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An "astronaut" walks outside of the HI-SEAS dome on Mauna Loa.

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Crew From NASA's Yearlong Mars Simulation Finally Emerges From the Dome

Would-be Martians say aloha to a challenging experiment

Queen Victoria's coronet

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The U.K. Bans Queen Victoria’s Coronet From Leaving British Soil

The government has placed the artifact under an export ban in hopes a collector will keep it in-country

Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were all fun and games—until they felt wronged by their fellow gang members.

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Read a Chilling Letter From Bonnie and Clyde

Got $40,000? You could own an angry letter from the vengeful duo

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Rare Dodo Composite Skeleton Goes On Sale

A British auction house is selling one of only a dozen known dodo skeletons, put together by a collector from the bones of several birds

LiDAR imaging of the bioherms beyond the Great Barrier Reef, which is marked in red.

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The Great Barrier Reef Has Been Hiding Another Massive Reef

The iconic coral reef sits above an even deeper one

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Rare Great White Shark Nursery Discovered Off the Coast of New York

Researchers find North Atlantic great whites spend their first 20 years in the waters off Montauk, Long Island

Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941
Photograph by Ansel Adams
Vintage gelatin silver print
Collection Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona

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New Exhibition Shares Rare Ansel Adams Photos of the American West

See breathtaking early works by the iconic photographer

Age of Humans

Mesmerizing Animation Shows Potential Animal Escape Routes in a Warming World

"Migrations in Motion" models the journeys over 2,900 species may take to find new habitats

Papahānaumokuākea may be a mouthful, but now it's the world's largest marine protected area.

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President Obama Just Created the World's Largest Marine Protected Area

Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is now twice the size of Texas

The dark galaxy Dragonfly 44

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Discovery of a New Class of Galaxies Challenges Our Understanding of How Galaxy Formation Works

Dragonfly 44 near the Coma cluster has the same mass as the Milky Way but only 1 percent of the visible matter

A woman wearing a burkini at the beach

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France’s Top Court Overturns Burkini Ban

French swimmers may keep wearing what they please

Langston Hughes' Harlem brownstone: Cultural remnant or great place for a Starbucks?

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The Fight to Preserve Langston Hughes’ Harlem Home From Gentrification

A new kind of Harlem renaissance is threatening the home of one of America's greatest poets

One of 5,200 wine labels from Maynard Amerine's collection

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Help Crowdsource the History of Wine

The University of California, Davis, is looking for online volunteers to help catalog and describe 5,200 wine labels

"Sturgeon Whisperer" Nick McCabe with his catch, the 650-pound "Pig Nose"

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Canadian Fishermen Caught Fabled 650-Pound, Century-Old Sturgeon

Nicknamed “Pig Nose,” the fish was quickly released back into the wild

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Playing the Bagpipes Can Literally Kill You

Known as “Bagpipe Lung,” the reaction can wreak havoc on your respiratory system

Put down your pencil—convincing computer-generated handwriting is here.

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This Algorithm Lets You “Write” Like the Greats

Your words, their handwriting

The HAARP antenna array

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Calling All Conspiracy Theorists: Alaska's "Mind-Control Lab" Is Hosting an Open House

Depending on who you ask, HAARP can control minds, weather, and even earthquakes

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Hearst Castle Has a Brush With California's Wildfires

Curators were ready to evacuate the Hearst Estate, now a state park and museum full of priceless art, furniture and history

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Coffee Consumption Could Be in Your Genes

A new study shows a genetic variation in caffeine metabolism may lead some to drink a little less joe

Meet Octobot.

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This Robot Is Soft and Squishy Inside and Out—No Wires or Batteries Necessary

"Octobot" uses a deceptively simple fuel source and inspiration from the depths of the sea

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