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Like many ancient statues, this Medusa is missing a nose

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A Museum Keeps The Fake Noses That Once Replaced Those Missing on Ancient Sculptures

The exhibit is a testament to art restoration’s changing values

Detail of "Apollo at the Forge of Vulcan" by Velázquez

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3D Copies of Art Let the Blind Experience Classic Works in New Ways

In this museum, touching the paintings is allowed

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Take a Drone Tour of Ancient History

Drones offer a soaring perspective of ancient sites

A glacier in Svaldbard

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As Glaciers Retreat, They Give up the Bodies and Artifacts They Swallowed

Around the world global warming is exposing bodies lost in glaciers

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This Surfboard Maps Waves and Gathers Ocean Data for Researchers

Sensors would make surfers into citizen scientists

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Watch How an Expert Spots Fraudulent Wine

Distinctive labels and corks mark the truly valuable vintages

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Watch a Baby Bee Go From Wriggly Larvae to Adult in Just Over a Minute

From larvae to adult thanks to the magic of timelapse photography

Healthy ochre sea stars (Pisaster ochraceus)

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This Beer Was Brewed to Save Sea Stars

A new ale sends some proceeds to research on sea star wasting syndrome

An artist's rendering of WISE J224607.57-052635.0, which was recently spotted by an infrared space telescope.

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Found: A Galaxy That Shines With the Light of Over 300 Trillion Suns

A very hungry black hole at the center of WISE J224607.57-052635.0 emits an incredible amount of light

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There Will Be an Extra Week of Summer This Year

Cultural summer ensures 106 days of fun in the sun

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There’s a Hospital for Statues in Argentina

When the going gets tough for Buenos Aires statues, they head to a statue-only hospital for a bit of TLC

A map highlights the most common unique cause of death in each state

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Texans Die of Tuberculosis and Other Insights From the CDC’s Distinctive Death Map

The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention compiled a list of the most common unusual deaths in every state

A worker puts finishing paint touches on the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory in January

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This New Tower Gives Scientists a Bird’s Eye View of the Amazon

It pairs with a similar tower in Siberia to observe changes in the Earth’s atmosphere

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Jerusalem is Running Out of Room for the Dead

A new project looks to save space by building modern catacombs

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A Malaysian Farm is Playing Classical Music to its Chickens

Drug-free chickens roam in a barn filled with tunes from Mozart

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How Angry AI Will Train Telemarketers to Handle Angry Real People

The robot apocalypse will come with the howling fury of an angry customer service call.

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Mysterious Shipwreck Reveals how the Spanish Built Their Boats

Search for Captain Morgan’s fleet turns up treasure trove of Spanish cargo

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How Feral Donkeys Saved a Lost Hiker’s Life in Death Valley

But not everyone loves shaggy wild donkeys

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Scientists Flew a Jet Plane Into a Thunderstorm to Study Antimatter

They got a little too close and saw something unexpected

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Here’s How Video Game Designers Give Voices to Imaginary Creatures

All they need are digital vocal cords, voice box and mouth

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