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On a small Icelandic island, a massive piece of art will track Earth's wobble in space
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Archaeologists say the body was not stolen by crusaders in the 11th century and is still located below a church in Demre
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With cryo-electron microscopy, tiny living molecules can be seen in their natural states
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For the first time in four decades, the public will be able to enter the top levels of Rome’s amphitheater
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Take a tour through the Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art, which contains more than 260,000 entries from 41 countries
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Skin cells, tape worms and fuzzy mold are among this years top photos
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There are an estimated 8.7 million species on Earth–it's unlikely scientists will ever sequence them all
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The phony travelogue describes a trip from his home in Illinois across the Atlantic to Ireland and Scotland
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A bad geomagnetic storm would fry the electric grid and cripple civilization for years—a space shield is cheap by comparison
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The long-delayed Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea faces opposition from native Hawaiian groups and environmentalists
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The trio is the leading force behind the massive pair of detectors that can measures ripples in the fabric of space-time smaller than the width of a proton
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Frank Pantridge miniaturized the defibrillator, making it portable
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Palmyra's Lion of Al-lāt, as the statue is known, once adorned the temple of a pre-Islamic goddess
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By an author who wasn't even alive when it occurred
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Written early in the author's careers, the works were recently unearthed in his archives
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Songs by Miles Davis and Deep Purple at the Montreux Jazz Festival will live on in the ultra-compact, long-lasting format
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The country’s marriage equality law, which was passed in June, went into effect on Sunday
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The looming threat of extinction from climate change makes the lack of diversity in the world's food supplies a dangerous prospect
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Circadian rhythms dictate the daily patterns of life on Earth, and understanding these patterns is crucial to overall health
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Rock Hudson died of AIDS-related complications in 1985
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