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24,000 Documents Detailing Life of Landscape Architect Frederick Law Olmsted Now Available Online
Collection includes journals, personal correspondence detailing development of Biltmore estate, U.S. Capitol grounds and the Chicago World’s Fair
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A New Exhibition Is Here to Spice Up Your Life
Do you really, really, really wanna see it?
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Can Scientists Save an Endangered Marsupial by Breeding Out Its Taste for Poisonous Toads?
Some northern quolls do not eat deadly cane toads. New research suggests their aversion is an inherited trait
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Remains of Tuskegee Airman Found in Austria
Researchers and archaeologists have recovered the remains of distinguished flyer Lawrence E. Dickson whose plane crashed during a mission in 1944
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Introducing the Scutoid, Geometry’s Newest Shape
The scutoid allows skin cells to remain packed tightly together even over curved surfaces
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Ancient Roundworms Allegedly Resurrected From Russian Permafrost
Skeptics cite possibility of ancient samples’ contamination by contemporary organisms
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Art, Science and Religion Blend in Exhibition Honoring Illustrator Orra White Hitchcock
Orra’s paintings and drawings depict the natural world in colorful detail
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Why Gala Dalí—Muse, Model and Artist—Was More Than Just Salvador’s Wife
Barcelona exhibition draws on 315 artifacts to unravel the myths behind central surrealist figure
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This Initiative Is Loaning Artwork Back to the Communities They’re Most Associated With
Britain’s National Portrait Gallery’s ‘Coming Home’ initiative will loan portraits to the towns and cities most closely associated with their subjects
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How the Scent of Angry Bees Could Protect Elephants
A new study shows elephants fear bee pheromones, and this fact could keep the pachyderms out of crops
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Europe Applies Strict Regulations to CRISPR Crops
A court has ruled that plants modified with CRISPR technology are subject to the restrictions of the 2001 GMO Directive
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Black and Female Circus Artists Take Center Ring in New Museum Show
“Circus! Show of Shows” at the U.K.’s Weston Park Museum reveals how the circus was shaped by diverse groups of performers
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Scientists Baked a “Fossil” in 24 Hours
The simulation could help researchers gain new insight into the fossilization process—without having to wait 10,000 years
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Black Panther Co-Founder Elbert ‘Big Man’ Howard Dies at 80
Howard was a key Panther organizer and played an important role in community activism
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Rosa Parks’ Detroit Home Is Now Up for Auction
Parts of the tiny home where the civil rights activist lived with 17 family members are expected to sell for between $1 and $3 million
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Most of Mars’ Dust Comes From One Place
Erosion of the Medusae Fossae Formation has, over billions of years, likely covered the entire planet in 10 feet of volcanic dust
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Why a Female Duck Was Spotted with a Huge Brood of 76 Ducklings
Think of it as ducky day care
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Library of Congress Puts Spotlight on 440 Snapshots Culled From Archive of 14 Million
About 300 of the images have been newly digitized, and 200 of these are free for public use
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Compelling Evidence Suggests There’s a Liquid Lake Beneath Mars’ Surface
But do the findings hold water?
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Scientists Give New Particle Accelerator the Thumbs Up
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine endorses the $1 billion Electron-Ion Collider
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