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A spiny crab pulled up by the Investigator team

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Australian Expedition Dredges Up Crazy Creatures From the Deep Sea

After a month exploring Australia’s deepest ocean, researchers found over 300 new species of toothy, blobby and glowing animals

New Research

Kepler Finds 219 New Planets

NASA released the final catalog from its planet-hunting telescope, bringing its total up to 4,034 potential planets

The ship's helm on its flying bridge

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A Century After Sinking, This Storied Ship Will Remain Underwater

The McCulloch was the largest cutter of its day and sank in 1917 after colliding with a passenger ship in heavy fog

Thomas Lincoln made this cherry day bed around 1810.

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This Father’s Day, Check Out Furniture Made by Abraham Lincoln’s Much-Maligned Dad

Thomas Lincoln was a master craftsman—and a man history has misrepresented

Thank tiny phytoplankton for this brilliant bloom.

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The Strait That Separates Europe and Asia Turned a Brilliant Turquoise

The Bosphorus and Black Sea are even more beautiful thanks to phytoplankton

Canada

Canada’s New Two-Dollar Coins Glow in the Dark

The two-dollar coins celebrate the nation’s 150th anniversary and include a scene with Northern Lights that really glow

Presumably laughing at a LOLcats meme.

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Why the Library of Congress Thinks Your Favorite Meme Is Worth Preserving

Webcomics and Web Cultures Archives are documenting online culture

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Endangered Balkan Lynx Kitten Photographed for the First Time in a Decade

There are less than 50 of these critically endangered cats left in the wild

Trending Today

Art Installation Recreates the Smell of Cities Around the World

The Pollution Pod project emphasizes the unequal air quality divide between rich and poor cities

Charles Blomfield

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After 130 Years, Lost Natural Wonder May Have Been Rediscovered in New Zealand

It was believed the Pink and White Terraces were destroyed in an eruption, but research suggests they are buried under ash and mud

A simulation of the large-scale structure of the universe

New Research

We May Live in a Massive Cosmic Void

If the universe were a block of Swiss cheese, the Milky Way would sit within one of the cheesy holes

Trending Today

Eagles Adopt—Not Attack—a Red-Tailed Hawk Chick

Bird lovers are watching with bated breath to see if the eagles will keep feeding the little guy or turn him into dinner

1937 Elsa Schiaparelli art-deco evening coat

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Google Digitizes 3,000 Years of Fashion History

The massive “We Wear Culture Project” includes 30,000 online artifacts from over 180 institutions

A 19th-century ranch house was the last place National Park Service workers expected to find a cache of Native American tools.

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Prehistoric Native American Site Discovered Off the California Coast

Sophisticated stone tools date back thousands of years

This huge temple was lurking beneath the site of a hotel.

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Gigantic Aztec Temple Unearthed in Mexico City

It was built in tribute to the wind god

This coprolite specimen, dubbed "Precious," is the largest fossilized feces found to date. Found in South Carolina, it weighs just over four pounds.

New Research

Researchers Use Particle Accelerator to Peek Inside Fossilized Poop

This new method could reveal just what dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures ate

Compare two paintings of zebras with new IIIF functionality.

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This Tool Makes it Easy to Compare Art From Different Museums

IIIF frees images from the confines of individual websites

This Wyoming Town Was Put Up for Auction

The bulk of the little hamlet was recently sold for $500,000

The star KELT-9 and its hellish planet KELT-9b

New Research

Researchers Discover a Planet That’s As Hot As a Star

It’s daytime temperatures clock in at a scorching 7,800 degrees Fahrenheit

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Abused Animals in Connecticut Get Their Own Legal Advocates

Last week, for the first time, a lawyer testified in court on behalf of abused pit bulls

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