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Pictographs at Newspaper Rock, Utah

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Why Ancestral Puebloans Honored People With Extra Digits

New research shows having extra toes or fingers was a revered trait among people living in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

Civil Rights icon John Lewis tells his life story in March, the bestselling graphic novel.

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Civil Rights Legend John Lewis Won a Prestigious Comic Book Award

With March, Lewis brings his life story to a whole new generation

Maratus bubo

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Stunning Images Capture Peacock Spiders’ Flashy Colors

Beautiful and acrobatic, these tiny, vibrant creatures shake their tail fuzz in elaborate mating dances

The cave is supported by six pillars hewn from the same rock.

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Archaeologists Are Trying to Digitally Preserve an Ancient Cave Before It’s Demolished

The 5th-century cave is in the way of an airport expansion

Data from the Viking biology experiments, which is stored on microfilm, has to be accessed using a microfilm reader.

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NASA Is Finally Digitizing the Viking Mission’s 40-Year-Old Data

No more microfilm

Athletes with Down Syndrome compete in the first-ever Olympic-style competition for people with the condition.

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Italy Just Hosted the First Olympics-Like Competition for People With Down Syndrome

The unique competition drew 1,000 athletes

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This App Puts a Museum in Your Phone

Get out and get some culture with a newly released app that gives art a smart spin

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Museum Unveils Henry VIII’s Flagship

The Mary Rose sank almost 500 years ago, but following more than 30 years of restoration, the remains of the warship are open to the public

A researcher examines inscriptions by 16th century Europeans in a cave on Mona Island

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Cave Graffiti Shows Natives and Europeans Had Early Dialogue in the Caribbean

Cave art from both Taíno people and Spanish explorers in a cave on Mona Island shows the two had some early cultural understanding

Avi Avital is the featured performer in "InstaConcerto for Mandolin and Orchestra," a 75-second concerto written for Instagram.

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This Classical Mandolinist Makes Music With…Instagram?

“InstaConcerto for Mandolin and Orchestra” plays with a genre known more for its selfies than its chamber music

A 3D view of the console of the Apollo 11 "Columbia" command module.

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Explore the Apollo 11 Command Module in 3D

For the first time, you can peek inside the craft that enabled “one giant leap for mankind”

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These Anti-Suffrage Postcards Warned Against Giving Women the Vote

There are always those who resist societal change

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The World’s Largest Picnic Basket Faces an Uncertain Future

The fast decline of a kitschy landmark

Image captured from the 1948 Republican National Convention.

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Watch Historic Footage of Seven Consequential (and Cringeworthy) Convention Moments

These tidbits of political theater past must be seen to be believed

A Delta Aquarid meteor streaks across the sky.

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Keep Your Eyes to the Sky for the Delta Aquarid Meteors This Month

The late-July meteor shower heralds the popular Perseids

This musical score, in Jane Austen's handwriting, is one of nearly 600 Austen family musical treasures available in an online archive.

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Jane Austen’s Music Collection Is Now Online

Play piano like a Darcy with nearly 600 Austen-approved tunes

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Anyone Can Contribute to This Giant Poem…if You Can Find This Typewriter

A roving typewriter tries to capture New York’s subconscious

The Mertz Library hosts one of the world's largest collections of material about plants.

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Go Inside New York’s Nearly Secret Botanical Library

It’s a gardener’s fragrant fantasy

An up close view of coral

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Watch Corals in Action With New Underwater Microscope

The Benthic Underwater Microscope opens up a whole new age of ocean exploration

The Girl Scouts' newest badges celebrate art in the outdoors.

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The Girl Scouts’ Newest Badges Bring Art Outside

Scouts designed and voted on the new badges

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