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Restorationist Botches 16th-Century Spanish Statue of Saint
Reports indicate a local priest hired an art teacher to restore the polychromatic wooden statue, with cartoonish results
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David Goldblatt, the South African Photographer Who Documented Life Under Apartheid, Has Died at 87
He did not rush to the frontlines of violent events, but instead photographed everyday scenes of racial discrimination
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Flight Attendants May Face Increased Risk for Many Cancers, Study Finds
Flight attendants are exposed to a number of possible or probable cancer-causing factors
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Route 66 and 10 Other Sites That Made the 2018 “Most Endangered Historic Places” List
The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s annual list is out
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Is This Painted Tile Da Vinci’s Earliest Known Work?
Two Italian scholars believe the tile was painted by the Renaissance master in 1471, but other experts are not convinced
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Australian Feral Cats Eat More Than a Million Reptiles Per Day
A new study shows cats snack on 258 reptile species, and could push some to the brink of extinction
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Why the Skeleton of the “Irish Giant” Could Be Buried at Sea
Activists want the bones of Charles Byrne to be buried according to his wishes
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Mosquito-Borne Keystone Virus Has Been Found in Humans for the First Time
But the virus may have been infecting people for much longer than scientists realized
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The Physics Behind a Leaky Faucet’s Maddening ‘Plink’
Microphones and high-speed cameras show that what happens when a water droplet hits water is surprisingly complicated
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Interactive, Digital Art Museum Opens in Tokyo
Touch digital birds, sip flower tea and more at the world’s largest digital art museum
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Extinct Gibbon Species Discovered in 2,000-Year-Old Chinese Tomb
It’s believed the species represents a new genera of apes that may have died out just 300 years ago
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Childhood Virus May Have a Role in Alzheimer’s Disease
A study of 1,000 brains found two common types of herpes viruses were more prevalent in those suffering from the dementia-inducing disease
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Take a 3D Tour Through Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West
New state-of-the-art scans allow virtual visits to the architect’s winter home and gives conservators detailed blueprints
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China’s Plastic Ban Will Flood Us With Trash
New study reports China’s ban on importing foreign plastic could cripple global recycling programs and lead to 111 million tons of homeless plastic
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New York Is Building a New Monument to Women’s History—And It Wants the Public’s Help
A new initiative titled She Built NYC is asking New Yorkers to recommend potential subjects for the monument
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Cocaine in the Water Is Hurting River Eels
When researchers exposed eels to the illicit drug, the animals became hyperactive and suffered muscle damage
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Museum Ties Portraits of the Wealthy to Their Slaveholding Pasts
New signs at the Worcester Art Museum illuminate how wealthy New Englanders benefitted from the slave trade
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Charleston, South Carolina, Formally Apologizes for Its Role in the Slave Trade
Some 40 percent of enslaved Africans entered the country through Charleston
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Study Suggests Dolphins and Some Whales Grieve Their Dead
An analysis of 78 instances of cetaceans paying attention to their dead suggests grief may be part of being a highly social animal
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A Towering, Toxic Plant That Causes Burns and Blindness Has Appeared in Virginia
The giant hogweed, an invasive species, is more typically seen in the Northeast
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