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This 100-Million-Year-Old Insect Trapped in Amber Defines New Order
These now-extinct creatures are thought to have been able to secrete a chemical repellant and rotate their heads 180 degrees
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Underwater Images Give First Glimpse of Newly Discovered Brazilian Reef
The Amazon Reef once shocked scientists. Now, for the first time, we know what it looks like
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New Calculations Reposition the Geographical Center of North America
After an 90-year-reign, the title moves from Rugby, North Dakota, to the city of Center, in Oliver County
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This Artist Creates Roses From Weapons Left Behind By War
“Two Roses for Peace” brings together people on both sides of a 1982 conflict
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Check Out Breathtaking Images From NOAA’s Newest Satellite
In a word: wow
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Here’s What Happens in a “Comic Book” Drawn by Medieval Monks
Psychomachia pits vice against virtue in a battle for human souls
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America’s First Immigration Center Was Also an Amusement Park
Castle Garden went from fort to pleasure grounds to precursor of Ellis Island
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One of These Five Finalists Could Make It to the Moon in 2017
The clock is ticking for a trip to the moon and a $20 million prize
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New Exhibition Highlights Art Inspired by Standing Rock
Art as a lens to understand the protest
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New Mark Twain Fairy Tale Unearthed
The previously unknown—and unfinished—story was hiding in plain sight
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Researchers Finish Separating World’s Largest Celtic Coin Hoard
It took nearly three years to separate the more than 68,000 coins
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This Map Shows Over a Century of Documented Lynchings in the United States
Mapping the history of racial terror
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A London Music Hall Hid a Long-Forgotten Storeroom Packed With Condiments
Construction workers uncovered the tasty trove while excavating its foundations
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Ötzi the Iceman’s Last Meal Included Goat Bacon
Analysis of the 5,300-year-old mummy’s stomach contents shows he ate dry-cured meat from a mountain ibex
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This Necklace Contains All of the World’s Languages
Because cultural preservation never goes out of fashion
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Over 12 Million Pages of CIA Documents Are Now Accessible Online
Coups, clairvoyants, invisible ink
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Scientists Spot Massive Wave in Venus’ Atmosphere
The 6,200-mile long bow-shaped wrinkle may have been caused by gravity waves
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Austrian Town Seeks Professional Hermit
The beautiful locale makes up for the spartan lifestyle expected of successful applicants
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New $100 Coin Features First-Ever African-American Lady Liberty
She’ll put a new face on a familiar allegory
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Watch the First Footage of the Rare Ruby Seadragon Alive in the Wild
The sneaky critter has never been seen in its natural habitat before
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