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A honey bee’s eye dusted with pollen from a dandelion pollen magnified 120 times won 1st prize in the 2015 Nikon Small World competition.

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See at a Bee’s Eye Level With 9 Award-Winning Microscopic Photos

The winners of Nikon’s annual photomicrography competition have an eye for detail

Francis Bacon, social networking superstar, strikes a pose ca. 1618.

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Six Degrees of Francis Bacon Is Your New Favorite Trivia Game

Move over, Kevin!

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Why Does the Internet Hate Renoir?

A tongue-in-cheek protest movement wants to remove the artist's paintings from museums

A page of the original King James Bible

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The Origins of the King James Bible

A handwritten draft of the world's most famous bible has been discovered in England

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This Halloween, Who Wants to Spend a Night in the Paris Catacombs?

Airbnb is looking for two brave souls to sleep with the dead

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Fossilized Teeth Reveal Humans Were in Asia Long Before Europe

Early humans might have been more inclined to roam than scientists previously thought

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Hunter-Gatherers Sleep Little and Get Up Early

Our ancestors probably didn’t need nine hours of sleep either

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There's a Fake Egyptian City Buried in California

The incredible, nearly forgotten story behind one of Hollywood's most expensive movie sets

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This Is What a 50-Lane Traffic Jam Looks Like

A Chinese highway looked like a parking lot after this massive traffic snarl

A clutch of titanosaur eggs

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Can Eggshells Crack the Case of Whether Dinosaurs Ran Hot or Cold?

Dinosaurs may not be cold or warm blooded, but somewhere in between

A photographer with Reuters, Finbarr O’Reilly, in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province during 2011

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The Technical Challenges of Photojournalism in a War Zone

A short documentary reveals what it's like to work in Afghanistan

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High Definition Video of Jupiter Reveals New Weather in the Great Red Spot

Video portrait shows massive storm changing as it shrinks

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The Oldest Chemistry Lab in America?

A classroom designed by Thomas Jefferson was rediscovered

Mysterious Neolithic masterpiece...or world's most complicated BBQ joint?

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The People Who Built Stonehenge Loved BBQ

New evidence that Neolithic settlers roasted pork and beef

Eco-tourists snorkeling with fish in a Brazilian river

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Does Ecotourism Hurt or Help?

When critters get used to tourists, they may be less aware of both predators and poachers

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Declassified Spy Maps Show Melting Arctic Ice

Maps reveal how climate and politics are heating up in the Arctic

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Invader Tags European Space Agency With Alien Art

The anonymous street artist strikes again

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JetBlue Goes Green with a Farm at JFK Airport

The airline hopes to produce herbs and around 1,000 pounds of blue potatoes each season

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America's in the Midst of a Lobster Boom

With the lobster catch up sixfold in the last 30 years, can we eat without worry?

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