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This paper plane could one day change the way the U.S. military handles one-way supply missions.

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Why the Military Is Investing in Paper Airplanes

Disposable drones could save lives—and money

Preening automaton

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This Robotic Silver Swan Has Fascinated Fans for Nearly 250 Years

It preens, fishes and impresses

So hot, it's cool.

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Watch a Lava “Firehose” Spew Out of a Hawaiian Cliff

Kilauea is putting on a spectacularly scorching show

The beautiful Mauritius island may be hiding a chunk of continent.

New Research

Researchers Think They’ve Found a Mini Continent in the Indian Ocean

The island of Mauritius sits on a sunken piece of earth’s crust torn apart by plate tectonics

This photograph of Abigail Scott Dunway features the words "Yours for Liberty,"—the phrase she always used when she signed her name.

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This Hell-Raising Suffragist’s Name Will Soon Grace an Oregon Hotel

Abigail Scott Duniway staged a lifelong fight for women’s rights

Just call it "the house on Pooh corner."

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The House Where ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ Was Written Is for Sale

The 9.5-acre estate was once home to Christopher Robin and A.A. Milne

This image shows a region in Saturn's outer B ring. NASA's Cassini spacecraft viewed this area at a level of detail twice as high as it had ever been observed before. And from this view, it is clear that there are still finer details to uncover. Researchers have yet to determine what generated the rich structure seen in this view, but they hope detailed images like this will help them unravel the mystery.

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NASA Releases Spectacular New Snapshots of Saturn’s Rings

Millions of moonlets appear to be tucked inside the debris that famously circles the planet

The limestone carving of an aurochs

New Research

Dig This: Researchers Found a 38,000-Year-Old Engraving in France

Excavated from a rock shelter, the image of an aurochs covered in dots was made by the Aurignacians, the earliest group of modern humans in Europe

Aethiocarenus burmanicus

New Research

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

Though coral usually needs light to thrive, the Amazon Reef survives despite murky waters.

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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

Monument declaring Rugby, North Dakota, the city claiming geographic center—until now.

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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

Weapons from the Falkland War are melted down for the project, which brings together British and Argentinian families affected by the conflict.

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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

Here's what Earth looked like on January 15.

Check Out Breathtaking Images From NOAA’s Newest Satellite

In a word: wow

Anger is no match for Patience—no matter how large her sword.

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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

Millions of immigrants passed through Castle Garden on as they entered the United States.

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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

Israeli-based SpaceIL is one of five teams given the green light for the Google LunarX Prize.

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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

"Container Trade Object"

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New Exhibition Highlights Art Inspired by Standing Rock

Art as a lens to understand the protest

Samuel Clemens often told stories to his children, but only one has survived.

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New Mark Twain Fairy Tale Unearthed

The previously unknown—and unfinished—story was hiding in plain sight

A piece of gold, believed to be a small ring, found in the Hoard

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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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