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The trouble started in 2013, when sea stars, an urchin predator, began to die off
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"It’s about holding people accountable, but doing it in ways that promote human dignity," Brooklyn's district attorney said
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A new study shows how canines trained to find human remains could help archaeologists locate new sites
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What’s more, driving seemed to relax the rodents
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A new force of cultural specialists will advise the military on protecting cultural treasures from bombing and looting
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The artist’s studio collaborated with ‘balloon specialists’ to create the inflatable artwork
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Nesting gulls have likely been trying to feed the bands found in nearby flower fields to their chicks for decades
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Astronomers recently spotted 12.5 billion-year-old light from the giant galaxy, which helps explains the evolution of the early universe
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The song of the white bellbird can reach 125 decibels, which rivals ‘the amplitude of a pile driver,’ says the author of a new study
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The remains shine a light on the ordinary people who lived and worked in one of England’s most notorious historic sites
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The 8,000-year-old gemstone was found at the Neolithic Marawah archaeological site in 2017
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A new exhibition at the New York Public Library includes never-before-seen photographs, letters and manuscripts
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With a little added organic matter, dusty lunar and Martian soil simulants produced tomatoes, rye, radishes and other crops in the lab
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The "Mentor," a vessel owned by the notorious Lord Elgin, sank in 1802 while carrying panels and sculptures looted from the Parthenon
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A line of 480-million-year-old trilobites found in Morocco may be the earliest evidence of collective animal behavior
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The hit Netflix show returns November 17 with a new cast and will focus on events from the 1960s and '70s
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Some researchers say the roughly 530-year-old drawing is too fragile, light-sensitive to travel
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Critics question whether the author, who died in Zurich after a 30-year exile, ever wanted to return home, even in death
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The 21-foot canvas, created by self-taught artist and nun Plautilla Nelli, is now on view in Florence
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The London National History Museum’s 55th annual contest garnered more than 48,000 entries from 100 different countries
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