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The Fort William Henry Museum and Restoration in New York

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Archaeologists Are Excavating the Battleground that Inspired ‘The Last of the Mohicans’

For these students, archaeology field school is taking place on a very famous battlefield

MOLAB in Hopi Buttes (1967)

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Looking Back at NASA’s Strange Mobile Lunar Laboratory

Unfortunately, the odd-looking MOLAB remained earthbound

An artist's rendition of the Cambrian seafloor

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Take a Virtual Reality Trip to the Cambrian Explosion with David Attenborough

Admit it, virtual reality David Attenborough is something you’ve always wanted

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This Grocery Store Will Be Powered By Its Own Waste

Microbes digest tossed food, belch up electricity-generating methane

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Along I-95, 5,000 Years of History

Archaeological excavations along I-95 are digging up the past

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Suburban Skunks are on the Rise

Grand Rapids, Michigan, is basically enveloped in a cloud of stink

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This Smart Cat Feeder Uses Facial Recognition to Exclude Greedy Kitties

The feeder tracks each cat’s food intake to make sure no one is taking the lion’s share

Shiki 1, a Japanese White Pine Bonsai suspended from a weather ballon as it ascends to the edge of space for artist Azuma Makoto's project Exobiotanica

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Artist Sends a Bouquet and a Bonsai to Space

What happens when you send a Bonsai tree to space? See for yourself

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This 71-Year-Old Just Set a Record With His 1,673th Ascent of Mt. Fuji

The mountaineer says that now he’s ready to tackle Everest

The comet Cheryumov-Gerasimenko seems to be shaped like a rubber duckie

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The ESA is on a Mission to Harpoon a Duck-Shaped Comet

As if catching a comet wasn’t already hard enough

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In Microgravity, Some Snakes Tie Themselves in Knots, Others Attack Themselves

Some animals just don’t know how to deal when gravity goes away

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Meet the Newest (Robotic) Member of Your Family

This emotional robot can tell stories, remember appointments, and make faces

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Chicago Is Trying to Blackout-Proof Its Downtown

Chicago is installing a cable that will prevent blackouts, at least within the Loop

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An Abandoned Mall in Bangkok Has Turned into a Gigantic Fish Habitat

Though if it weren’t for the fish, the mall would be overrun with mosquitoes

Smoke rises over a Syrian village that has been recently shelled

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People are Traveling to War Zones for Tourism

Because adventure travel just hasn’t gone far enough

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You Can Now Riffle Through the Same Library Charles Darwin Used Aboard the Beagle

The digital library includes 195,000 pages of text and 5,000 illustrations

Shoreline near Cape Canaveral

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Archaeologists Are Hunting for the Lost French Fleet That Nearly Conquered Spanish Florida

In 1565 a fleet of French ships was destroyed in a hurricane, effectively ending France’s hopes of territory in Florida

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Kiribati’s Climate Change Plan B: Buy a New Island Home

With sea levels rising, Kiribati is planning for the future by investing in a whole new island

Tiger skins confiscated in Yunnan, China.

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China Finally Came Clean About Its Shady Tiger Skin Trade

Whether or not this will improve the situation for tigers, however, remains to be seen

A hot spring in Yellowstone National Park

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Yes, Yellowstone’s Roads Just Melted. No, There’s No Reason to Panic

Yellowstone’s melting roads, while neat, aren’t as unusual as you’d think

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