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A Look Inside an Iconically Quirky St. Louis Museum
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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Bacterial Infections Spread in Storm-Ravaged Puerto Rico and Texas
In the wake of Hurricanes Maria and Harvey, bacterial infections threaten communities struggling to rebuild
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Shrews Shrink Their Skulls and Brains for the Winter
The tiny animal have some surprising reactions to the changing seasons
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Ancient Trees “Ripped Their Skeletons Apart” To Grow
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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Surprising Footage Captures Arctic Jellyfish Lurking Under the Ice
The creatures were previously thought not tough enough to survive the harsh winters
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Scientists Need Your Help Peeping on the Lugworm’s Weird Mating Habits
UK scientists are recruiting volunteers to look for the critters’ “sperm pools”
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Google Earth Leads to Discovery of 400 Stone “Gates” in Saudi Arabia
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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Archaeologists Discover Trove of Cuneiform Tablets in Northern Iraq
Many of the 93 artifacts were unbaked and badly worn, making reading and translating the tablets a lengthy task
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The Acoustics of Ancient Greek Theaters Aren’t What They Used to Be
The sound quality in ancient times was likely much better than it is today
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How Mosquitoes Sneak Away After Feasting on Your Blood
Special wingbeats and long legs help mosquitoes take off without getting smushed
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This Gallery Is Dedicated to Coal Miners’ Art
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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Stephen Hawking’s PhD Thesis Goes Online, Crashing Internet Servers
After less than a day on the internet, it racked up 60,000 downloads
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The Search for Habitable Worlds Just Got a Boost
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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How Boris Pasternak Won and Lost the Nobel Prize
Today in 1958, the “Doctor Zhivago” author won the Nobel Prize, but the Soviets made sure he never got it
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Five Things to Know About the Yellowstone Supervolcano
There’s no need to worry: It’s unlikely it will blow anytime soon
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Chemistry Nerds Rejoice—It’s Mole Day
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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Songbook From the 16th-Century Spells Out Samurai Customs, Tactics and Baby Names
The newly translated Japanese text offers kernels of advice to warriors who had yet to face battle
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Saber-toothed Cats May Have Co-Existed With Modern Humans
They also share an ancestor will all living cats
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Remains of Temple to Ramses II Discovered Near Cairo
The recent find was five years in the making
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One in Six Global Deaths Linked to Pollution
A new report suggests that pollution led to the deaths of nine million people in 2015
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