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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

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

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

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Astronomers Discover a Rare Primitive Star That Provides a Chemical Snapshot of the Early Universe

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These 17-Million-Year-Old Fossils Could Rewrite the Evolutionary Tree of Apes—Including Humans

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Sharks in the Bahamas Test Positive for Drugs, Including Cocaine and Painkillers, in a New Study

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Willem de Kooning Didn't Get His Big Break Until His 40s. See the Stunning Abstract Paintings That First Captivated Audiences

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

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A Clump of Human Brain Cells on a Computer Chip Learned to Play the Nostalgic Video Game 'Doom'

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Why Was This 2,000-Year-Old Sling Bullet Inscribed With the Word 'Learn'?

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