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Russian scientists are training rhesus monkeys like these for a mission to Mars in 2017.

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Russia Wants to Send Monkeys to Mars and Women to the Moon

The Russian space agency has announced plans for space missions through 2029

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African Vultures Could Go Extinct Within the Next Century

Poachers, poison and collisions with wind turbines are killing these important scavengers

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Candy Corn Hasn't Changed Since the 19th Century

The Halloween sweet was invented in the 1880s

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Why Do Witch Hunts Still Happen?

Across the globe, witchcraft fears still lead to torture and murder

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People Who Believe in Ghosts Are More Fearful Overall

New research finds a link between paranormal beliefs and fears of things like natural disasters

An expert at work on a painting at the Opificio Delle Pietre Dure

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Inside the Italian Art Hospital That Rescues Old Paintings

A catastrophic flood gave this Florence workshop a new mission

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The Mind-Blowing 'Rain Room' Comes to Los Angeles

This wildly popular installation art creates an indoor storm—but visitors don't get wet

Pink mallow blooms in the Atacama Desert, which experienced record rainfall earlier this year.

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The World’s Driest Desert Is in Breathtaking Bloom

After historic rains, Atacama, Chile is exploding with vibrant wildflowers

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How 'Bewitched' Helped Salem Embrace Its Grim Past

A popular 1960s sitcom helped the New England town turn witches into big business

Scientists gather around the Yuka mammoth, which was so well-preserved in the permafrost its brain was mostly intact

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Ice Age Cave Lion Cubs and a Look Back at Permafrost Mummies

A recent find in Siberia is the latest on a list of well-preserved Ice Age mammals

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By Scanning Pyramids, Will Scientists Unravel Secrets of Ancient Egypt?

A new project uses thermal imaging to look for hidden chambers

A man walks by a family planning billboard portraying parents and one child in Beijing in 1983. China just announced it will reverse its controversial one-child policy.

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China Says It Will End One-Child Policy

Under new rules, Chinese families can have two children

For now, visually impaired people must rely on captions like these for descriptions of the images on the internet. (This is a picture of an eye reflecting Facebook's home page).

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In the Future, Facebook Will Describe Photos for Blind People

A visual internet poses many challenges for people that are visually impaired

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This Haunted House is Actually a Lab for Studying Fear

Get scared for science

Six ivory combs were also excavated from the tomb.

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The Incredible Treasures Found Inside the 'Griffin Warrior' Tomb

Why was a Mycenaean soldier buried with so many riches?

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The Hard Labor of Apple Picking

A skilled farm worker can pick six tons of apples a day

Archeologists working at the Upward Sun River site in Alaska, where they found the 11,500-year-old remains of two infants

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Ice Age Babies Buried in Alaska Reveals Early Genetic Diversity in North America

The infants’ DNA shows that humans may have stayed near the Bering Strait for thousands of years before moving farther south

Hundreds of thousands of man-made fragments of debris orbit around the Earth, as depicted here in an illustration of the cosmic mess.

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A Forgotten Piece of Space Junk is Headed for Earth

The object could be a lost piece of a rocket dating back to the Apollo missions

A hiker is dwarfed by the landscape of the mountain plateau where the Viking sword was found

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Hiker Accidentally Discovers 1,200-Year-Old Viking Sword in Norway

The wrought iron weapon is an extraordinary find

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How Tourism Shaped Photography in 19th Century Japan

Westerners were obsessed with geisha, samurai and cherry blossoms

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