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Five Things to Know About the Recently Changed Migratory Bird Act
A new rule prevents industry from being prosecuted for killing birds under the 100-year-old conservation law
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The Library of Congress Will Stop Archiving Twitter
Because tweets have become too long and too numerous, the Library will only archive tweets of ‘historic value”
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UN Begins Negotiating First Conservation Treaty for the High Seas
International waters face threats from overfishing, mining, pollution and climate change and the new treaty may help preserve marine biodiversity
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After Mysteriously Disappearing in WWI, Australia’s First Submarine Finally Found
The craft disappeared during in heavy haze early in the war
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Manhattan DA Launches First Antiquities Trafficking Unit
The unit will investigate the uptick in looted artifacts flooding the antiquities market
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Listen to Alan Turing’s First Computer-Generated Christmas Carols
In 1951, the BBC played two carols from Turing’s computer, which have now been recreated by New Zealand researchers
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Vandals Shatter 115-Million-Year Old Dino Track in Australia
Believed to be from a rare polar dinosaur, the damage was discovered by a school class visiting Bunurong Marine National Park
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NASA Unveils Finalists for Its Next New Frontiers Mission
In 2025, the agency will either try to grab a piece of a comet or send a space-helicopter drone to the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan
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First Center for Empathy and Art Launched in Minneapolis
The center will bring together researchers, artists, historians and philosophers to learn how art museums can promote empathy and understanding
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SpaceX Successfully Launches a Fully Recycled Mission to the Space Station
A previously flown rocket will launch a previously flown spacecraft to the space station
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Inside the First Museum in Iran Devoted to a Female Artist
The new museum houses 50 works by the acclaimed artist Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
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Little Foot, the Most Complete Australopithecus Fossil, Goes on Display
After 20 years of excavation and cleaning, the 3.67-million year old hominin is ready for her closeup
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Scientists Need Your Help Rescuing 100-Year-Old Weather Records
A new citizen-science project needs volunteers to digitize decades of temperature, rain and barometric data from across western Europe
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Why Lubaina Himid’s Turner Prize Win Is One for the History Books
The 63-year-old, Zanzibar-born contemporary artist becomes the oldest person and first woman of color to win the prestigious award
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Five Things to Know About the Redrawn National Monuments
The president is reducing two massive National Monuments by millions of acres. Read the context behind the decision and what to expect going forward
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Royal Society Photo Contest Winners Capture Drama and Wonder of the Natural World
From Antarctic ice to eclipses and killer whales, the images unveil nature’s strange and sometimes surreal beauty
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Super Pictures Capture This Year’s Only Visible Supermoon
If you missed last night’s celestial show, these images feature our lunar orb in all its glory
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Are Alien Microbes Clinging to the International Space Station? Probably Not
A report out of Russia claims extraterrestrial bacteria has been found on the space station, but there’s plenty of room for doubt
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The Geology of Bali’s Simmering Agung Volcano
The high viscosity magma of stratovolcanoes like Agung makes them extremely explosive—and potentially deadly
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Mexico Establishes Largest Marine Protected Area in North America
The nation will fully protect 57,000 square miles around the Revillagigedo Islands from fishing and resource extraction
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