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New DNA evidence drastically changes the image of the young woman buried in Caithness 4,250 years ago
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When researchers used machine learning to evaluate 150,000 plant species, they found that 10 percent were likely to qualify for the IUCN Red List
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Over 3,000 stone tools show human presence in Tibetan plateau 20,000 years before previously thought
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The augmented reality “Meet Vermeer” experience details the Dutch Old Master’s artistic style, life and enduring legacy
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Drop represents longest sustained decline in expected lifespan since the tumultuous period of 1915 to 1918
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A new study, which found paternal mitochondrial DNA in 17 individuals, upends the commonly accepted theory that mtDNA comes exclusively from the mother
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4,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 photons over 13.7 billion years
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There is only one other known photographic portrait of the artist, who eschewed photography
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The music, which emerged from Jamaica in the 1960s, was added to Unesco's global Intangible Cultural Heritage list
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Experts do not fully understand why whales beach themselves, but the recent incidents do not appear to be linked
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The milk-like nutritious fluid contains four times the protein of cow’s milk
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The show has re-launched its record label with songs both old and new
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A University of Michigan scholar unearthed the musical manuscript penned by three Polish prisoners in the archives of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
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The sad fact is most steers are slaughtered before they reach their full, awesome size, making the Aussie bovine more lucky than freakish
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The macabre tool features tales of revenge, thwarted love, infanticide—and a urinal that drove a man to murder
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Since the Great Recession, the number of history majors at colleges and universities has dropped by more than 30 percent
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The bacteria do not currently pose a risk to astronauts, but that could change as the microbes adapt to their environment
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Larvae of the newly discovered species in Ecuador hijacks the spider to build a super-tough incubation chamber
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Researchers used advanced protein analysis to identify traces of carp roe eggs left on a 6,000-year-old clay plot
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A new study has found that the ancient rhinoceros went extinct 39,000 years ago—not 100,000 years ago, as experts previously believed
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