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Ring in the New Year by Dressing Up as a Bear
Romania’s famed bear dance scares away winter
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Ancient Pompeii Is Alive Again as Italian Officials Unveil Six Restored Ruins
The “Grand Pompeii Project” helps to preserve the dwellings
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SpaceX’s Rocket Stuck the Landing
During the first Falcon 9 launch in six months, the first stage booster rocket make a neat u-turn in air and a clean landing on the ground
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A New San Francisco Overpass Could Be Bedecked With Demonic-Looking Cats
“Catbridge”: Unnerving or adorable?
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This Weekend’s Southern Lights Were Nothing Short of Spectacular
The Northern Hemisphere hasn’t yet cornered the market for glorious aurorae
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The Capitol’s Christmas Tree Is (Partially) Made of Trash
Marine debris bedecks a 74-foot tree from Alaska
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Utah Will Soon Have an Imaginary Theme Park
In 2016, virtual reality fanatics will step into a VR “VOID”
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Traces of San Francisco’s Pre-1906 Earthquake Chinatown Uncovered
Old sewing machines shed light on an enclave that city officials once tried to eliminate
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Jakarta Is Building a Gigantic Bird-Shaped Seawall
But will the Great Garuda project be enough to save a sinking city?
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Abandoned Beatles Ashram Is Opened to the Public for the First Time in a Long, Long, Long Time
Get back to the site of the Fab Four’s disastrous meditation retreat
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Behold the Beauty of Disappearing Glacier Ice Caves on Mt. Hood
Catch them before they’re gone — these tunnels and caverns may soon melt away
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There’s a ‘War and Peace’ Marathon Going On in Russia
It will take 1,300 readers four days and 60 hours to read the book out loud
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See the Vatican Light Up With Images Warning Against Climate Change
Animals prowled across St. Peter’s Basilica in a move to connect Earth’s beauty with the dangers of climate change
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A French Scientist Says the Mona Lisa is Hiding a Portrait of Another Woman
Some art experts, however, are skeptical
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Is Stonehenge a Hand-Me-Down Monument?
New research suggests the monument was first built in Wales then dragged 180 miles to its current location
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Beijing Just Issued Its First “Red Alert” for Smog
Will the city’s latest smog crisis spur international action on climate change?
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View a Rare Seaplane Lost Just Before the Pearl Harbor Attack
The plane was a casualty of the first phase of the raid that took place on December 7, 1941
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Watch Mount Etna and Momotombo Erupt in All Their Glory
Photos and video catch the spectacular events in action
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A Buddha in Japan Is Missing Half of Its Curls
What happened to the Buddha of Nara’s famous ‘do?
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Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Inca Road
Visit Machu Picchu With Google Street View
Armed with a backpack and 15 high-res cameras, Google just tackled one of the world’s wonders
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