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A reconstruction from the 3,700-year-old remains of Ava, a woman unearthed in the Scottish Highlands

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Meet Ava, a Bronze Age Woman From the Scottish Highlands

A forensic artist has recreated the face of a woman alive 3,700 years ago

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EU Releases Its First Invasive Species Blacklist

Gray squirrels, raccoons and crayfish were among the prohibited species

An artist's concept of Moon Express's MX-1 Micro Lander, which may head to the moon as soon as next year.

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The First Private Lunar Landing Was Just Approved

Moon Express will head to Earth’s nearest neighbor in 2017

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Diaries of Holocaust Architect Heinrich Himmler Discovered in Russia

The man who designed the Nazi concentration camps switched easily between recording domestic life and mass murder

"The Brooding Woman," by Paul Gauguin, was one of the paintings stolen at gunpoint from the Worcester Art Museum in 1972.

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The First Armed Art Heist in History Is Being Made Into a Movie

But Ocean’s 11, this isn’t

These shaggy icons may be long gone by next century due to climate change.

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California’s Joshua Trees Are Under Threat

Climate change could decimate the iconic tree for future generations

Ooh, shiny.

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The Government Just Won a Long Legal Battle Over Rare Coins

The enigmatic Double Eagles are anything but trinkets

A illustration of a herd of hadrosaurs like the arthritic one discovered in New Jersey.

New Research

This Duck-Billed Dinosaur Had a Rare Case of Arthritis

Nothing like a bum leg

"I apologise to the indigenous people on behalf of the government, to give our deepest apology over the suffering and injustice you endured over the past 400 years," Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen said during in her speech on Monday.

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Taiwan’s President Issues First Formal Apology to Nation’s Indigenous Peoples

Tsai Ing-wen is also setting up new programs and implementing laws to guarantee basic rights for native inhabitants

Some of the threads discovered at Must Farms are the width of a human hair.

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This Ball of Thread Is 3,000 Years Old

If it is simply held in the wrong way, the priceless artifact could crumble to pieces

A brittle star swimming over a field of polymetallic nodules

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Future Deep Sea Mining Sites Are Bursting With Rare Marine Species

The area is full of rare metals, but a new study shows it’s a hub for deep-sea diversity, too

The "Bee and Bee" at the Fairmont Waterfront in Vancouver, Canada is made from materials gathered from urban gardens across the city and woven together with found pieces of ivy, wool, and leaves.

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Forget the Hive, Now Wild Bees Can Check in to These Swanky Hotels

Don’t six-legged guests also deserve the best bang for their buzz?

Your sub could cause that office cold to spread even more quickly.

New Research

Going Home Sick? Your Substitute Could Spread Disease More Widely

Though it may seem counterintuitive, bringing in a sub isn’t necessarily the best solution

The Great Blue Hole, a 354-foot deep cavern and popular dive site in Belize's Lighthouse Reef

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Explore Some of the World’s Deepest Blue Holes

The Dragon Hole in the South China Sea is now the “world’s deepest” underwater sinkhole. Learn why these geologic wonders form in oceans around the globe

Thanks, evolution.

New Research

The Evolutionary Reason Why Women Orgasm

New research suggests the female orgasm is tied to ovulation, not reproduction

A view from a camera onboard the Icarus craft as it reaches the stratosphere.

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How Engineers Got a Vinyl Record to Play in the Stratosphere

Fittingly, it took notes from Carl Sagan

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For Sale: 400 Awesome Vintage Boomboxes

A New Zealand aficionado is auctioning off his collection of iconic 1980s music machines

"UnderLA" brings projections of the Earth's lithology to a concrete-bound stretch of the Los Angeles River.

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A New Installation Turns the L.A. River Into Art

The river’s surreal landscape is the perfect place to make a statement about water use

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Peru Cracks Down on Illegal Gold Miners

A boom in outlaw mining activity in the last five years is polluting rivers, poisoning people and destroying forests in the Peruvian Amazon

Haiqiang Chen tests his UV oven at the University of Delaware

New Research

Summer Produce Could Last Longer With These Five New Technologies

Scientists seek solutions to slow the inevitable process of decomposition

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