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A domed building serves as the village center and is visible from everywhere in Matavenero, Spain

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Spain Has Turned a Ghost Town Into an Off-Grid Eco-Village

A photographer documents the remote, self-sufficient lifestyle

An illustration of Titanosaurs nesting — the large group the museum-bound specimen belongs to

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The Biggest Dinosaur to Walk the Earth Will Soon Be in a Museum

The as-yet-unnamed sauropod was about 130 feet long and will barely fit in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City

Stonehenge after the 2008 restoration

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A Man Once Bought Stonehenge for his Wife, and She Was not Pleased

Or at least, so the story goes of a British barrister’s decision to purchase the neolithic site for the equivalent of about $1 million

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Colorado Once Lost Pikes Peak to Texas in a Bet

A friendly wager raised the stakes to a whole new elevation.

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A One-of-a-Kind Museum Was Just Lost in California’s Wildfires

The JKL Museum of Telephony featured hundreds of old-fashioned phones

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Amsterdam Has a Museum for Microbes

Micropia is devoted to the world of the unseen

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Visit the Giant Galápagos Tortoises Using Google Street View

The 15-sided camera of the Street View Trekker followed migration routes for the giant reptiles

Tree-covered islands in Miyagi Prefecture, which has been affected by widespread flooding.

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Japan Is in the Midst of Catastrophic Flooding

The floods are the worst seen in over 60 years

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Why Elon Musk’s Idea to Nuke Mars Won’t Happen

Terraforming the planet with thermonuclear weapons: Best idea ever or disaster waiting to happen?

A rhinoceros in South Africa's Kruger National Park, where the Black Mambas anti-poaching task force protects animals.

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These Women Reduced Poaching on one South African Reserve by 76 Percent

The “Black Mambas” just received a prestigious award for their work on behalf of rhinos, lions and cheetahs

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Sweden Has a Hotel for Sourdough Starters

Boarding bread is the new doggy day care.

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Liverpool, England Has a Mysterious Network of Tunnels

Historians know who built them, but they don’t know why

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There Are About 600,000 Dahlias on These Van Gogh Themed Floats

The colorful floats can be covered in up to one million dahlias apiece.

Canada

Quebec Might Become The New Napa Thanks To Climate Change

In a few years, Qubecois pinot noir might be among the best in the world

A juvenile crocodile in a Cape York peninsula river, the region where researchers recently looked for wild rice species

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To Find New Rice Species, Scientists Head to Remote Tropical Swamps

A remote peninsula in northern Australia beckons a rice research expedition

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Tour This Japanese City from the Viewpoint of a Cat

New “cat street view” shows Hiroshima Prefecture’s Onomichi through the eyes of its fluffiest residents

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The World’s Rarest Silk Is Made of Clam Spit

Only one person in the world is thought to be able to dive for, spin and create rare “sea silk”

This Japanese toilet takes flushing to another level.

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A Toilet Museum is Opening in Japan

It’s a love story to the lavatory

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These Century-Old Stone “Tsunami Stones” Dot Japan’s Coastline

“Remember the calamity of the great tsunamis. Do not build any homes below this point.”

New Research

Denmark’s Earliest Kings Were Also Pirates

Viking piracy laid the groundwork for the Danish monarchy

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