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Though the new agreement is promising, the practice remains prevalent throughout China and southeast Asia

July 21, 2017

Wyke Farms is offering a reward for the return of its champion and reserve champion cheddars stolen from the Yeovil Show in Somerset

July 20, 2017

A page from Holst's lost "Folk Songs From 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

July 19, 2017

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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

July 18, 2017

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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

July 17, 2017

The Stanford professor investigated the mathematics of curved surfaces, writing many groundbreaking papers

July 17, 2017

Barkley L. Hendricks, "Icon for My Man Superman (Superman Never Saved any Black People – Bobby Seale)," 1969

“Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power” features iconic works alongside pieces that have long been overlooked by the mainstream

July 14, 2017

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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

July 13, 2017

Two views of the curvy "Venus of Hohle Fels."

The new Unesco world heritage site spans six caves located in the Swabian Alps in Germany

July 12, 2017

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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

July 11, 2017

The women faced temperatures of almost -50 degrees Fahrenheit, blasting winds and ever-changing ice conditions.

Answering an ad in a newspaper, 20 amateur explorers attempted to ski from Arctic Canada to the top of the world

July 11, 2017

This island has been a boy's club for hundreds of years.

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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

Updated: July 11, 2017 | Originally Published: May 11, 2017

The move is an attempt to limit crop damage by the diamondback moth

July 11, 2017

Paris may still be congested in 2040, but fossil fuel congestion will fall with a new ban on gas- and diesel-burning vehicles.

It’s a bid to dramatically reduce the country’s carbon emissions

July 7, 2017

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Stunning Images Capture Rare Pale Tiger in India

An unusual genetic combination likely led to the creature’s exceptionally light coloration

July 7, 2017

One of the cuneiform tablets handed over by Hobby Lobby

In 2010, the arts-and-crafts retailer purchased thousands of cultural artifacts smuggled from Iraq

July 6, 2017

Utahns will once again be allowed to see this view when they order a drink.

As liquor laws loosen, the “Zion Curtain” may become a thing of the past

July 5, 2017

The hearth Hemings may have warmed herself by in Monticello's south wing.

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Sally Hemings Gets Her Own Room at Monticello

A renovation at Thomas Jefferson’s estate will give the slave he likely fathered at least six children with a display in what may have been her quarters

July 5, 2017

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“Corpse Hotels” Are in Demand in Japan

Crematoria are too busy, so a new type of business stepped in to make the wait more comfortable

July 5, 2017

One of the mine-hunting dolphins being retrained to find vaquita porpoises

Mine-hunting dolphins will help researchers transfer the remaining creatures into marine sanctuaries

July 5, 2017