, <em>Aedes aegypti</em> mosquitos seem to have a memory for near-death experiences
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A fine haze of ice particles transformed this landscape into an otherworldly scene
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The slab is covered in 70 foot prints and is one of the best collections of animal traces yet found
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The tools may suggest that humans dispersed from Africa earlier than previously believed. But not all experts agree
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Three of the Unesco World Heritage site's enigmatic glyphs were harmed, but authorities believe they can repair the damage
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In an act of protest, the London National Portrait Gallery work was damaged in 1914. It returns to mark 100 years of the Representation of the People Act
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She was buried in a cave in central Greece around 9,000 years ago
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Researchers test it out on a medieval epic to investigate whether the Battle of Clontarf was fought against the Vikings or was part of an Irish civil war
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The incident comes as airlines have implementing stricter rules for emotional support animals
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An interdisciplinary team of archaeologists and physicists came together to discover the purpose of the ancient bit of sharpened red ochre
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Conservationists hope the ban will help preserve the dwindling elephant populations
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Linguistic analysis indicates at least two of the most infamous letters were likely written by the same person—and that person was not the Ripper
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