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Bumblebee Queens Breathe Underwater to Survive Drowning, Revealing How They Can Live Submerged for a Week

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See a 163-Year-Old Civil War Shipwreck in Stunning Detail With These New High-Resolution Sonar Images

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This Ancient Reptile Started Life on All Fours. As It Grew, It Stood Upright and Started Walking on Two Legs Instead

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A Native Soldier Allied With the British Killed a Young White Woman in 1777. Propaganda Transformed Her Into a Martyr of the American Revolution

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This Massive Mural Made From 100,000 Bottle Caps Is One Artist's Reinterpretation of 'The Mona Lisa'

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How a Tiny Clump of Moss Helped the FBI Solve a Grave-Robbing Case

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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

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Four Ways to Experience the Authentic Spirit of Wyoming

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See How Scientists Reconstructed the Face of Little Foot, a Human Ancestor Who Lived 3.67 Million Years Ago

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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

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Vibrant Wildflowers Are Blanketing Death Valley National Park, Resulting in the Most Breathtaking Bloom in a Decade

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

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Some People Keep Razor-Sharp Minds Into Their 80s and Beyond. A New Study Reveals Their Secrets

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These Koalas Bounced Back From the Brink of Local Extinction Extremely Fast. Surprisingly, So Did Their Genetic Resilience

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This Rare Silver Medal From the First Modern Olympic Games in 1896 Just Sold at Auction

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These Intricately Decorated Ostrich Eggshells Suggest Our Ancestors May Have Understood Basic Geometry 60,000 Years Ago

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Scientists Thought These Marsupials Went Extinct 6,000 Years Ago. They Just Found the Animals Alive

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

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The Iconic House From 'The Brady Bunch' Is Now an Official Historic Landmark in Los Angeles

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