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Schuylkill County Deputy Coroner Joe Pothering points to human bones in embankment along Route 61 in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania August 14, 2015. Forensic archaeologists on Friday began excavating a highway embankment in eastern Pennsylvania, looking for more bones believed to be from impoverished victims of the worldwide Spanish flu pandemic in 1918.

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Human Bones Found Near Pennsylvania Highway Could Be From the 1918 Flu

Roadside construction reveals mass gravesite

What does luggage see when you can't see it?

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Follow a Piece of Luggage on a Rollercoaster Ride Through the Airport

One bag's journey through Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport

A satirical 16th-century print showing a chastity belt

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Medieval Chastity Belts Are a Myth

People probably chuckled just as much then about the idea as they do today

Weston-super-mare, United Kingdom. 18th August 2015 -- A structure of a sinister fairy castle can be seen in Weston-super-Mare. High security has been put in place. Image courtesy of Martyn East on Instagram. -- Fans of street artist Bansky expect whispers of a secret sinister pop-up exhibition called 'Dismaland' in seaside town to be true. A fairy castle structure, like a sinister twist on Disneyland, can be seen by locals from Weston-super-mare beach.

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Banksy May Be Opening A Dystopian Disneyland Park

The elusive street artist’s take on Disneyland is chock-full of dystopia

In the 19th century this pie might have contained birds

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Americans Used to Eat Robin Pie and Calf’s Foot Jelly

A food historian points out some forgotten favorites

A hummingbird sticks out its tongue in Ecuador.

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Hummingbird Tongues Are Pumps, Not Straws

A tiny, quick pump mechanism lets birds slurp up nectar at a rate of 14 licks per second

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Tourists Will Soon Be Able to Sleep Over at Versailles

Let them eat cake (at a five-star hotel)

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Scientists Just Identified a Pinkie That’s Almost 2 Million Years Old

And it could be a major evolutionary breakthrough

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Black Holes Might Catapult Rogue Supernovas Into Space

Like being fired from a slingshot at 4.5 million miles an hour

Two roads diverged in a wood and I — I took the one traveled by a robot, thanks.

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This is a Robot Taking a Leisurely, Terrifying Walk in the Woods

Mechanical humanoid robots have never been so relaxed

U.S. Army Spc. Amanda Vasquez, with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, salutes the flag in 2009.

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The First Two Female Army Rangers Are About to Graduate

After completing a grueling course, two women have proved they have what it takes to join the Army's best

A hawthorn tree in the moonlight

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Plants Might Move with the Moon Just as the Oceans Do with Tides

One researcher calls it the "leaftide"

One glorious memorial (The Moon on August 2, 2015 with the International Space Station just visible as a silhouette)

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Go to the Moon for Less than $10,000! One Catch: Dead People Only

It’s the cheapest option yet for choosing the Moon as a final resting place

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Why Airplane Seats Come With Barf Bags

One of the last remaining luxuries of airplane travel

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Elizabeth II Isn’t England’s Longest-Ruling Monarch Just Yet

But she's about to set a royal record

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This Pesticide Doesn’t Kill Spiders, But It Does Mess With Their Heads

Just because a chemical isn’t lethal doesn’t mean it’s not dangerous to other insects

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Drone Racing Wants to Become a Professional Sport

The Drone Racing League just got $1 million from Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross

Leaf-cutter ants tending a fungus garden in Guadaloupe

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Future Antibiotics for Humans Could Come From Ant Fungus Gardens

A unique symbiotic relationship exists between leaf-cutter ants, fungi and bacteria

An image of the Italian Alps, snapped in June by the ESA's Sentinel-2, could be used in biodiversity studies.

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Why Satellites Are a Biologist's Best Friend

From tracking penguins to coral reefs, satellites are changing the way scientists study ecology

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Is Chocolate Milk the Next Sports Drink?

It all comes down to cows

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