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Yes, Sperm Counts Have Been Steadily Declining—But Don’t Freeze Your Sperm Yet
The study is a striking reminder of how much science has to learn about these little wrigglers
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Museum Offers $15,000 Per Character to Decipher Oracle Bone Script
The inscriptions offer detailed information about the Shang Dynasty, but researchers need help to read them
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Disease Found in 99 Percent of Brains Donated by NFL Families
The degenerative brain disease develops after repeated concussions or blows to the head
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Meaty Secrets Behind the Record-Setting, 1,774-Pound Burger
The beefy behemoth was recently bestowed the title of world’s largest commercially available burger
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Snooty, World’s Oldest Captive Manatee, Dies in Accident
The 69-year-old sea cow was the mascot for the South Florida Museum
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Was This Famous Lincoln Letter Written by His Secretary?
After a century of rumors, textual analysis suggests the Bixby letter sent to a grieving mother was penned by John Hay
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Vietnam Commits to Shut Down Bear Bile Farms
Though the new agreement is promising, the practice remains prevalent throughout China and southeast Asia
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Feeling Bleu: Champion Cheddars Nabbed From English Ag Show
Wyke Farms is offering a reward for the return of its champion and reserve champion cheddars stolen from the Yeovil Show in Somerset
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Lost Manuscripts From Composer of “The Planets” Found in New Zealand
No one is sure how the handwritten scores by Gustav Holst ended up in the archives of the Bay of Plenty Symphonia
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Found: 200-Year-Old Cannonball From French and Indian War
Potentially still live, the incendiary device has been moved to a safe location to be neutralized
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Civil War Hero’s Long-Lost Sword Was Hiding in an Attic
Union Colonel Robert Gould Shaw led the legendary 54th Massachusetts Regiment, one of the first official black military units in the United States
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Remembering the Brilliant Maryam Mirzakhani, the Only Woman to Win a Fields Medal
The Stanford professor investigated the mathematics of curved surfaces, writing many groundbreaking papers
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Revolutionary Black Artists of the Civil Rights Era Get Exhibition in the UK
“Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power” features iconic works alongside pieces that have long been overlooked by the mainstream
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WWII Enigma Machine Found at Flea Market Sells for $51,000
The legendary coding machine was first unearthed by a mathematician with a careful eye who purchased it for roughly $114
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art is Now an Official World Treasure
The new Unesco world heritage site spans six caves located in the Swabian Alps in Germany
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New Jersey Museum Discovers Stash of Madeira from 1796
Liberty Hall Museum owns the wine and will decide if anyone will be allowed to sample the Revolutionary libation
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The Amazing Story of the First All-Women North Pole Expedition
Answering an ad in a newspaper, 20 amateur explorers attempted to ski from Arctic Canada to the top of the world
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This Island Can Only Be Visited by Men
Okinoshima is officially an Unesco world heritage site—but tradition bans women from its shores
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Genetically Modified Moth May Soon Be Coming to New York Crops
The move is an attempt to limit crop damage by the diamondback moth
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France May Say ‘Au Revoir’ to Fossil-Fueled Vehicles
It’s a bid to dramatically reduce the country’s carbon emissions
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