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Federal Corrections Instiution, Ray Brook, is housed inside the former Olympic Village for the 1980 games in Lake Placid

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Why the 1980 Olympic Village Is Now a Prison

It’s one way to deal with leftover infrastructure

A reconstruction of Ötzi the Iceman at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology.

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DNA Analysis Reveals What Ötzi the Iceman Wore to His Grave

He rocked surprisingly complex fashion for the Copper Age

A German armored train

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Dig to Find Fabled Nazi Gold Train Begins

Explorers believe the Nazis stashed an armored train full of gold and weapons in tunnels in Poland's Owl Mountains

Journey to the Center of Earth

This 340-Million-Year-Old Ocean Crust Could Date Back to Pangaea

Researchers believe they've found the world's oldest ocean crust

One of the dig sites at Durrington Walls where researchers have uncovered a post that once held a large, prehistoric timber post.

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The So-Called “Superhenge” Was Made of Wood, Not Stone

New research shows that the ancient structure was also taken down in a hurry

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Adorable Stubby Squid Found Off the Coast of Southern California

Researchers aboard the E/V Nautilus happened across a particularly cute stubby squid

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Eerie Video Shows How Coral Bleaches

Time-lapse video captures the coral's convulsions while it expels the algae that give it color

Fire watchtower on the newly re-named Black Elk Peak

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Highest Peak in South Dakota Renamed for Oglala Lakota Medicine Man

A federal board has officially changed South Dakota's Harney Peak to Black Elk Peak

Grab a book, grab a mic, get down.

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Finland’s Hot New Karaoke Bar Is a Public Library

Don’t stop believin’ in the power of music

Grab your sunglasses—all of those far-off stars, black holes and celestial bodies contribute to your killer tan.

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Part of Your Suntan Comes From Photons That Are Billions of Years Old

Thank bodies from beyond the galaxy for a bit of that golden glow

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Look Out New Yorkers: Hot Weather Makes Roaches Take to the Skies

Ew ew ew ew ew

Researcher release bumblebees in a greenhouse at the Cambridge University Botanic Gardens

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This Deadly Plant Virus Attracts Bees

The cucumber mosaic virus alters the scent of tomato plants to attract more bees to their ailing hosts

The remains of a teenage boy found near an altar dedicated to Zeus at Mt. Lykaion

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Did the Ancient Greeks Engage in Human Sacrifice?

The remains uncovered at an altar to Zeus on Mount Lykaion may confirm legends about human sacrifice at the shrine

A crowded beach in Cinque Terre, Italy

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There’s a Price to Pay for Saving Spots at Italian Beaches

Be careful where you lay your towel

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Tourists in Hawaii Accidentally Discovered Ancient Petroglyphs

A stroke of luck on the beach

Children salute the American flag in 1915.

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The Rules About How to Address the U.S. Flag Came About Because No One Wanted to Look Like a Nazi

During the National Anthem, Americans are asked to put their right hands over their hearts. But why?

Book carts can already get out of control quickly, so careening them along a twisty course was treacherous indeed.

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Librarians Have an Olympics, Too

Brains met brawn in a bookish competition for the ages

A view of the area of the ice-free corridor today

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First Humans Entered the Americas Along the Coast, Not Through the Ice

Evidence mounts against the traditional story of early human migration through an ice corridor

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Fertility Problems for Man's Best Friend Could Spell Trouble for Man

Dog sperm quality has decreased likely from household chemical exposure

An ancient stone tool used to butcher a rhinoceros.

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Ancient Hominids Used These 250,000-Year-Old Tools for Butchery

Traces of blood on the prehistoric tools, suggest our ancestors had a much more varied diet than once thought

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