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Three Things to Know About Francesca Caccini, the Renaissance Musical Genius You’ve Never Heard Of
The first female opera composer, Caccini worked for the super-rich-and-powerful Medici family
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San Diego Is Dousing Its Streets With Bleach to Contain Hepatitis A Outbreak
The outbreak is primarily affecting the city’s homeless population
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Liquid Cats, Didgeridoo Research and More From the 2017 Ig Nobel Prizes
A parody of the prestigious Nobel Prizes, the awards celebrate research that makes people laugh, then think
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Two Rare White Giraffes Filmed in Kenya
The leucistic mother and baby were filmed by local rangers in August
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by Diving Into Google’s Huge Latino Art and History Archive
It features more than 2,500 new works and 69 new exhibits
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Brazil Investigates Alleged Murders of “Uncontacted” Amazon Tribe Members
Gold miners were heard in a bar talking about killing 10 indigenous people in the remote Javari Valley
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House Where Lincoln Died to Close for Renovations
The Petersen House, across the street from Ford’s Theatre, will undergo preservation work to keep it as a museum of the president’s final moments
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Carbon Dating Reveals the History of Zero Is Older Than Previously Thought
An ancient text called the Bakhshali manuscript has bumped zero’s origin story back by 500 years
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What Cassini’s Daring Dives Have Taught Us About Saturn
Before the probe’s final plunge into Saturn’s atmosphere, here’s a look back at what we’ve learned so far
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Man Dresses Up Like a Car Seat for Science
After a dramatic confrontation with the costumed driver, it turns out it was all a test
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Rare Roman Cavalry Swords And Toys Unearthed Along Hadrian’s Wall
The newly discovered artifacts are the latest discovery at Vindolanda, once a remote outpost of the Roman empire
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Why Bacteria in Space Are Surprisingly Tough to Kill
Learning how space changes microbes might help fight antibiotic resistance here on Earth
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How President William McKinley’s Assassination Led to the Modern Secret Service
Before McKinley’s death, the president didn’t have one united protective squad
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How Do Giraffes Stay So Cool? Perhaps the Secret Is a Long Neck
Those long, thin necks may be used to shade their skin from the hot African Sun
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‘Spinster’ and ‘Bachelor’ Were, Until 2005, Official Terms for Single People
Being single is hard enough without these pejoratives.
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Since It’s 2017, New Broadway Play Plans to Keep Up With the News
From the creator of ‘House of Cards,’ ‘The Parisian Woman’ plans to capture the political zeitgeist of the moment
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400 Children May Be Buried in Mass Grave at Notorious Scottish Orphanage
Death certificates indicate that the children died of illness, malnutrition and blunt force trauma
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Researchers Find 98-Million-Year-Old Horned Vampire Ant Encased in Amber
A newly described species of Hell Ant impaled its tiny victims on its reinforced horn and may have slurped up their bug blood
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Christopher Columbus Monument Defaced in Central Park
Vandals covered the statue’s hands in red paint and wrote “Hate will not be tolerated” on its base
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Tattoo Ink May Stain Your Lymph Nodes
But more research is needed to determine whether this is actually a bad thing
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