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King Tut’s Dagger Was Made From a Meteorite
X-ray spectroscopy lays a decades-long metal mystery to rest
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Bordeaux’s New Wine Museum Is Open for Business
The “City of Wine” is a vino lover’s amusement park
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The U.S. Just Announced an Unprecedented Ban on African Ivory
Will tighter rules help reduce global demand?
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Thailand’s Controversial “Temple Tigers” Are Finally Free
Thai officials found nearly 140 captive tigers as well as 40 dead cubs kept in freezers at the self-proclaimed sanctuary
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New Evidence Shows Peppered Moths Changed Color in Sync With the Industrial Revolution
Scientists used “jumping genes” as a time machine to track down changes in moths’ appearance
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This Museum Made Art Out of a John Deere Harvester
‘Continuous Service Altered Daily’ finds life inside a familiar machine
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Paris’ Iconic “Love Locks” Bridge Is Now Home to a Set of Creepy Statues
The rotating art installation on the Pont des Arts bridge was inspired by classical mythology
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Emotikis and New Keyboards Bring Indigenous Cultures to Text Messaging
From Maori emojis to First Nations languages
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Vladimir Nabokov’s Butterfly Drawings Take Flight in This New Book
A little-known fact: The author of “Lolita” was also an avid lepidopterist
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Are the Fancy New Curling Brooms Fair? Robots and Lasers Will Help Figure It Out
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Bumblebees Detect a Flower’s Electric Buzz With Their Fuzz
Using the tiny hairs that cover their bodies, bees can tap into the weak electric field in the atmosphere
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Land of Oz Theme Park Will Temporarily Reopen Its Emerald Gates
This June, the yellow brick road will once again take you to see the Wizard
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Inside the Effort to Digitize Medieval Monks’ Chants
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Five Landmarks Threatened by Climate Change
Will a warming planet destroy humankinds’ most precious cultural treasures?
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Five Times the United States Officially Apologized
These are a few instances where the U.S. admitted it had done wrong
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The U.S. Nuclear Program Still Uses Eight-Inch Floppy Disks
Technological change takes forever to boot up
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Rome Is Looking for People to Adopt Famous, Falling-Apart Sites
When in Rome, pony up some cash for cultural preservation
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Tune Into the Smashing Sounds of Large Hadron Collider Data in Real Time
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