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This is one of the oldest living trees in the world

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Is This the Oldest Living Tree?

This Norway Spruce in Sweden has roots that are over 9,000 years old

A female German fighter rests after competing in the first World International Medieval Combat Championship.

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The World Championships in Medieval Combat

Steps from a 15th century Spanish castle, combatants took to arms

A war disbled man, who lost both of his arms in World War I, learns to hold knife and fork with his prostheses.

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The "Star Wars" Prosthetic Arm Was Approved for Sale in the U.S.

The advanced prosthetic reads muscle contractions and turns them into motion

New Research

When We're Threatened, We Try to Show What Good People We Are

Outside observers, however, tend to see through flimsy claims of innocence

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In an Emergency, We Act Like Ants

Like many animals, we tend to clump together when danger presents itself

Thermal image of window mounted AC units in an apartment building.

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This Is How Much Hotter Nights in Phoenix Are Because of A/C

Waste heat from air conditioners causes a significant amount of warming outside

Protesters in front of the Nigerian Embassy in London.

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Boko Haram Video Says What the Group Wants in Exchange for Freeing Abducted Girls

If let go, they have a good chance of being able to recover emotionally

Berlin Children Cheering Airlift Plane

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65 Years Ago Today, the Soviet Blockade of Berlin Ended

The first real showdown between the Soviet Union and the West ended 65 years ago today

Gino Bartali

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This Italian Cyclist Defied Fascists and Saved Lives

The world didn’t learn about the heroism of Gino Bartali during WWII until after he died in 2000

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We’re Drinking Whiskey Faster Than Distillers Can Make More

Whiskey supplies are running low

A small ivory statuette previously found in a different tomb in Hierakonpolis. The Daily Mail has photos of objects found at the new site.

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Archaeologists Just Found a 5,600-Year-Old Pre-Dynastic Egyptian Tomb

This newly discovered Egyptian tomb is even older than hierogylphs

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Hurricanes Katrina And Rita Caused At Least 117 Uncounted Deaths, of Stillborn Babies

Higher rates of stillbirths overlapped with the most devastated areas in the aftermath of those 2005 natural disasters

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Last Call For Metro-North’s Bar Car!

The last bar cars left in America ride the rails for the last time tonight

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Why Don’t Chimpanzees Have Long, Luscious Locks?

Why doesn't animal fur grow like human hair?

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Someone Had to Build the Terracotta Army—Archaeologists Just Found Their Humbler Grave Sites

Forty-five grave sites were found only kilometers from the emperor's tomb

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One More Way Cities Might Mess With Birds—By Throwing Radio Waves at Them

Radio waves disrupt birds' migratory patterns, but birds may have a natural work-around

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To Save the Apples We Love Today, We Need to Save Their Ancient Ancestors

Apples aren't set to cope with our changing world. To help them, first we'll need to protect the past

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This City in California Voted in Favor of Making Bullying a Crime

Bullying can seriously harm kids, for years. But should it really be punished by law?

Saint Sebastian Interceding for the Plague Stricken by Josse Lieferinxe

New Research

The Black Death Actually Improved Public Health

Analysis of skeletons from before and after the height of the epidemic yields surprising results

A view in Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

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An Expansive, Privately Funded Park in Patagonia Will Open to Visitors This Winter

This beautiful park—which foreign conversationists love—is putting wild animals and local gauchos at odds

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