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The BBC's free recipe repository will be shuttered some time in the next 12 months.

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Thousands of People Are Trying to Save BBC’s Recipe Archive

Cost-cutting measures may nix the broadcaster's online recipe database

Robert Frost in 1941

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Listen to Robert Frost Read His Poems

Recordings offer a chance to really listen to the meaning behind classics like "The Road Not Taken"

A glass of real bubbly.

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Can Wine Made Without Grapes Match the Real Thing?

A San Francisco start-up is trying to create synthetic wine—just by mixing together the right ingredients

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Amateur Divers Find Huge Cache of Bronze Artifacts in Israel National Park

Recreational divers discover a Roman shipwreck full of rare bronze statues, coins and other artifacts in Caesarea National Park

A lamprey in a tank at the Aquarium Restaurant Atalaya in Spain.

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It’s Lamprey Breeding Time in Britain

The bloodsucking fish are returning rivers that were once too polluted for them to live in

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Climate Fight Moves From the Streets to the Courts

Recent actions by both youth and state attorneys are making climate change a legal issue, not just an environmental cause

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British Barber Proposes Beard Tax

Inspired by historical examples, Antony Kent wants men to pay a 100-pound fee to rock a bushy beard

A set of the volumes published by 2010 of the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae

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This Latin Thesaurus Has Been in Progress Since 1894

Scholars are still working on the letter "N"

The body of a young female beaked whale washed ashore in South Australia

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Rare Beaked Whale Washes Ashore in Australia

Sporting unusual teeth, the young female offers researchers a chance to study an elusive cetacean

A mother and baby bison in the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.

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Baby Bison Euthanized After Tourists Try to "Save" It

Don't touch the wildlife

A "Walking Library" in London, circa 1930s

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A Brief History of Taking Books Along for the Ride

Have books, will travel

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Why You Might Start Seeing Disney And Other Brands in National Parks

Relaxed rules on donor recognition could allow corporate sponsors to fund items within National Parks

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Astronomers Recreate Ancient Skies to Date a Nearly 2,600-Year-Old Greek Poem

Researchers narrow down the dates for when the lonely poet Sappho wrote "Midnight Poem"

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Wander About an Art Installation Inspired by the Large Hadron Collider

Art from science

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China Will Start Publicly Shaming Tourists Who Graffiti Mount Everest

Leave nothing but footprints

Italian ship the Ievoli Ivory aids the effort to raise a sunken ship that carried migrants

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Massive Effort Underway to Recover More Than 700 Migrants Drowned at Sea

Forensic scientists hope to use DNA to identify the remains

An illustration of the four spacecraft that detected a magnetic reconnection.

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NASA Finally Caught This Crazy Space Weather in Action

The interactions between the Earth and the Sun’s magnetic fields drive explosive space weather

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These Temporary Tattoos Can Help ID a Food Allergy

Plus, the tattoo is inspired by historical Japanese prints

Cartoonist and concept artist Jean Giraud.

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Meet the Man Who Helped Define How Science Fiction Looks

The renowned cartoonist Jean Giraud had a hand in some of science fiction’s most iconic films

Darjeeling white tea brews with a delicate aroma and a pale golden color.

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For the First Time in 150 Years, Anyone Can Buy One of the World’s Rarest Teas

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