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Giovanni Stanchi (Rome c. 1645-1672). Oil on canvas, 38 5/8 x 52½ in.

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This Renaissance Painting of Fruit Holds a Modern-Day Science Lesson

Hint: it’s in the watermelon

Satellite images of the Moon moving around the Earth

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Breathtaking Space GIF Gives Earth a New Perspective of the Moon

NASA’s EPIC camera took the image a million miles from Earth

Black chicken served with bamboo shoots and caterpillar fungus

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Why This Chicken is Black From Comb to Feathers to Muscles

The Ayam Cemani is the Goth of the chicken world

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Astronauts Have Some Weird Pre-Launch Traditions

Rituals are important when you’re about to rocket into space

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How Emojis Could Help People With Food Allergies

Bread emoji. Disappointed face emoji.

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A 13th-Century Sword Is Giving Historians a Headache

The sword’s inscription is an 800-year-old mystery

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Scientists Have Been Talking About Greenhouse Gases for 191 Years

The first explorations of the greenhouse effect began in 1824

Sri Lakan Slender Loris

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Why Primatologists Love Collecting Poop

There’s intel inside monkey feces — in the form of DNA

A mosaic of Mars from Mariner 6 and Mariner 7

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How NASA Dealt With Images of an Alien Planet in the 1960s

The alien planet was Mars and the process was just a bit simpler than it is today

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The Science Behind Dogs’ Goofy Greetings

Why do dogs go nuts when their owners get home? The answers lie in their DNA and brains

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Maine Brewers Are Selling Lobster-Infused Beer

Because of course they are

The 7 Line is currently undergoing a system upgrade from one that was installed in the 1930s to one run by computers.

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NYC Subway Technology Goes Way Back…to the 1930s

America’s busiest subway system relies on vintage machines

Half of Devil's Kettle Falls plunges underground — then simply disappears

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The Mystery of Minnesota’s Disappearing River

Half a river is missing in the Judge C.R. Magney State Park

Players from the University of Sydney and McGill University grapple over the quaffle during the 2014 Quidditch World Cup in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

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Muggles, Rejoice: Quidditch is Becoming a Serious Sport

The Harry Potter-inspired game is now played by more than 300 teams around the world

Dario, an eight-year-old Colombian boy who lost his arm due to a congenital malformation, tests out Torres' prosthetic arm design.

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Kids Can Build Their Own Lego Prosthetics

Prototype system brings a bit of fun to prosthetics

Astrophysicist Dr. Brian May is recognized during a July 17, 2015 New Horizons science briefing at NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. May spent a long birthday weekend with the science team, attending two morning science plenaries, a meeting with the Student Dust Counter group, and working on stereo images of Pluto with the Geology, Geophysics and Imaging (GGI) team.

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Queen Guitarist Brian May is Now a New Horizons Science Collaborator

As new images were transmitted from Pluto, the rock-star-turned-astrophysicist rubbed shoulders with his heroes

Jack Kevorkian stands in front of one of his paintings.

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Listen to Dr. Kevorkian’s Jazz-Funk Album

The man called “Dr. Death” created a complex and surprising body of artistic work

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In Mexico, a Gritty Neighborhood Has Become a 65,000-Square-Foot Mural

A hillside in Pachuca gets a psychedelic makeover

Hawaii, three foot long egg mass, the product of a species of open ocean squid.

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This Huge, Gooey Blob Could Be a Clutch of Squid Eggs

The blob was the size of a car…and completely baffling to a group of divers

A mother rhino breastfeeding her baby

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Why Mammals Have a Monopoly On Milk

It all started with an egg

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