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Piccadilly Circus, circa 1949.

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Tour the London of Yore With a Gigantic New Photo Map

The London Picture Map brings an old city to new life

Sojourner Truth, tech pioneer.

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How Sojourner Truth Used Photography to Help End Slavery

The groundbreaking orator embraced newfangled technology to make her message heard

A new type of antibiotic is effective against antibiotic-resistant bacteria like Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

New Research

Scientists Find New Type of Antibiotics Hiding in the Human Nose

This whiff of success could be just the beginning of many new antibiotics

An image of a nebula used in "The Hubble Cantata."

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The Cosmos Sings in This Fusion of Astrophysics and Music

<i>The Hubble Cantata</i> brings the stars down to earth

A false-color image of the Great Red Spot of Jupiter from Voyager 1. The white oval storm directly below the Great Red Spot has approximately the same diameter as the Earth.

New Research

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Also Red Hot

The giant storm pipes out temperatures over 2,400 degrees Fahrenheit

A tin jar containing what may be 340-year-old cheese recovered from the Kronan shipwreck.

Cool Finds

Gouda Find: Divers Discover 340-Year-Old Dairy Product in Shipwreck

One researcher compared the scent to a mixture of yeast and a type of unpasteurized cheese called Roquefort

Evaporated cane juice is just plain sugar, says the FDA.

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How to Spot Added Sugars

It's all in the wording

The purple orb, which may be a new species of nudibranch

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Researchers Find Mysterious Purple Orb in the Channel Islands

The creature stumped the team and could be a new species

Migaloo and a companion in 2005.

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Track the Whereabouts of This Rare White Whale on Twitter

These beautiful creatures have long delighted those lucky enough to catch a glimpse

The skeleton of a new species of beaked whale in Unalaska high school

New Research

New Species of Beaked Whale Discovered in Alaska

DNA analysis and a washed up corpse confirm this a new dark-colored species of beaked whale

The pony swim in 2008

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Watch the Chincoteague Ponies Complete Their 91st Annual Swim

For nine decades, the local fire department has herded the horses from Assateague to Chincoteague Island to auction off the foals

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Walmart Once Pulled a Shirt That Said “Someday a Woman Will Be President” From Its Shelves

While Hillary Clinton was living in the White House, no less

Pictographs at Newspaper Rock, Utah

New Research

Why Ancestral Puebloans Honored People With Extra Digits

New research shows having extra toes or fingers was a revered trait among people living in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

Yum.

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Skip the Stench: Watch Three Massive Corpse Flowers Bloom Online

These tropical flowers only bloom once every four to five years

Japanese-style katsu curry

New Research

Sadly, Eating Curry Probably Won't Keep You From Going Bald

A new survey sponsored by wigmakers equates correlation with causation

Civil Rights icon John Lewis tells his life story in March, the bestselling graphic novel.

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Civil Rights Legend John Lewis Won a Prestigious Comic Book Award

With <i>March</i>, Lewis brings his life story to a whole new generation

Sully Vent in the Main Endeavour Vent Field in the northeast Pacific, similar to the environment LUCA would have lived

New Research

Behold LUCA, the Last Universal Common Ancestor of Life on Earth

New discoveries suggest life likely descends from the inhospitable environment of deep sea vents

Earliest known photograph of the White House. The image was taken in 1846 by John Plumbe during the administration of James K. Polk.

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The White House Was, in Fact, Built by Enslaved Labor

Along with the Capitol and other iconic buildings in Washington, D.C.

Maratus bubo

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Stunning Images Capture Peacock Spiders’ Flashy Colors

Beautiful and acrobatic, these tiny, vibrant creatures shake their tail fuzz in elaborate mating dances

The cave is supported by six pillars hewn from the same rock.

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Archaeologists Are Trying to Digitally Preserve an Ancient Cave Before It's Demolished

The 5th-century cave is in the way of an airport expansion

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