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Why Did This Broken Ceramic Pot Sell for More Than $60,000 at Auction?
Discovered in pieces in a backyard garden in London, the vessel turned out to be the work of Hans Coper, one of Britain’s ...
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Stem Cell Therapies Could Treat Parkinson’s Disease by Rebuilding Lost Circuitry in the Brain, Studies Suggest
Two small clinical trials tested the safety of injecting stem cells into the brains of Parkinson's patients and found no ...
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As Norway Considers Deep-Sea Mining, a Rich History of Ocean Conservation Decisions May Inform How the Country Acts
In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...
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Are These Mysterious 400,000-Year-Old Artifacts the Oldest Ivory Objects Made by Humans?
Found in Ukraine, the fragments show signs of human manipulation—though researchers still haven't ruled out the possibility ...
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Five Ways Pope Francis, Religious Leader Who Pushed to Modernize the Catholic Church, Was a Man of Firsts
The pontiff, who died on Easter Monday at age 88, strived to make the church more inclusive. But critics believed his reforms ...
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A Woodstock Moment – 40 Years Later
Two in half a million: Bobbi Kelly and Nick Ercoline greet the dawn on August 17, 1969. Burk Uzzle On August 15, 1969, Nick Ercoline was tending Dino's bar in Middletown, New York, while his ...