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Shackleton brought everything from trashy novels to accounts of Arctic rescues with him to Antarctica.

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Historians Finally Figured Out What Was on Shackleton’s Bookshelf

The brave explorer likely found solace in his library

A black-belly dragonfish is just one of the small fish living in the mesopelagic zone 660 to 3300 feet below the surface of the ocean.

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This Sound Might Mean Dinnertime in the Deep Sea

Researchers record a chorus of deep sea animals as they migrate through the ocean

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This Twitter Account Turns Emojis Into Gallery Art

Tiny pictures, high art?

In Maryland, 13 bald eagles will soar no more.

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What Killed 13 Bald Eagles in Maryland?

Officials want information on the strange die-off of a clutch of majestic birds

My God, it's full of gas.

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Marvel at the Newest Map of the Milky Way

It is the most complete map of the cold galaxy ever made

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What the All Writs Act of 1789 Has to Do With the iPhone

How a law signed by George Washington is being applied to Apple

The Apollo 10 lunar module prepares for redocking.

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Mysterious “Music” Spooked Apollo 10 Astronauts

Archival audio reveals eerie sounds heard by astronauts on the dark side of the moon

Can humans stop a catastrophic rise in sea levels?

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Sea Levels Are Rising More Quickly Than in the Last Two Millennia

Here are five things to know about the rising tide

Harper Lee didn't like publicity.

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Listen to a Rare Interview With Harper Lee

“[A]ll I want to be is the Jane Austen of South Alabama,” she told radio host Roy Newquist in 1964

Desert Gold wildflowers carpet Death Valley during the 2016 "super bloom."

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Death Valley Bursts to Life With Rare “Super Bloom”

A rare spectacle covers Death Valley in wildflowers

Up to 925,000 Jews and Romani were murdered at Treblinka, a Nazi extermination camp near Warsaw, Poland.

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Last Survivor of Treblinka, Final Destination for Up to 925,000 People, Has Died

Samuel Willenberg devoted the rest of his life to honoring those murdered at the camp

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's new logo.

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New Met Logo Typifies the Eternal Struggle of Rebranding

From the Met to the MoMA

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This Penguin on a Treadmill Shows How Waddles Work

Fat penguins have a harder time walking than swimming

NASA's OSIRIS-REx project will send a craft to a near-Earth asteroid and take a sample to study back on Earth.

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NASA Wants You to Send Your Art to an Asteroid

The agency is looking for creative contributions as it readies its mission to study and sample a near-Earth asteroid

An African elephant wanders Hlane National Park in Swaziland. Now, 18 of the park's elephants may be airlifted to the United States due to drought.

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Drought May Force 18 Elephants Out of Africa

As the driest rainy season in 35 years threatens southern Africa, elephants have become a flashpoint

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This French Town Is Covered in Citrus Sculptures

Ten-foot-tall lemon sculptures herald the Fête du Citron

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This Stunning Dragon Dance Was All for the Sake of Tea

Your next cup could be filled with New Year's luck

The perfectly preserved Bronze Age wheels in the dig go round and round.

Archaeologists Uncovered a Perfect Bronze Age Wheel

Excavations at “Britain’s Pompeii” are on a roll

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Happy 543rd Birthday, Nicolaus Copernicus

The Renaissance scientist set the stage for modern astronomy

Did the prehistoric civilization of Easter Island really "collapse"?

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New Evidence Finds That Easter Island Wasn’t Destroyed by War After All

Did islanders really experience a catastrophic “collapse” of their own making?

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