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Restored Photos From Shackleton’s Antarctic Wreck Reveal New Details
Photos taken during Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition have been digitally restored for the first time
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Test Your Smarts With the British Spy Agency’s Christmas Card Puzzle
Can you solve this head-scratcher?
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There’s a ‘War and Peace’ Marathon Going On in Russia
It will take 1,300 readers four days and 60 hours to read the book out loud
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Five Things to Know About Congress’ Vote to Ban Microbeads
Included as exfoliators in many common soaps and cosmetics, microbeads now pollute waterways worldwide
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See the Vatican Light Up With Images Warning Against Climate Change
Animals prowled across St. Peter’s Basilica in a move to connect Earth’s beauty with the dangers of climate change
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Cities Are Letting Drivers Pay Parking Fines with Holiday Food Donations
Albany, Lexington, Boston and Tallahassee are all promoting the giving spirit
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Bibi the Lioness, a BBC Star, Was Found Poisoned
Bibi and another unidentified lion killed by the poison were part of a pride that filmmakers followed for years
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Japan’s Akatsuki Spacecraft May Finally Be Orbiting Venus
The five-year wait is over (almost)
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Beijing Just Issued Its First “Red Alert” for Smog
Will the city’s latest smog crisis spur international action on climate change?
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Watch Mount Etna and Momotombo Erupt in All Their Glory
Photos and video catch the spectacular events in action
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It Can Take More Than 10 Years of Work to Get a Christmas Tree Ready for Market
Helicopters can speed along the harvest, however
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Catch a Glimpse of the Comet Catalina and the Geminid Meteor Shower
The meteor shower peaks next week as comet Catalina gets closer throughout the month
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A Space-Based Physics Lab Could Help Scientists Study How Gravity Warps Spacetime
The LISA Pathfinder Probe could help reveal the ripples caused by black holes and supernovae
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Court Revokes the Construction Permit for Contentious Hawaiian Telescope
Protestors physically blocked access to the Mauna Kea construction site for more than a year and now the project faces another roadblock
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Five Things You Should Know about the Catastrophic Flooding in Chennai
Mass evacuations, a submerged airport and questions about the city’s urban planning
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Hundreds of Fake Ads Protest Paris Climate Summit’s Corporate Sponsors
Artists in Paris distributed 600 posters calling out companies’ hypocrisy
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Mount Everest’s Glaciers are Turning Into Lakes
Thousands of Himalayan glaciers could melt by the end of the century
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Japan Starts its Whale Hunt Again
Despite an international ruling, the Japanese fleet plans to harvest 333 minke whales
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Sixty Years Later, Cities Celebrate Rosa Parks’ Legacy
Statues, streets and anti-bias education commemorate the civil rights activist’s historic protest
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