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"Women of Algiers (Version O)" by Pablo Picasso before it went on sale at Christie's auction house in New York City

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Picasso Painting Breaks Auction Record by $37 Million

"Women of Algiers (Version O)" fetched nearly $180 million

Here the experimental chick embryo (center) can be compared to a typical chicken about to hatch (left) and an alligator (right)

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Researchers Create Chicken Embryos With Dinosaur-Like Faces

Researchers seeking to understand how birds got their beaks turned back the evolutionary clock just a tad

Local residents stand outside of buildings in the streets after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake, in Kathmandu, Nepal on May 12, 2015.

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Another Big Earthquake Has Hit Nepal

Second major quake hits as the country still struggles to recover from the last one.

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New York State Forms Emergency Task Force to Protect Manicurists

State authorities spurred into action by New York Times expose uncovering health risks and wage theft in New York City’s nail salons

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Watch the Sun Set on Mars

Curiosity takes its first color pictures of a Martian sunset

The South Portico of the White House, around 1950, during Truman's rennovation

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The White House is Mostly a Reconstruction of the Original

The mansion may have been built over 200 years ago, but its skeleton was redone in the early 1950s

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Archivists Are Uncovering Lost Mark Twain Stories

Digital archives reveal Samuel Clemens, struggling journalist

Stegodyphus lineatus

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This Spider Feeds Her Babies by Vomiting up Her Own Guts

Nothing says love like feeding your intestines to your children

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Most American Babies are Born in the Morning

Medical interventions may determine time of birth, says new study

American chestnut seed

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Turning the American Chestnut into a GMO Might be the Only Way to Save it

Adding wheat genes could help the tree fight off blight

This chocolate may look fine, but it’s just a few steps away from disaster

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X-Rays Reveal Why Old Chocolate Turns White

Liquid fat turns out to be the culprit

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Starbucks Moves its Bottled Water Operations Out of California’s Drought

Bottling water in California might not be a great idea, but many companies still do it

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‘Captain Kidd’s Treasure’ Has Finally Been Discovered

Archaeologist hope their discovery of a 121-pound bar of silver is just the beginning

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The Last Wooly Mammoths Died Isolated and Alone

Genome sequencing shows severe inbreeding contributed to the mammoths’ extinction.

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How to Crash a Drone, Safely

It’s time to teach drones how to safely land in an emergency.

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Dogs are Still the Best Way to Find a Corpse

Man’s best friend is better than any machine when it comes to finding dead bodies.

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Germans and Americans Agree That They're Allies, Disagree On Why

A new survey shows differing opinions on foreign policy and the importance of historical events

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Seventy Years Ago Today, Queen Elizabeth Secretly Partied with Commoners

Before she became Elizabeth II, the then-princess slipped into London's streets incognito to celebrate Europe's victory over Germany

Armor from the Old Arsenal Museum (Altes Zeughaus) in Solothurn, Switzerland

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Here’s How to Fight Wearing 15th Century Armor

Experts demonstrate some moves in a video while wearing full suits of plate armor

A drawing by explorer John Cleves as he mapped the northern poles.

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John Quincy Adams Was an Ardent Supporter of Exploration

The president planned to fund an expedition to the South Pole and South Pacific, but the research trip was canceled by his successor, Andrew Jackson

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