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For the first time, researchers were able to see inside the mummies in the Chicago Field Museum's collections. Their findings ...

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Using a variety of techniques, the researchers realized that two subspecies of squirrels from Southeast Asia were actually unique species in their own right ...

The cathedral has been under renovation since 2019, when it was badly damaged in a fire. Crews are testing the bells before ...

The celebrated Underground Railroad conductor received posthumous recognition for her service as a spy, scout, nurse and cook ...

From the Ford Nucleon to the Studebaker-Packard Astral, these vehicles failed to progress past the prototype stage in the ...

In 1833, hundreds of thousands of shooting stars inspired songs, prophecies and a crowdsourced research paper on the origins ...

The 1951 artwork, "La Grande Dame (The Cat Woman)," stands over six feet tall and features paintings of "hybrid creatures and ...