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ID documents are helping stamp out smuggling for the prized birds
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When it comes to declining winter butterfly populations, something just doesn't add up
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Summer's stunning meteor shower is sure to please stargazers
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Move over, Lara Croft: raiding tombs is an increasingly viable career in China
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Cigarette-sniffing rats are creating new job opportunities for their fellow rodents
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Pupil shape provides differing advantages to those who crave the hunt and those who hide
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Thanks to global warming, Russia has claimed a new ocean in the Arctic
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Tobacco pipes in the Bard’s backyard may retain traces of cannabis, but some historians remain skeptical
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They've been on the cutting edge of the English language since at least the 1500s
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New research uncovers "the search engine effect" and its potential to influence election outcomes
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New research shows that while people respond to art for very different reasons, the ability to be moved in the first place is universal
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The interaction of nearby fault lines may lessen ground shaking around some balancing rocks
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Cleanup efforts are underway at the river, which turned a bright orange-yellow after a catastrophic chemical spill
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On the Smithsonian's 175th birthday, a glimpse into the iconic Castle's construction
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World War II's lesser-known weapons were ingenious, indeed
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A new washing machine cuts down on water use with deep-cleaning polymer beads
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Footage shows an unknown man entering the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum the night before the infamous robbery
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Historians, archaeologists and librarians scramble to save precious cultural capital before it can be sold or destroyed by militants
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