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The critters live an average of two years longer when they shirk social interactions
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Tandem billboards on Sunset Boulevard play host to a fascinating new public art installation
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Last year joins list of top three hottest ever recorded, according to multiple new reports
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The 215-mile sunken freshwater labyrinth is a trove of ancient Maya artifacts
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A change in humidity seems to have triggered bacteria that led to widespread death of the creatures
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The blast caused shook the ground and likely scattered small hunks of space rock in the region
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Human pests like fleas and lice may be responsible for spreading the pandemic that devastated Medieval Europe
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A 34-year-old man squeezed while holding nose closed, leading to a tear in his throat and a stay in the hospital
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The two works were drawn during the artist’s formative years in Paris
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Hoping to prevent English tech vocabulary from entering the French language, officials have suggested ‘mobile multifunction’ as an alternative
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The 910-carat gem is a D-color, type-IIa stone, meaning it is completely colorless and has no visible impurities
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The elusive monastery is associated with the Book of Deer, which contains the oldest-surviving examples of Scottish Gaelic writing
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Michigan State's 'Enslaved: The People of the Historic Slave Trade' will combine available historical data on slavery into one searchable hub
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The fossilized creature was likely a blend of hummingbird and crow
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Users looking through data on Exoplanet Explorers flagged four sub-Neptune planets orbiting a distant star called K2-138
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A review of past research has found that subjects respond differently to male and female testers
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In 2012, miles of floating rock appeared in the Pacific. Now, scientists have studied the Havre seamount eruption that caused the mysterious pumice 'raft'
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Combining visible and infrared imagery, the new video takes viewers deep into the star nursery
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The J. Marion Sims statue is the only one the Mayor de Blasio task force recommended to be moved. It will go to the Brooklyn cemetery where he is buried
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The collection includes a wealth of material, from theatrical manuscripts to personal memorabilia
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