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Get a rare look at the pope’s luxurious vacation home
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But the buyer won’t be able to take it home
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Just how widespread is racism in Japan? An unprecedented survey aims to find out
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently awarded grants for some innovative ways to combat wildlife trade
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During repair work, archaeologists removed the marble slabs that covered the walls of the limestone cave where Jesus was purportedly laid after crucifixion
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Fish passes will allow shad to finally return to their historic spawning grounds
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The inches gained during long stays in space don't stick around once the adventurers return to Earth
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The Wellcome Library manuscript lists people accused of witchcraft during the Scottish witch panic of 1658-1662
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"Witch marks" are all over old buildings in England—and this Halloween, a preservation group is calling on the public to help document them
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The 25 parties to the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources voted to protect 600,000 square miles of the Ross Sea
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Found on a beach in England, the small fossil contains blood vessel, cortex and part of the membrane that surrounds the brain
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Thank goodness his creator never finished his proposed girlfriend
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A new study shows that a transdermal patch delivering tiny doses of peanut protein could help allergy sufferers tolerate larger exposure to peanuts
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The property in Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is seeking $2 million to return it to its 1933 World's Fair glory
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The controversial artist died after 50 years of publishing comics
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Sharbat Gula was recently detained on charges of having a fake I.D.
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Scientists use lasers to probe the gem's flaws, creating data storage that could potentially last forever
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Scientists debunk the myth of the man once thought to have brought the virus to the states
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This Halloween, check out a genre devoted to Harry Potter's Wizarding World
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