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Women in Saudi Arabia can finally cast ballots.

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Tomorrow, Saudi Women Will Vote for the First Time

More than 130,000 women have registered to vote

When the crew felt they had a good chance of freeing the trapped Endurance from the sea ice of the Weddell Sea, they put the sails up. As we know, this and other attempts failed. Realizing the ship wasn't moving, Hurley went onto the ice to take this photograph. New details of sea ice have been revealed.

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Restored Photos From Shackleton’s Antarctic Wreck Reveal New Details

Photos taken during Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition have been digitally restored for the first time

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Genetically-Modified Mosquitoes Could Help Fight Malaria

Two research groups offer two different solutions to one big problem

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Test Your Smarts With the British Spy Agency's Christmas Card Puzzle

Can you solve this head-scratcher?

Robot, baby. Baby, robot.

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New Robots Could Learn Like Children

A research team is teaching artificial minds to imitate and innovate like kids do during play

Portrait of Suleyman I (1520-1566), 10th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

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Suleiman the Magnificent's Lost Tomb Might Finally Be Found

Hungarian historians believe they have found the Ottoman sultan’s final resting place

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Explore Laos' Plain of Jars with Drone Footage

Many parts of the 2,000-year-old-site are off-limits because of Vetnam-era cluster bombs

The ashram's entrance was once closed to visitors, who had to sneak in or bribe a guard.

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Abandoned Beatles Ashram Is Opened to the Public for the First Time in a Long, Long, Long Time

Get back to the site of the Fab Four's disastrous meditation retreat

Maybe the white whale just wanted a hyphen.

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Why Does Moby-Dick (Sometimes) Have a Hyphen?

The hunt for the true story behind Melville's hyphen is as mysterious as the famous white whale

During the first two years of the team's studies, snow sealed the entrance to Snow Dragon cave. But in recent years, low snowpack has kept the entrance open year-round.

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Behold the Beauty of Disappearing Glacier Ice Caves on Mt. Hood

Catch them before they're gone -- these tunnels and caverns may soon melt away

Surprising bright spots lurking in Ceres’ Occator crater, as spotted by the Dawn spacecraft

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We Finally May Know the Cause of Ceres’ Bright Spots

It's not aliens

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When Rock Was Banned in the Soviet Union, Teens Took to Bootlegged Recordings on X-Rays

Teens snuck jazz and rock into the U.S.S.R. on records made of old x-rays

A dog mascot named Whisky in the arms of his captain Wolfgang Erhart on board a German ship in the harbor of New York in 1962

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The British Navy Has a Long History of Adopting Animal Mascots

Ships’ pets included dogs, cats and some other animals that were more unusual

It took Leo Tolstoy six years to write War and Peace.

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There’s a ‘War and Peace’ Marathon Going On in Russia

It will take 1,300 readers four days and 60 hours to read the book out loud

Microplastic poses a growing concern in oceans and other aquatic habitats.

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Five Things to Know About Congress' Vote to Ban Microbeads

Included as exfoliators in many common soaps and cosmetics, microbeads now pollute waterways worldwide

Detailed view of "Magic Circle Variation 5" with hand- and laser-cut paper

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Cut Paper Sculptures Capture the Intricacy of Natural Architecture

Laser and hand cut papers arranged in layers evoke the patterns of microbes, moss, cells and more

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See the Vatican Light Up With Images Warning Against Climate Change

Animals prowled across St. Peter's Basilica in a move to connect Earth's beauty with the dangers of climate change

A scientist says a multispectral analysis of the Mona Lisa shows hidden portraits beneath the famous painting.

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A French Scientist Says the Mona Lisa is Hiding a Portrait of Another Woman

Some art experts, however, are skeptical

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Cities Are Letting Drivers Pay Parking Fines with Holiday Food Donations

Albany, Lexington, Boston and Tallahassee are all promoting the giving spirit

The informally named al-Idrisi mountains meet the smooth surface of Sputnik Planum in this image.

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New Images Capture Pluto’s Mountains, Badlands and Craters in Breathtaking Detail

These images are "the best close-ups of Pluto that humans may see for decades," according to NASA

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