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A veritable playhouse of salvaged materials and crafted objects, the City Museum has entertained the young and young at heart for two decades
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In the wake of Hurricanes Maria and Harvey, bacterial infections threaten communities struggling to rebuild
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The tiny animal have some surprising reactions to the changing seasons
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Cross-sections of 374-million-year-old tree trunks revealed a complex web of woody strands that split and repaired themselves
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The creatures were previously thought not tough enough to survive the harsh winters
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UK scientists are recruiting volunteers to look for the critters’ “sperm pools”
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Amateur researchers first came across the rock structures in 2004. Four years later, after seeing them again on Google Earth, they decided to investigate
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Many of the 93 artifacts were unbaked and badly worn, making reading and translating the tablets a lengthy task
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The sound quality in ancient times was likely much better than it is today
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Special wingbeats and long legs help mosquitoes take off without getting smushed
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The Mining Art Gallery showcases works created by the thousands of miners who've lived and worked in the Great Northern Coalfield
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After less than a day on the internet, it racked up 60,000 downloads
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More realistic simulations of the atmosphere of far-flung planets are helping researchers sort out the best candidates for possible life
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Today in 1958, the "Doctor Zhivago" author won the Nobel Prize, but the Soviets made sure he never got it
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There's no need to worry: It's unlikely it will blow anytime soon
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Named for a unit of atomic particles, this decades-old quirky holiday seeks to raise enthusiasm for chemistry with cakes, crafts and a lot of bad jokes
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The newly translated Japanese text offers kernels of advice to warriors who had yet to face battle
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They also share an ancestor will all living cats
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The recent find was five years in the making
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A new report suggests that pollution led to the deaths of nine million people in 2015
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