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“This state park is a legendary North American boneyard.”

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The Hell Creek Formation Is North America's Legendary Boneyard. See the Top Five Discoveries Found in the Iconic Fossil Bed image
Mountains in Montana’s Makoshika State Park, where some of the Hell Creek Formation lies. (Zack Frank / 500px via Getty Images)

The Hell Creek Formation Is North America’s Legendary Boneyard. See the Top Five Discoveries Found in the Iconic Fossil Bed
From preserved plants to T. rex, the material found in these Late Cretaceous rocks has resulted in countless breakthroughs for paleontologists
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A Rare 1897 Film Discovered in an Old Trunk in Michigan Features the First On-Screen Appearance of a Robot image

A Rare 1897 Film Discovered in an Old Trunk in Michigan Features the First On-Screen Appearance of a Robot
Does Your Cat Always Leave Behind a Half-Full Bowl of Food? New Research Points to Why Our Furry Friends Can Be Such Picky Eaters image

Does Your Cat Always Leave Behind a Half-Full Bowl of Food? New Research Points to Why Our Furry Friends Can Be Such Picky Eaters
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Why Does This Newly Discovered 2,000-Year-Old Stone Slab Depict a Roman Emperor as an Egyptian Pharaoh? image

Why Does This Newly Discovered 2,000-Year-Old Stone Slab Depict a Roman Emperor as an Egyptian Pharaoh?
Scientists Just Made the Most Complete Map of the Clitoris's Sensory Nerve Network. Here's What They Found image

Scientists Just Made the Most Complete Map of the Clitoris’s Sensory Nerve Network. Here’s What They Found
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Clay Puppets With Open Mouths and Detachable Heads That 'Resemble Modern Toy Dolls' image

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See the Most Adorable Photos of Baby Elephant Linh Mai, the National Zoo’s Newest Star image

See the Most Adorable Photos of Baby Elephant Linh Mai, the National Zoo’s Newest Star
The Long, Strange Trip of the Titanic Victims Whose Remains Surfaced Hundreds of Miles Away, Weeks After the Ship Sank image

The Long, Strange Trip of the Titanic Victims Whose Remains Surfaced Hundreds of Miles Away, Weeks After the Ship Sank
Colombia Plans to Euthanize Dozens of 'Cocaine Hippos,' Descendants of Animals Brought by Notorious Drug Trafficker Pablo Escobar image

Colombia Plans to Euthanize Dozens of ‘Cocaine Hippos,’ Descendants of Animals Brought by Notorious Drug Trafficker Pablo Escobar
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How Do Different Psychedelics Affect the Brain? Scientists Analyzed More Than 500 Neural Scans to Find Out image

How Do Different Psychedelics Affect the Brain? Scientists Analyzed More Than 500 Neural Scans to Find Out
Forgotten for Decades in a Dusty Mall Basement, a Long-Lost Harry Bertoia Sculpture Is Back on Display image

Forgotten for Decades in a Dusty Mall Basement, a Long-Lost Harry Bertoia Sculpture Is Back on Display
Turtles May Have Been Tasty Snacks for Neanderthals 125,000 Years Ago. But Their Shells Were Probably the Real Prize image

Turtles May Have Been Tasty Snacks for Neanderthals 125,000 Years Ago. But Their Shells Were Probably the Real Prize
To Finance Their Lifestyle, a Young French Couple Went to Cambodia to Steal Antiquities. They Did Almost Everything Wrong image

To Finance Their Lifestyle, a Young French Couple Went to Cambodia to Steal Antiquities. They Did Almost Everything Wrong
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“Uncovering the hidden history of Jefferson’s Monticello Estate.”

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Enslaved and Free Workers Built Thomas Jefferson's Monticello Brick by Brick. Archaeologists Just Discovered One of the Kilns They Used image
Initial excavations last month at Monticello revealed a layer of brick rubble. (Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello)

Enslaved and Free Workers Built Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello Brick by Brick. Archaeologists Just Discovered One of the Kilns They Used
Researchers think the newly unearthed structure was used to fire and cure bricks during construction of the site’s original mansion in the early 1770s
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In 1776, the Declaration of Independence Was Breaking News. Here's How the Founding Document Reached the American Public image

In 1776, the Declaration of Independence Was Breaking News. Here’s How the Founding Document Reached the American Public
This Vincent van Gogh Painting Was Found Wrapped in an Ikea Bag and a Blood-Stained Pillow. Now, the Artwork Has Been Restored to Its Former Glory image

This Vincent van Gogh Painting Was Found Wrapped in an Ikea Bag and a Blood-Stained Pillow. Now, the Artwork Has Been Restored to Its Former Glory
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Rolled Up in a Cellar for Decades, This Artemisia Gentileschi Painting Is Now Up for Auction. Why Is Mary Magdalene's Face Missing From the Portrait? image

Rolled Up in a Cellar for Decades, This Artemisia Gentileschi Painting Is Now Up for Auction. Why Is Mary Magdalene’s Face Missing From the Portrait?
In a First, This Personalized Cell Therapy Treated Three Life-Threatening Autoimmune Diseases in One Patient image

In a First, This Personalized Cell Therapy Treated Three Life-Threatening Autoimmune Diseases in One Patient
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The 'World's Largest Wildlife Crossing' Will Help Animals Walk Safely Over Eight Lanes of California Traffic image

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Ice Fishermen Catch Record-Breaking 244-Pound Atlantic Halibut After Hours-Long Struggle image

Ice Fishermen Catch Record-Breaking 244-Pound Atlantic Halibut After Hours-Long Struggle
Archaeologists Didn’t Expect to Find Anything at This Site in England. Then, They Stumbled Upon a Roman Villa and a Bronze Artifact Dubbed 'Norfolk Nessie' image

Archaeologists Didn’t Expect to Find Anything at This Site in England. Then, They Stumbled Upon a Roman Villa and a Bronze Artifact Dubbed ‘Norfolk Nessie’
A Dizzying Spiral Staircase With a Single Guardrail Once Led to the Top of the Eiffel Tower. Now, You Can Buy 14 of the Original Steps image

A Dizzying Spiral Staircase With a Single Guardrail Once Led to the Top of the Eiffel Tower. Now, You Can Buy 14 of the Original Steps
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Meet the Entomologist and Wildlife Photographer Zooming in on the Weird and Wonderful World of Ants image

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Artemis 2 Astronauts Successfully Return to Earth After Completing a Historic Mission Around the Moon image

Artemis 2 Astronauts Successfully Return to Earth After Completing a Historic Mission Around the Moon
This Nearly 300-Million-Year-Old Mummified Reptile Reveals the Evolutionary Origins of How We Breathe image

This Nearly 300-Million-Year-Old Mummified Reptile Reveals the Evolutionary Origins of How We Breathe
Songkran Is Thailand’s Splashing New Year’s Festival, When Everyone Gets Out a Super Soaker and Prepares to Get Drenched image

Songkran Is Thailand’s Splashing New Year’s Festival, When Everyone Gets Out a Super Soaker and Prepares to Get Drenched
Where Does This Anti-War Masterpiece Belong? In Spain, a Request to Borrow Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ Sparks a Bitter Debate image

Where Does This Anti-War Masterpiece Belong? In Spain, a Request to Borrow Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ Sparks a Bitter Debate
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An old rusty hay turner sits in a snowy, Vermont field.

Hay Turner in a Snowy Field

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“See unprecedented footage of Sperm Whales helping a newborn calf take its first breaths.”

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Watch Unprecedented Footage of Sperm Whales Helping a Newborn Calf Take Its First Breaths image
The sperm whales gathered around the mother before the delivery.  (Y. Aluma et al., Scientific Reports, 2026 under CC-BY-4.0)

Watch Unprecedented Footage of Sperm Whales Helping a Newborn Calf Take Its First Breaths
Unrelated animals worked with the mother and her relatives, marking the first known evidence of whales from multiple families assisting in a birth
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These Long-Lost Photos of the Chelsea Hotel Reveal Intimate Portraits of Its Bohemian Residents—From Patti Smith to Bob Dylan image

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Cascade Red Foxes Are Notoriously Reclusive. So How Did This Photographer Capture These Stunning Images of the Endangered Species?? image

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Did Neanderthals Use Birch Bark Tar as an Antibiotic to Treat Wounds and Infections? image

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Does This Skeleton Found Beneath a Dutch Church Belong to D'Artagnan, the Man Who Inspired 'The Three Musketeers'? image

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Charles Dickens Searched the Streets of London and Found Inspiration for His Evocative Fiction image

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Art Thieves Steal Paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse Worth More Than $10 Million, Fleeing the Scene in Just Three Minutes image

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Indian Fox pups take their first cautious steps outside the security of their den. In the fading light of the savannah, one young fox watches the horizon, while its littermates huddle close, relying on each other for warmth and comfort after a day spent underground.

The Golden Nursery

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“Vibrant wildflowers are blanketing Death Valley National Park.”

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Vibrant Wildflowers Are Blanketing Death Valley National Park, Resulting in the Most Breathtaking Bloom in a Decade image
When photographer Elliot McGucken heard about a possible superbloom in Death Valley this spring, he drove around 1,000 miles from Montana to California. (Elliot McGucken)

Vibrant Wildflowers Are Blanketing Death Valley National Park, Resulting in the Most Breathtaking Bloom in a Decade
Parts of the park are awash in wildflowers, from the cheery yellow blooms of desert gold to the bright purple clusters of sand verbena, along with many other species
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This Traveler From India Graffitied His Name on Five Ancient Tombs in Egypt's Valley of the Kings 2,000 Years Ago image

This Traveler From India Graffitied His Name on Five Ancient Tombs in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings 2,000 Years Ago
NASA's Asteroid-Smashing DART Mission Changed a Space Rock's Orbit Around the Sun, Marking a First for Humanity image

NASA’s Asteroid-Smashing DART Mission Changed a Space Rock’s Orbit Around the Sun, Marking a First for Humanity
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Would You Jump Into Your Local River? Swimmable Cities May Be Within Reach as Once-Polluted Waterways Are Restored image

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Why Are Some People Left-Handed? Scientists Identify Rare Genetic Variants That May Be Linked to the Trait image

Why Are Some People Left-Handed? Scientists Identify Rare Genetic Variants That May Be Linked to the Trait
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See How Scientists Reconstructed the Face of Little Foot, a Human Ancestor Who Lived 3.67 Million Years Ago image

See How Scientists Reconstructed the Face of Little Foot, a Human Ancestor Who Lived 3.67 Million Years Ago
How a Tiny Clump of Moss Helped the FBI Solve a Grave-Robbing Case image

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Tudor Courtiers Exchanged Portrait Miniatures as Love Tokens. Centuries Later, New Research Is Unlocking the Secrets of These Intimate Artworks image

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As the Planet Warms, a Humble Sea Bean Is Proving to Be a Promising Superfood image

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Meet the Scientist Analyzing Historic Bison DNA to Understand How the Species Rebounded from the Edge of Extinction image

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Treetops Emit Ultraviolet Sparkles During Thunderstorms. Researchers Just Filmed It in Nature for the First Time image

Treetops Emit Ultraviolet Sparkles During Thunderstorms. Researchers Just Filmed It in Nature for the First Time
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Gwalia is a former gold-mining town located Western Australia's Great Victoria Desert. Established in 1897 with a mining find at what became the Sons of Gwalia. Overseen by the London-based Bewick, Moreing & Co. The company sent a young American geologist to the area to develop the find into a working concern. Herbert Hoover, who later become President of the United States, traveled to Gwalia from Coolgardie by camel and became manager of the new mine. Among his suggestions for cutting labour costs was to hire mostly Italian labourers. As a result, the town's population was made up mostly of Italian immigrants, as well as other Europeans, who sought riches in Australia's newest gold rush. Today Gwalia is a ghost town having been largely deserted since the mine closed in 1963.

Windmill, Gwalia, Western Australia, 2023

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“Seabird poop may have fueled this pre-Inca Kingdom’s rise to power.”

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Seabird Poop May Have Fueled This Pre-Inca Kingdom's Rise to Power in South America image
Seabird poop, along with food waste, feathers and carcasses, accumulates as guano, which is prized as a nutrient-rich fertilizer. (Richard McManus via Getty Images)

Seabird Poop May Have Fueled This Pre-Inca Kingdom’s Rise to Power in South America
The Chincha Kingdom used nutrient-rich seabird guano as fertilizer for maize, according to a new study
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Will a Dazzling Display of Wildflowers Spread Across California This Spring? image

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Archaeology Students Unearth an Early Medieval Burial Pit During a Training Dig in England image

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Earth's Core Might Hold Dozens of Oceans Worth of Hydrogen, Hinting at the Origins of the Planet's Vast Water Supply image

Earth’s Core Might Hold Dozens of Oceans Worth of Hydrogen, Hinting at the Origins of the Planet’s Vast Water Supply
14 Fun Facts About Bright Pink Animals image

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A Metal Detectorist Unearthed This Heart-Shaped Tudor Pendant. Now, the British Museum Has Raised Millions to Put It on Public Display image

A Metal Detectorist Unearthed This Heart-Shaped Tudor Pendant. Now, the British Museum Has Raised Millions to Put It on Public Display
Commemorate Presidents’ Day With 15 Images That Celebrate the Founding Fathers image

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A Football-Size Creature That Lived 307 Million Years Ago May Have Been One of the First Land Vertebrates to Eat Plants image

A Football-Size Creature That Lived 307 Million Years Ago May Have Been One of the First Land Vertebrates to Eat Plants
Five Things to Know About 'Wuthering Heights,' Author Emily Brontë's Only Novel image

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Why a Marine Ecologist Was Thrilled to See a Critically Endangered Bird Very Far From Home image

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Gallop Into the Year of the Horse With These Five Amazing Equine Discoveries image

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Changsha’s Super Wenheyou is a dynamic and immersive food and entertainment complex, known for its nostalgic design and vibrant atmosphere. The complex covers several floors, each with distinct themes—one even including a tram ride, creating a bustling environment reminiscent of decades past.

Super Wenheyou

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“Astronomers spot a huge cluster of galaxies forming earlier in cosmic history than thought possible.”

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Astronomers Spot a Huge Cluster of Galaxies Forming Earlier in Cosmic History Than Thought Possible image
The JADES-ID1 protocluster (X-ray: NASA / CXC / CfA / Á Bogdán; Infrared: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI; Image Processing: NASA / CXC / SAO / P. Edmonds and L. Frattare)

Astronomers Spot a Huge Cluster of Galaxies Forming Earlier in Cosmic History Than Thought Possible
The young galaxy cluster existed about 12.8 billion years ago and has an estimated mass 20 trillion times that of the sun
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On November 3, 2024, Zhou Lianying, an 85-year-old woman from Group 10 of Dagang Village, Liuqu Town, Fuping County, Shaanxi Province, was carefully taking care of the persimmons drying on the racks.

Sweet Persimmon Undertaking

© Junyang Liu
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“Archaeologists may have found The Lost Iron City of The Silk Road.”

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Archaeologists May Have Found the Lost Iron City of the Silk Road in the Remote Highlands of Uzbekistan image
The Tugunbulak settlement was inhabited between the 6th and 11th centuries. (Simon Norfolk)

Archaeologists May Have Found the Lost Iron City of the Silk Road in the Remote Highlands of Uzbekistan
Researchers are uncovering what they think is the metropolis of Marsmanda, an iron-making city that could rewrite the history of the famed trade route
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Three-dimensional reconstructions of the rockhead poacher’s insides hint that the fish may beat its cranial pit like a drum (Louisiana State University)

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Astronauts Tom Stafford (left) and Wally Schirra (right) demonstrating with two model space crafts during an interview in the 1960s (Donald Uhrbrock / Getty Images)

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We spent the morning tracking the chimp families in the Kibale forest. We arrived before dawn trekking in to an area where they bedded down the night before. They were having breakfast up the trees. so we waited patiently for them to start coming down to the forest floor. Watching the chimpanzees in their natural habitat, as they swing from the branches in the canopy high above the forest floor, was a thrilling experience. This young Chimpanzee came down from the group and settled into a crook in a tree. We slowly worked our way into a position that we were able to photograph this youngster, making sure we did not disturb it. This family wanders through the Kibale forest, always in search of good places to eat and rest. The youngster was very curious and watched us from its perch. We spent a bit of time with it before it decided to swing from that location, higher up in the canopy.

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