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The Colosseum Waits on Funding for Critical Repairs in the Fight Over Rome’s Subway System

Caretakers fear the row over the metro's overspending could endanger the ancient arena

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What Cell Phone Grime Reveals About Lifestyle

Chemical traces left on cell phones show what people eat, what drugs they take and even what cosmetics they use

Electron escaping a helium atom

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Meet the Zeptosecond, the Smallest Slice of Time Yet Recorded

Using an two types of lasers, researchers measured the ejection of helium electrons with previously unheard of precision

Spotted: one adventurous female panther.

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Why Scientists Are Psyched About a River-Crossing Panther

This big cat is the first female thought to enter the area in over 40 years

American soldiers in Nimrud in 2008, with the Ziggurat in the background.

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ISIS Has Destroyed a Nearly 3,000-Year-Old Assyrian Ziggurat

The ziggurat of Nimrud was the ancient city’s central temple

An original Western Union stock ticker from the Oakland Museum of California.

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The Physical Stock Ticker Is a Relic, But Its Influence Reverberates Loudly Today

On this day 149 years ago, the first digital transmitter debuted

Gwen Ifill died today. She was 61.

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Five Things to Know About Gwen Ifill

The late, great reporter turned curiosity into a career that changed journalism

These bikes won't just make it easier to get around Marrakech—they could also send a message to world leaders about ways to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

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Africa Just Got Its First Bike Share Program

Now you can get around Marrakech on a fleet of bicycles—no air pollution needed

The Birmingham Central Mosque in the United Kingdom.

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How Astronomy Cameras Are Helping British Muslims Schedule Morning Prayers

The cameras would help track exactly when the sun rises

Little People meant big fun for generations of imaginative kids.

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These Childhood Delights Just Made It Into the National Toy Hall of Fame

<i>Dungeons & Dragons</i>, Little People and the humble swing are this year’s toy honorees

New animal research could one day mean that a scene like this doesn't freak out hikers.

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Scientists May Have Figured Out How to Make Poison Ivy Itch Less

Researchers identify a protein associated with itchy rash in mice

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New Underpass Helps New Zealand Penguins Cross Busy Road

The blue penguin colony in Oamaru can now cross between their nesting area and the ocean without dodging traffic

A selection of items from the Papers of Tom Brokaw, including a Pan Am flight bag filled with press passes to historic events, a reporter’s notebook, candid snapshots from NBC News productions, Brokaw’s personal copy of the transcript of taped Nixon conversations, with Brokaw’s handwritten notes.

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Tom Brokaw’s Historic Cache of Papers Will Be Preserved

The broadcaster just donated his personal archive to the University of Iowa

"Wedding Dance in the Open Air" Pieter Brueghel the Younger 1607-1614, oil on oak panel.

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A Brueghel Painting Long Thought to Be Made by a Copyist Is Going on Display

Vindication for Pieter Brueghel the Younger

An archaeologist studies remains of the Curtain theater's foundations.

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Shakespeare May Have Tailored "Henry V" for a Specific Theater

Archaeological digs at the Curtain theater suggest it looked very different from the Bard’s usual venues

Blue petrel, one of the seabird species that mistakes the smell of algae on plastic as food

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Why Seabirds Eat So Much Plastic

A new study suggests that algae growing on plastic in the oceans makes it smell like dinner

"Ginzer" Kiki Smith, 2000 Aquatint, drypoint, and burnishing etching on paper. Smith placed the corpse of her cat on the plate and traced the outline to produce the image of the etching before burying him to create the etching.

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A Massive Collection of Cat Art Is up for Auction

The results of an art teacher’s passion project are for sale

A NOAA illustration shows how La Niña usually affects winter weather.

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It’s Back: La Niña Has Returned

What the phenomenon may mean for winter weather

Man Mound

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Get to Know Man Mound, One of 10 New National Historical Landmarks

The Interior Department has designated new landmarks including James Merrill's house, a silent film studio and the only human-shaped effigy mound

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Perfectly Preserved Shipwreck Found in Lake Superior

A team has found the The J.S. Seaverns which sank in Michipicoten harbor in 1884 with its hull intact and dishes still on the shelves

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