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'Playful Youngster': See the Rare, Endangered Przewalski's Horse Born at the Bronx Zoo
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▲ 0 · Jun 1
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The Gouged-Out Testicles of This Bull Mosaic in Italy Are Just Two More Victims of Tourists Abusing Monuments for Luck
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▲ 0 · Jun 1
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A Bright Meteor Lit Up the New England Sky Before Exploding With a Loud Boom—and Its Pieces May Have Landed in Cape Cod Bay
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▲ 0 · Jun 1
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Asphalt Is the Canvas for This Year's World Street Painting Festival in Joplin, Missouri, Which Honors 100 Years of Route 66
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▲ 0 · Jun 1
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Could Bug Spray Attract Mosquitoes? Lab Insects Learned That the Smell of DEET Would Lead Them to a Tasty Treat
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▲ 0 · Jun 1
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Korean and French Culture Are Set to Rendezvous at a New Museum in Seoul for Modern and Contemporary Art
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▲ 0 · May 31
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Four Rare Guam Kingfisher Chicks Hatch at Virginia Facility, Making an 'Incredibly Valuable' Addition to the Small Population of Extinct-in-the-Wild Birds
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▲ 0 · May 29
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These 600-Year-Old Chinese Surgical Instruments Are Coated in an Early Local Anesthetic—Carefully Extracted From a Poisonous Plant
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▲ 0 · May 29
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Happy, an Asian Elephant Who Demonstrated That Her Species Might Be Self-Aware, Dies at 55 at the Bronx Zoo
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▲ 61 · May 29 · 4 comments on HN
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Using Colorful Dog Kibble, Artists Turn 'Mona Lisa,' 'The Scream' and 'The Kiss' Into Museum Masterpieces That Man's Best Friend Can Appreciate
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▲ 0 · May 29
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Meet Hilma af Klint, the Occultist Who Believed Otherworldly Spirits Told Her What to Paint. Now, She's Considered One of History's First Abstract Artists
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▲ 0 · May 29
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Tyrannosaurus Rex and Other Terrifying Predatory Dinosaurs Had Itty-Bitty Arms. Scientists May Have Finally Figured Out Why
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▲ 0 · May 29
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See the New Quarter Honoring Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence That Enters Circulation Next Week, Ahead of America’s 250th Birthday
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▲ 0 · May 29
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Pigeon Bones Found at an Ancient Cyprus Settlement Reveal That Our Relationship With These Birds Began Earlier Than We Thought
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▲ 0 · May 29
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Ona Judge Escaped From Slavery While George Washington Was Busy Eating Dinner Inside. Now, a New Mural Honors Her Legacy
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▲ 0 · May 28
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A Smaller Than Usual Blue Moon Will End the Month With a Lunar Spectacle. Here's What to Know About the Full Micromoon
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▲ 0 · May 28
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No Mere Muse, This Influential Surrealist Artist and Feminist Gets Her Due in a New Biopic and Art Exhibitions
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▲ 0 · May 28
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Giant, Destructive Hail Is Becoming More Common With Climate Change, Study Says
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▲ 0 · May 28
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England's Most Famous Naked Giant Will Glow White Again, Thanks to Help From Hundreds of People Performing a Ritual of Restoration
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▲ 0 · May 28
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Young Blue Crabs Have Been Mysteriously Dwindling in the Chesapeake Bay for Years. This Winter, They Saw a Boost in Numbers. What’s Driving These Trends?
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▲ 0 · May 28
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What Was the Biggest Dinosaur? Fragmentary Fossils Make It Hard to Tell
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▲ 0 · May 28
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How Do You Honor a Fallen Tree? In England, a Sound Sculpture Will Broadcast the 'Voice' of a Beloved Sycamore Felled Near Hadrian’s Wall
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▲ 0 · May 27
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NASA Unveils New Details About the Future Moon Base and the Missions Laying the Groundwork to Build It
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▲ 0 · May 27
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See the Stunning Medieval Manuscript Telling Tales of King Arthur, in Ink and Polished Gold, That's Headed to Auction
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▲ 0 · May 27
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In 1776, Angry New Yorkers Tore Down a Statue of George III With a Revolutionary Fervor. A New Exhibition Lets You Do It, Too
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▲ 0 · May 27
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An Illuminating New Museum Hidden Beneath the Lincoln Memorial Is Set to Open to the Public. Here's What You Can Expect
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▲ 0 · May 27
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Scientists Used A.I. to Redesign a Microbe's Machinery to Function Without a Key Ingredient of Life
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▲ 0 · May 27
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Daddy Longlegs Seem to Hunt Frogs in South America, Revealing the Gangly Arachnids as Overlooked Predators
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▲ 0 · May 27
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A Shipwreck, but Make It Fashion: Researchers Transformed Wooden Fragments From a 17th-Century Shipwreck Into a Pair of Stylish Maxi Dresses
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▲ 0 · May 26
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Scientists Detect an Elusive Giant Squid and Many Other Surprising Marine Animals Near Western Australia Thanks to DNA in the Water
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▲ 0 · May 26