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Did Stonehenge Hold Up a Giant Stage?
A new theory poses that the prehistoric structure could have been something like an “ancient Mecca on stilts”
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Watch a Drone Explore the World’s Largest Cave
Vietnam’s Son Doong cave is a magnificent not-so-microcosm
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Science Is Still Unclear About the Evolutionary Origin of the Anus
A newly published scientific review attempts to “get to the bottom” of how animals acquired what some might call the most indecent part of the body
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A Special Facility in England Keeps the World’s Chocolate Safe
The cocoa tree is very sensitive to disease and pests, so someone checks every plant bound for international trade
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The Children’s Book That Caused Japan’s Raccoon Problem
When the story of one man’s childhood pet raccoon became a hit in 1970s Japan, it heralded a biological invasion still troubling the country today
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Will 2015 Be the Best Mushroom Year Ever?
Canada braces itself for the biggest morel mushroom harvest in world history
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The First Green Beer Was Made With Laundry Whitener
Before food coloring, St. Patrick’s Day’s most festive brew got its hue from a different kind of dye
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Slime Mold Has an Uncannily Accurate Sense of Where Rome Built Its Roads
The strange organisms are remarkably good at mapping the most efficient route from place to place—and that’s exactly what roads do
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Scientists Have Been Studying Two Fake Human Pheromones for Decades
Two chemicals provided by a perfume company appear in a 1991 research paper and side-track years of work on human pheromones
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There’s an Invader in the International Space Station
An Invader mosaic has found its way to space
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Did the Age of Humans Begin in 1610?
Debate over when the Anthropocene began is starting to narrow in on a few dates — 1610, when the Old World met the New, is one promising candidate
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Did a Recent Expedition Really Discover a “Lost City” in Honduras?
Controversy surrounds the recent announcement of a re-discovered ancient settlement in the jungles of Central America
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Now the Turing Test Goes Visual
A proposed test would have computer programs not only pick out what is in a photo but what is happening
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Adorable Monkey New to Science Identified in Threatened Rainforest
Researchers in the Brazilian rainforest describe a previously undocumented species of titi monkey whose habitat faces man-made threats
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Neanderthal Jewelry Is Just as Fiercely Cool as You’d Imagine
A re-examination of a cave find indicates that the early human species sported eagle talons like some kind of prehistoric punk rockers
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When Breathtaking Rock Billboards Dominated the Sunset Strip
A new exhibition showcases the Sunset Strip’s “rock ‘n’ roll billboards”
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A Hint That a Saturnian Moon Could Have Hydrothermal Vents—And Support Life
Grains of silica from Saturn’s magnetosphere likely came from Enceladus and may mean the moon has hydrothermal vents
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