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Claude Monet Painted This Palace Overlooking Venice's Grand Canal. Now, the Legendary Mansion Is Officially for Sale

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By Collecting Whale Breath, Researchers Detected a Deadly Virus in the Arctic for the First Time

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This Canadian Painter Found Her Muse in the Verdant Trees of British Columbia

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A Skirmish Early in George Washington’s Military Career Helped Define Him. It Could Have Killed Him

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Archaeologists Discover 'Sumptuous' Frescoes at Ancient Villa Preserved by Mount Vesuvius' Eruption

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New Fossil Analysis Suggests This Seven-Million-Year-Old Primate Walked on Two Legs, Potentially Making It the Oldest Known Human Ancestor

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U.S. Military Ends Practice of Shooting Live Animals to Train Medics to Treat Battlefield Wounds

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A Rare, Parasitic 'Fairy Lantern' Plant Species Was Discovered in Malaysia. It Might Be Critically Endangered

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Hundreds of Mysterious Victorian-Era Shoes Are Washing Up on a Beach in Wales. Nobody Knows Where They Came From

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Coastal Cities of Europe

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A Stunning Sculpture of the Buddha Modeled After a Destroyed Sixth-Century Statue Is Coming to New York City's High Line

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Can Venice's Iconic Crab Dish Survive Climate Change?

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The Story of Carthage Isn’t Necessarily What the Romans Committed to History

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Rockhopper Penguins' Athleticism Makes Them the Daredevils of the Animal World. Will a Warming Climate Slow Them Down?

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The Year's First Bright Supermoon and the Colorful Quadrantid Meteor Shower Coincide This Weekend

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Take Flight in the New Year With These 15 Photographs of Beautiful Kites

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Elusive, Critically Endangered Bird—and One of the Closest Living Relatives of Dodos—Was Spotted for the First Time in Five Years

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When the Bayeaux Tapestry Makes its Historic Return to England, the British Government Will Insure it for More Than $1 Billion

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Honey-Making Stingless Bees in the Peruvian Amazon Become the First Insects to Gain Legal Rights

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Archaeologists Discover Mysterious 7,000-Year-Old Stone Wall Beneath the Waves Off the Coast of France

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