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This man needs a makeover.

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The Lincoln Memorial Is Getting a Makeover

The four-year restoration will cost a pretty penny

For only $10, you can spend a night in a faithful recreation of van Gogh's "The Bedroom," wonky angles and all.

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Rent a Recreation of Van Gogh’s Bedroom and Other Artistic Airbnbs

Odd houses and intricately designed bedrooms are a staple of short-term rentals

A recent study on clutter and overeating gave a new spin to the term "Hell's Kitchen."

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Messy Kitchens Could Make You Eat More

Researchers put participants in the world’s most stressful kitchen for the sake of science

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Researchers Say Culling Koalas May Save Them From Chlamydia

A paradoxical solution to help protect the species

A rainbow-colored crosswalk in St. Louis, Missouri.

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The Federal Highway Administration Says Stop to Crosswalk Art

Street art will no longer color crosswalks in St. Louis, Missouri

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Watch a Stunning Time-Lapse of Cave-Bound Glowworms

These New Zealand sparklers aren’t stars—they’re insects

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Happy 452nd Birthday, Galileo

The revolutionary who helped shape modern astronomy

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This Unfinished Film Highlights the Daily Lives of Black Americans in the 1960s

'The American Negro' shares stories of black surgeons, mothers and workers

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Chow Down on a Plastic-Eating Fungus

Plastic trash could have a delicious future

The sun rises over Joshua Tree National Park. The newlydesignated Castle Mountains, Mojave Trails and Sand to Snow national monuments will connect Joshua Tree to other federally protected lands in a massive 1.8-million-acre preservation bid.

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Obama Just Added Three More National Monuments

This time, the California desert was the president's preservation focus

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OK Go Shot Their Latest Music Video in Microgravity

Singing aboard the Vomit Comet

A photograph from a staged production of "R.U.R." ("Rossum's Universal Robots").

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78 Years Ago Today, BBC Aired the First Science Fiction Television Program

And no, it wasn’t 'Doctor Who'

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Here's Why It's So Hard to Smash a Cockroach

Scientists chased and crushed cockroaches—and their results could one day save lives

Former Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Thomas Peter Lantos (D-Calif.) and his poodle, Gigi.

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Congress Won’t Pay For Official Portraits Anymore

The government will stop using taxpayer dollars to immortalize lawmakers in the traditional fashion

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Check Out These Vintage Computer Viruses at the Malware Museum

Relive the horror of watching your computer catch a ‘90s-era virus

A newly-released poster in NASA's Visions of the Future series heralds a future "grand tour" using gravity assists.

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NASA Went Retro With Their New Space Travel Posters

Travel to the world of tomorrow—today!

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Take 360-Degree Tours of Mars and the Moon

Earth's neighbors have never seemed so tantalizingly close

A rendering of the newly reopened Museum of Neon Art in Glendale, California.

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Glow to This Flickering Tribute to Neon

The past shines at the Museum of Neon Art in Southern California

This kindergarten in Fredericksberg, Denmark was inspired by how a child might draw a house.

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How Children’s Imaginations Inspired This Cool School

A new Danish kindergarten was envisioned by the way a child might draw a house

"Chevalier de Saint-Denis," Thierry Poncelet.

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You Too Can Own a Portrait of a Dog Dressed as a Person

Dog art auctions put the spotlight on man’s best friend

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