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"The Virgin with the Laughing Child" sculpture, which was long credited to Italian artist Antoni Rossellino, is now said to have been created by Leonardo da Vinci…
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Catherine Quintana’s father had been in and out of a hospital for weeks, and the family understood that his time was running out. Her 78-year-old…
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In this Wednesday, March 6, 2019, photo, people walk among wildflowers in bloom near Borrego Springs, Calif. Two years after steady rains sparked seeds dormant…
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Faced with the prospect of a sizable asteroid heading toward Earth and causing doomsday, humanity has come up with various responses. Hollywood may reckon that…
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The four most likely cradles of life outside our solar system have been identified by scientists. They contain so-called ‘K’ stars, whose planets may have…
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The rise of the infinite swipe: Psychiatrist warns ‘gamification’ of dating apps is harming our chances of finding love – as it’s revealed 1 in…
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Splash landing! SpaceX’s crew capsule completes a ‘perfect’ mission as it touches down in the Atlantic Ocean after a hyper-sonic re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere Dragon…
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Update Google Chrome NOW: Hackers could hijack your computer using a flaw in the browser that lets them install malware without you knowing Google tells…
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The incredible moment SpaceX heads home from the ISS: NASA footage reveals crew capsule departing the station for an ‘old-fashioned’ Atlantic splashdown Dragon crew capsule…
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Britons think about the weather for 8 HOURS every week… beating out other national occupations including drinking tea and saying sorry unnecessarily, study says Discussing…
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New research has found that alien life could be possible in solar systems where there are two young stars pushed together by a third passing…
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How plastic bottles could be made from PLANTS! Gene-edited bacteria turn greenery into a biodegradable replacement for oil based products Lipnin, a filler found in…
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CERN scientist is sacked for ‘sexism’ six months after saying physics was ‘built by men’ and presenting ‘proof’ they contribute more to science than women…
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Experts warn it’s becoming impossible to escape ‘persuasive technology’ as competing products battle for our attention Experts working to assess if attention-grabbing apps are ‘ethically…
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The mummified remains of children at Huanchaquito-Las Llamas in Peru. (John Verano, 2019) Experts have revealed the gruesome details of a 15th-century ritual sacrifice site…
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Tyrannosaurs weren’t always tyrants. For millions of years, the ancestors of the regal T. rex were relegated to second-class predator status while a different dinosaur…
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Anchor from the ‘most valuable shipwreck’ ever that was carrying an estimated £1 BILLION in gold and silver treasure when it sank in 1641 is…
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Cavemen that lived in the last Ice Age 10,000 years ago hunted giant sloths and other huge animals to extinction Remains of a giant sloth…
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A picture taken on March 6, 2019 shows some of Albert Einsteins manuscript pages, currently on display in the Givat Ram Hebrew University of Jerusalem.…
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What’s black, white and striped all over — except for its head? Horses wearing zebra coats on a farm in Britain. The animals weren’t attending…
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