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Scientists Rediscover a Tree Frog Thought to Be Extinct for Over a Century

Last seen in 1870, Jerdon’s tree frog is alive and (mostly) well in India

More than 25 specialists worked on the replica cave over the course of three years.

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See the World Like a Paleolithic Cave Dweller With This Replica of the Lascaux Cave Paintings

Go back in time with the help of some talented French artists

Iranian men play a soccer video game at a CD shop in Tehran June 10, 2006.

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Inside Iran’s Budding Video Game Industry

The Iranian video game industry, shaped around piracy and economic sanctions, is slowly growing

Icebergs melting in Disko Bay, Greenland

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It's Official: 2015 Was the Hottest Year in Over a Century

A strong El Niño helped global temperatures reach new highs

The Znamya 2 mirror-solar sail, deployed.

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How a Russian Space Mirror Briefly Lit Up the Night

In 1993, the 65-foot-diameter satellite, called Znamya, briefly lit the Earth like a giant orbiting night light

An artist's rendering of Planet Nine, looking back toward the Sun. This depiction is of a gaseous planet, like Uranus and Neptune, with lightning brightening the clouds on the dark side.

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Evidence Stacks Up for a Planet Beyond Pluto

A new paper provides the strongest evidence yet for a real Planet X

New research shows that magical tales have an even longer history than previously suspected.

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Fairy Tales Could Be Older Than You Ever Imagined

Jack may have been climbing that beanstalk for more than 5,000 years

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Missouri Mathematicians Discover New Prime Number

At more than 22 million digits, it’s the longest prime yet

"Love Letter Brooklyn" was first installed in 2011.

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One of the Most Popular Pieces of Street Art in Brooklyn Is Coming Down

“Love Letter Brooklyn” will soon be gone forever

Fish caught for drying in a village in Bangladesh

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Overfishing Has Been Even Worse Than We Thought

Official counts previously overlooked fish as bycatch, small-scale fishing and illegal fishing

Seattle's iconic Fremont Bridge.

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Seattle Is Seeking a Writer to Work on a Bridge

Free studio space in a bridge tower is up for grabs

The five planets will be visible to the naked eye, but a telescope can add another layer of delight

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Don't Miss This Month's Rare Planetary Alignment

Five planets will appear together in the sky—all visible to the naked eye

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NASA Captures Mesmerizing Video of Cascading Magnetic Arches on the Sun

Swirling magnetic waves triggered spectacular explosions on the sun’s surface

Mahmoud Hariri, from the city of Dara'a, is building a replica of the city of Palmyra from clay and wooden skewers.

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Syrian Refugees Are Recreating Demolished Monuments in Miniature

These artists are recapturing the iconic landmarks destroyed by militants

One of Leonardo's notebooks (left) contains an erased figure (right). Conservators discovered the hidden sketch using multispectral imaging.

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How a Hidden Figure Emerged From One of Leonardo da Vinci’s Notebooks

Modern imaging reveals the approximately 500-year-old sketch

The 1,500-year-old skeleton of a man and his prosthesis was found in a grave next to medieval church in Hemmaberg, Austria.

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1,500-Year-Old Prosthetic Foot Discovered in Austria

The skeleton of a middle-aged man may have been missing a lower limb but in its place researchers found a wooden 'foot'

Stone-age cave paintings from the Chauvet cave.

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Chauvet Cave Paintings Could Depict a 37,000-Year-Old Volcanic Eruption

Mysterious paintings in the “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” led researchers to new evidence of ancient volcanic activity

Testing for allergies

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Signs of Food Allergies Might Be in Newborns' Blood

Overactive immune cells could prime the immune system to attack normally harmless molecules found in food

"John Dee Performing an Experiment before Elizabeth I"

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A Painting of John Dee, Astrologer to Queen Elizabeth I, Contains a Hidden Ring of Skulls

The life and work of John Dee contained a strange mix of science and magic

This flower isn't just a pretty face—its the first one ever grown in space.

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Check Out the First Flower Grown in Space

It was a close call for this brilliant orange zinnia

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