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Orra’s paintings and drawings depict the natural world in colorful detail
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Barcelona exhibition draws on 315 artifacts to unravel the myths behind central surrealist figure
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Britain's National Portrait Gallery's 'Coming Home' initiative will loan portraits to the towns and cities most closely associated with their subjects
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A new study shows elephants fear bee pheromones, and this fact could keep the pachyderms out of crops
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A court has ruled that plants modified with CRISPR technology are subject to the restrictions of the 2001 GMO Directive
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“Circus! Show of Shows” at the U.K.’s Weston Park Museum reveals how the circus was shaped by diverse groups of performers
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The simulation could help researchers gain new insight into the fossilization process—without having to wait 10,000 years
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Howard was a key Panther organizer and played an important role in community activism
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Parts of the tiny home where the civil rights activist lived with 17 family members are expected to sell for between $1 and $3 million
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Erosion of the Medusae Fossae Formation has, over billions of years, likely covered the entire planet in 10 feet of volcanic dust
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Think of it as ducky day care
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About 300 of the images have been newly digitized, and 200 of these are free for public use
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But do the findings hold water?
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine endorses the $1 billion Electron-Ion Collider
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The mark was left by a Pictish coppersmith at Swandro, a site in the Orkney Islands that is quickly washing into the sea
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The manuscript includes Lovelace’s translation of an Italian paper, her copious notes and a formula that is often recognized as the first computer program
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The dino family emerged 15 million years earlier than previously thought
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Pre-Clovis projectile points and other artifacts at the Gault Site date back 16,000 years ago or even earlier
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The trash was pushed onto Montesinos Beach by a recent storm, but environmentalists say the scene is becoming all the more common
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Boxes labeled with artist's name were found among the 200 abandoned works
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