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On the eve of the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, some of the country's artifacts, from the Rosetta Stone to the bust of Nefertiti, remain overseas
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Scientists are beginning to study the impacts of beaver dams on the tundra
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Activists in China are using blank sheets of paper to speak out against the country's draconian zero-Covid policies
In an unusual collaboration, archaeologists in Israel are working with police to analyze prints left on fifth- or sixth-century pottery shards
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After two years of limited travel opportunities, we’re ready to explore the world once more
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Why use fences or traps, when you can use deadly viruses or lustful snakes?
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After seeing plastic polluting her favorite beaches year after year, Madison Checketts decided it was time to do something about it
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A New Look for the National Air and Space Museum
See the Kepler technology demonstrator at the National Air and Space Museum, along with a host of technologies that brought success to space exploration
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From a detective story on the origins of Covid-19 to a narrative that imagines a fateful day for dinosaurs, these works affected us the most this year
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Scientists watched 202 episodes and found them filled with unreliable information and white male experts named 'Mike'
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More than simply Picasso's muse, the French artist won renown for her striking paintings and photographs
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A new DNA study suggests Ashkenazi Jews living in 14th-century Germany were surprisingly genetically diverse
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Natovenator was a streamlined hunter with jaws full of tiny teeth
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Ceramic nests deployed on penguin colonies in South Africa could shield the endangered seabirds from rising temperatures
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The food is not just a tasty snack—it’s an ecosystem
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This wide-ranging list offers context for our rapidly changing world
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The 1885 death of Black entrepreneur Benjamin J. Burton divided the close-knit community of Newport, Rhode Island
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In her new book, Lori Zimmer invites readers to experience the artistic gems hidden in plain sight throughout France’s capital city
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In our efforts to increase and diffuse knowledge, we highly recommend these 44 titles this year
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Not too big, not too small—they were just the right size to live through Earth’s worst day
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