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A robbery at Brazil’s Mário de Andrade Library is the latest daytime heist to shake the art world.
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A robbery at Brazil’s Mário de Andrade Library is the latest daytime heist to shake the art world
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Was Emily Dickinson, born #OTD in 1830, more than a mysterious recluse?
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A new biopic shows the poet as more than a mysterious recluse
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An extensive new study reveals how harmful deep-sea mining can be for seabed creatures.
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The Metals Company wants to be the first firm to commercially mine the seafloor. The study it funded suggests that mining vehicles harm creatures in the machines’ paths
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The “Countess of Computing,” born #OTD in 1815, didn’t just create the world’s first computer program—she foresaw a digital future.
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The “Countess of Computing” didn’t just create the world’s first computer program—she foresaw a digital future
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The pits are mysterious. For the last few years, archaeologists have been puzzling over their origins.
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Based on a comprehensive study, researchers are now convinced the shafts were human-made, likely dug during the Late Neolithic period roughly 4,000 years ago
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These bulbous marine mammals act as “ecosystem engineers,” reshaping the seafloor and digging up nutrients that help nourish the rest of the area.
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The findings suggest that sea cows have been engineering ecosystems in the Persian Gulf for tens of millions of years
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These top titles of the year conveniently bring the world and its many perspectives to us. What was your favorite travel book this year?
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These top titles of the year conveniently bring the world and its many perspectives to us
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Here are 15 small towns that motivate us to get out and experience the many wonders that America holds.
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From a barbecue capital in Texas to the site of the first offensive victory for American forces in the Revolutionary War in New York, these spots are worthy of a visit this year
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After a female octopus lays a clutch of eggs, her behavior turns bizarre.
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A new study finds several biochemical pathways, including one that produces a precursor to cholesterol, may be key to this behavior
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It looks like funky graphic art: splotches of brilliant purples and blues on a light green background. But it’s not art. It’s a Bolivian forest and river.
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The European Space Agency’s satellite will measure trunks, branches and stems in forests to shed light on how much carbon is stored in trees across various continents
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What happened to the Indus Valley civilization?
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The Indus Valley civilization, located in present-day Pakistan and India, went through four periods of intense drought, which may have led to the society's demise
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Borne out of having too little time, the holiday greeting has boomed into a major industry. Have you sent out your Christmas cards yet? #ChristmasCardDay
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Borne out of having too little time, the holiday greeting has boomed into a major industry
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Archaeologist Adrián Oyaneder discovered dozens of structures called chacu while reviewing satellite images of the Camarones River Basin.
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Archaeologist Adrián Oyaneder discovered dozens of structures called chacu while reviewing satellite images of the Camarones River Basin
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The practice spread across the postwar landscape. It would grow to become a year-end ritual we have learned to love and hate simultaneously. Where do you fall on the holiday newsletter spectrum? #ChristmasCardDay
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How the "Dear Friends" missive started and how it has survived the Facebook age
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What were the best books you read this year? Drop your favorites below, then check out our top picks from 2025.
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Whether you're doing some holiday shopping or looking for your own next read, consider our thoughtfully curated lists.
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Before leaving for Dallas, John and Jacqueline Kennedy selected their annual Christmas card. Then tragedy struck. The cards would never be mailed.
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A rare White House card from 1963 evokes one of the nation’s darkest holiday seasons
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A 16th-century painting of an English duke sold for $4.2 million last week, making it the most expensive Elizabethan portrait ever auctioned.
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The 1562 likeness of Thomas Howard, Fourth Duke of Norfolk, was created by Hans Eworth, a Flemish artist whose Tudor-era portraiture is second only to Hans Holbein's
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Photography’s most compelling voices this year looked backward, outward and inward to re-examine how images shape our understanding of the natural world, cultural rituals and the roots of the medium itself.
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Our favorite titles this year invite readers to take in the beauty of nature and our cultural rituals
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CBS executives thought "A Charlie Brown Christmas" would flop. Instead, on Thursday, December 9, 1965, over 15 million households tuned in to judge for themselves.
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In 1965, CBS gambled big on an animated spectacular that’s now become a holiday tradition
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We may find murder hornets scary, but for the black-spotted pond frog, the largest hornet in the world is nothing but a harmless snack.
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Watch a pond frog effortlessly devour the northern giant hornet, the largest hornet in the world, while sustaining stings that are deadly to many animals
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