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Skeletal cast of "Lucy."

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Lucy the Australopithecus Turns 41 (Plus 3.2 Million Years)

Lucy gets a Google Doodle for the anniversary of her discovery

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This Visualization of the World’s Carbon Emissions Is Chillingly Beautiful

A NASA simulation shows how carbon dioxide moves

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A Hemingway Book Has Hit the Paris Bestseller List After Recent Attacks

<i>A Moveable Feast</i> declares that "there is never any end to Paris"

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The Statue of Liberty Was Originally a Muslim Woman

"The New Colossus" was actually born in Egypt

The winning video featured hip hop dancers as farmers who put demands on the water supply

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The Many Ways to "Dance Your Ph.D"

Once again, researchers get creative in a yearly dance competition to explain their Ph.D. thesis work

Youth gather near the White House as part of the "Our Generation, Our Choice" climate change march on November 9, 2015

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Hundreds of Thousands March With Hope for Climate Action

Demonstrations around the world have already begun in the days leading up to the Paris climate summit

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Check Out These Gluten-Free Versions of Famous Paintings

The Gluten-Free Museum pokes fun at the popular diet trend

Nola poses for the camera earlier this fall

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Northern White Rhinos Now Number Three

The 41-year-old Nola died this week, leaving only three northern white rhinos left in the world

A male Iandumoema smeagol, foraging in its cave.

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Introducing Smeagol the Eyeless Arachnid

This newly discovered cave-dwelling daddy longlegs resembles the fictional Tolkien character

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In Belgium, Twitter Responds to Terror With Cats

The cuddliest anti-jihadist squad ever

The light from a Naval missile test off California

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A Real Nuclear Apocalypse Would Be More Beautiful Than the World of 'Fallout 4'

It would also be much, much more devastating

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These Videos Will Change the Way You Think About Travel Photography Forever

A new technique lets you zoom through the world without leaving your desk

Mr. Snuffleupagus makes an appearance on Good Morning America in 2014

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A Brief History of Sesame Street’s Snuffleupagus Identity Crisis

A running joke got canned in response to concern that kids wouldn’t feel safe telling adults hard truths

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Eased Sanctions Could Mean a Comeback for Iranian Caviar

Does this mean tough times for the endangered sturgeon?

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The Most Popular Class at Yale Is From Harvard

Can a computer science course that teaches students how to think help Yale beat Harvard in tomorrow's game?

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A Gothic Chapel Is Transformed Into a Spectacular Sky

Staring at the ceiling has never been so inspiring

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The NIH Lets Its Last Research Chimps Go

These 50 remaining chimpanzees are headed to sanctuaries to enjoy retirement

A modified human skull from the early 6th century

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Parents Have Been Reshaping Their Kids’ Skulls for 45,000 Years

A new find in Patagonia adds to the list of possible reasons for such extreme cranial modification

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A Brief History of Plaid

From highlanders to hipsters

Category winner, Behavior: A school of tropical clupeid fish swim in sync, keeping a healthy distance from a teenage black-tip reef shark in the Rasdhoo Atoll, Republic of Maldives. Though the sharks cruise placidly for hours without so much as a glance at the fish, they strike suddenly, gobbling up a mouthful of fish.

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A Tadpole’s Perspective and More "Life Through a Lens" Images

Ogle the images from winners of the Royal Society's photography contest

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