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Unbelievable wildlife pictures from the natural history museum's photographer of the year competition
A red fox dragging the carcass of an Arctic fox by Canadian photographer Don Gutoski was selected a…
Dina Spector
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A Google executive's passion for collecting locks of presidential hair
Interest in the presidential hair market surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, as buyers, cooped up …
Heather Hauswirth,Aaron Short
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A 300 million-year-old fossilized fish has the world's 'oldest preserved vertebrate brain.' It offers new clues about evolutionary history, say scientists.
The ancient fish, distantly related to the salmon and goldfish, was found in a coal mine in England…
Isobel van Hagen
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Some museums are offering 'Moments of Zen' amid the coronavirus pandemic by sharing therapeutic exhibits and artwork on social media
Museums around the world are displaying calming views of art and animals for social media followers…
Darcy Schild
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A 67-million-year-old skeleton belonging to a Tyrannosaurus rex named Stan is going up for auction in October
Christie's is hoping that Tyrannosaurus rex Stan will break records at a sale of up to $8 million. …
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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The Best Entries From Smithsonian's Photo Contest Finalists
The contest received over 37,600 photo submissions this year from photographers hailing from 112 co…
Megan Willett
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Neanderthals died out after Earth's magnetic poles flipped, causing a climate crisis 42,000 years ago, a study says
According to a new study, Earth's magnetic poles flipped 42,000 years ago, triggering dramatic chan…
Aria Bendix
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A child's tooth found in a cave could rewrite understanding of early human history, researchers say
The discovery suggests Homo sapiens co-existed in the Rhone Valley region of France alongside Neand…
Alia Shoaib
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I Went To The Natural History Museum With The iPhone 6 Plus - And I Was Blown Away By How Good The Camera Was
I decided to take a bunch of other photos. It seemed like a good test, since the lighting is pretty…
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Binance will team up with the world's 2nd biggest art museum to release NFT versions of works, including those by Da Vinci and Van Gogh
Crypto exchange Binance and Russia's State Hermitage Museum will release NFTs of major artworks, in…
Camomile Shumba
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The discovery of a hairy dinosaur the size of a chicken is like nothing seen in nature before, say paleontologists
The dinosaur, named Ubijara jubatus, is believed to have lived around 110 million years ago in what…
Sophia Ankel
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Steve Irwin's son is now a nature photographer and just won an award for his terrifying photo of a raging bushfire
17-year-old Robert Irwin took a striking drone photo of an orange line of wildfire cutting between …
Debanjali Bose
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Video shows aftermath of Brazil museum fire, with almost nothing left but an ancient meteorite
Luiz Fernando Dias Duarte, the museum's deputy director, said that anything held in the main buildi…
Associated Press,Kelly McLaug…
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Solo travelers share how they'll explore the world after lockdown, and it involves more nature adventures and bucket-list trips
Some solo travelers told Insider that they are eager to hop on the next flight out of the country, …
Monica Humphries
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Furious Brazilians are blaming neglect and budget cuts for the fire that destroyed the 200-year-old National Museum
The fire began after the museum closed for the evening and no injuries were reported. Authorities a…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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The Trump administration plans to remodel the EPA's climate-focused museum - and may feature coal
Until final decisions are made, a large poster board featuring a "back-to-basics" agenda has been i…
Madeleine Sheehan Perkins
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How To Get Into 1,400 Museums For Free On National Museum Day
All visitors need is a Museum Day Live! ticket (available as a free download through The Smithsonia…
Megan Willett
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The most gorgeous wildlife photos of 2018 shine a light on nature's bizarre and wonderful beauty
Eye-catching images of animals can also garner photographers fame and some fortune. Each year, the …
Hilary Brueck
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The fire that destroyed a Brazilian museum containing 20 million artifacts also eliminated records of entire languages that nobody speaks anymore
Some of the National Museum's items may have withstood the fire, scientists said on Monday. Paleont…
Peter Kotecki
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NYC's dinosaur museum is getting a major addition in 2020 - here's what it looks like
Even if you've never been, you've probably heard of it. The museum has existed in one form or anoth…