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‘The Shining’ Looks to Raise Hairs and Octaves in Its Opera Debut
The Minnesota Opera will debut its take on the horror novel in a new production by Pulitzer-prize winning composer Paul Moravec
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The Oldest Species May Win in the Race to Survive Climate Change
It’s survival of the fittest, and the oldest may be the fittest, new study says
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Why Making ‘Derby-Pie’ Might Land You a Lawsuit
The Kentucky Derby’s traditional dessert has a tangled legal history
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Drought Forces Zimbabwe to Sell Its Wild Animals
Facing food and water shortages, the country hopes to save it’s wildlife
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Say “Au Revoir” to France’s Foie Gras (Only For a Bit)
Fowl flu fuels foie gras fears
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NASA Announces World’s New Lightning Hotspot
The electric capital tops the charts with lightning storms 297 nights per year
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Meet Mary Kies, America’s First Woman to Become a Patent Holder
Brains plus bonnets equal a historic first
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Virtual Reality Film Will Simulate Anne Frank’s Hiding Place
‘Anne’ will give audiences a sense of what it was like to be in the “Secret Annex”
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Why Are Chilean Beaches Covered With Dead Animals?
Warm waters have turned the country’s once-pristine coast into a putrid sight
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For The First Time in a Decade, Watch Mercury Cross the Sun’s Face
Next week’s transit of Mercury is one of the major astronomical events of the year
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A Brief History of Lee Harvey Oswald’s Connection to Cuba
For over 50 years, conspiracy theorists have linked JFK’s assassin to Fidel Castro’s Cuba
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Marines Are Investigating the Identity of a Flag Raiser in the Iconic Iwo Jima Photo
Amateur historians have called into question the identity of a soldier in Joe Rosenthal’s 1945 Pulitzer prize-winning image
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Mountaineers Have Discovered the Bodies of Alex Lowe and David Bridges
The climbers died in an avalanche on Shishapangma in 1999
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A Historic Cathedral in New York City Goes up in Flames
The Cathedral of St. Sava caught fire just hours after the Orthodox congregation celebrated Easter
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Boiling Water Could Explain Mysterious Dark Streaks on Mars
Researchers simulate some of the Red Planet’s unique features in an Earth-bound chamber
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Between Bleaching and Boats, Florida’s Coral Reefs Are Struggling to Survive
The reefs are crumbling in acidifying waters and buried from dredging, according to new reports
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Five Things to Know About Megacities
Urbanization is happening fast—here’s what to know about the world’s largest cities
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The First Delivery Drone in the United States Lands a Spot at the Smithsonian
The Flirtey F3.0 hexacopter touches ground at the National Air and Space Museum
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