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From its role in kissing to mythological healing powers, mistletoe’s roots run deep.

A 20,000 year old fossil uncovered in a tarantula-filled cave has paleontologists stunned.

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A high school student suggested the steep sand dunes of Syrtis Major for the milestone image.

The fully programmable, autonomous microbot only costs one penny to make.

Super tough microbialites are some of the oldest evidence of life on Earth.

The seventh president’s farewell party featured 1,400 pounds of cheddar. Things got messy.

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Analysis of 20,186 songs from the Billboard Top 100 indicates that the lyrics are also more simple.

Sh2-284 lives on the edge of the Milky Way galaxy.

Only five millimeters of this experimental material called MOCHI can shield your hand from a flame.

The 770-pound Bayeux Tapestry depicts the Norman conquest of England in 1066.

Understanding a bit of chemistry can transform your baking skills.

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We may have ditched the monkey-to-man meme, but the myth of humans as nature’s “pinnacle of evolution” persists in subtler ways.

Researchers theorize that they might be imitating snakes.

The team found the deceased with scallop shelves partly covering the mouth.

A millennia-long dry spell may explain the disappearance of Homo floresiensis.

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