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New Statue Immortalizes Mary Thomas, Who Led a Revolt Against Danish Colonial Rule
It is the city’s first public monument to a black woman
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Anti-Apartheid Crusader Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Dies at 81
The activist who died Monday in Johannesburg after a prolonged illness left behind a polarizing legacy in South Africa
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Oil Spill in Colombia Kills 2,400 Animals
The spill also damaged 1,000 tree species and caused adverse health effects in residents of the affected areas
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50 Rare Dinosaur Footprints Found on Scottish Island
The prints date to the Middle Jurassic period, which has yielded relatively few dinosaur fossils
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Meet Icarus, The Most Distant Star Yet Detected
The blue supergiant lies 9 billion light-years away
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More than 150 Years Later, Canada Exonerates Six Indigenous Chiefs Hanged in 1864
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau affirmed that the chiefs had acted in ‘war, not murder’ when they attacked white settlers who had encroached on their land
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Why Orange Snow Fell Over Eastern Europe
It had to do with storms in North Africa
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Johan van Hulst, Who Helped Save Hundreds of Children During the Holocaust, Has Died at 107
He hid young Holocaust victims in the school where he taught, saving them from near certain death
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China’s Tiangong-1 Finally Crashes Back to Earth
Most of the craft likely burned up as it re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere
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Satellite Images Reveal 81 Pre-Hispanic Settlements in the Amazon
The discovery adds to a growing body of evidence that suggests settlements in the Amazon were far more wide-ranging than scholars once thought
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Centuries-Old Shipwreck Washes Up in Florida
The 48-foot section of ship’s hull was found last week at South Ponte Vedra Beach
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California Coffee Companies Must Display Cancer Warning Label, Judge Rules
Despite the ruling, the links between coffee and cancer remain unclear
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North Dakota Makes a Push for a Teddy Roosevelt Presidential Library
The towns of Dickinson and Medora are raising money in hopes of establishing a library and museum to the 26th president who once ranched in the area
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Never Realized 17th-Century Fresco Will Be Digitally Recreated at French Château
The masterpiece was originally planned by the great French painter Charles Le Brun
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Scientists Thought All Galaxies Had Dark Matter, but They Just Found One Without It
The find defies the assumption that the mysterious matter is necessary for galaxy formation
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VR Installation of Crossing U.S.-Mexico Border Comes to Nation’s Capital
“Carne y Arena,” by Academy Award-winning Mexican filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu, will run in D.C. through August
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Chilean Government Investigates Whether the Atacama Mummy Was Illegally Exhumed
Outraged at the recent DNA analysis of the child, the Chilean science community calls for ethical evaluations of the work
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Oldest Known Human Footprints in North America Discovered on Canada’s Pacific Coast
In a new paper, archaeologists describe 29 footprints that date to the end of the last ice age
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Baby Sea Turtles Spotted on Mumbai Beach for the First Time in 20 Years
Though conservationists are celebrating the apparent success, the creatures may not be as rare as once believed
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Mummy Found Inside 2,500-Year-Old ‘Empty’ Coffin
The coffin had been listed as empty for nearly 160 years while stored at the University of Sydney’s museum
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