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Photos: Unusual Mosaics Decorated Ancient Synagogue in IsraelSee the unique mosaics that decorated an ancient synagogue.
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5th-Century Mosaic Adorned with Elephants and CupidsStunning mosaics have turned up during an archaeological dig of a fifth-century synagogue in northern Israel.
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Gallery: Mysterious Gold Spirals Discovered in DenmarkNovel gold spirals unearthed in Danish town with a reputation for mystical gold.
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Bronze Age Gold Spirals May Have Been Sacrificed to Gods
A pile of 2,000 tangled gold spirals that bring to mind heaps of the fairy tale princess Rapunzel's golden locks were recently unearthed in Denmark.
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Why Your Birth Date May Not Match Your Body's AgePeople age at different rates, and now, a new study finds that people's tendency to age more slowly or quickly than their contemporaries is evident in healthy people as young as their 30s.
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Yosemite's Half Dome Rock Just Got Harder to ClimbA towering icon of Yosemite National Park just got a face-lift, as a huge slab of rock recently peeled off Half Dome, possibly changing the route up to the top for climbers.
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Why Matisse's Vibrant Painting of Nudes Is FadingScientists are peeling back layers of paint to get to the root of an enduring plague that is threatening century-old art by the likes of Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet and Henri Matisse.
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Tar Balls from California Oil Spill Litter Beach in NASA PhotoSpotting dark, gooey and flammable tar on the beach — remnants from an oil spill in Southern California in May — just got a lot easier, thanks to NASA.
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Solar-Powered Plane Soars to New World RecordsA solar plane currently soaring over the Pacific Ocean, from Japan to Hawaii, has set a slew of new world records, logging the farthest and longest flights made so far in a solar-powered aircraft.
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Colorful Arctic Animals Revealed in Thousands of Undersea ImagesNew photographs of deep-sea creatures could hold the key to helping predict climate change.
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Gallery: Never-Before-Seen Photos of Colorful Life on Arctic SeafloorSee the vibrant creatures who dwell on the Arctic Ocean seafloor.
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Southern Lights Shimmer in Antarctica's Night Sky (Photo)A dark, moonless sky is awash in light radiating from an aurora over Antarctica in a new image released by NASA.
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Solar Plane Takes Off on Record 120-Hour Flight Across Pacific -
Red Sea's Glowing Corals are Rainbow of ColorsDeep in the Red Sea, beyond the reach of most scuba divers, coral reefs are putting on a glowing, colorful show, scientists have discovered.
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Icy Earthquakes: Warming Planet Shakes Up GlaciersWhen large chunks of ice break off of a glacier and plop with a giant splash into the chilly water, the result can be lots of thunderous shaking.
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California's Lake Fire Burns Massive 'Scars' into Forest (Photo)California's four-year-long drought is helping fuel its first major forest fire of the year, a blaze that is engulfing federal land about 80 miles (130 kilometers) east of Los Angeles.
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Ancient Greek 'Antikythera' Shipwreck Still Holds Secrets -
Solstice Science: How Humans Celebrate Official Start of SummerThis Sunday (June 21) marks the summer solstice, the official start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
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In Photos: 1 Ton of Illegal Ivory Crushed in NYCU.S. officials destroyed more than 1 ton of illegal ivory in New York City on June 19, 2015.
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NYC Ivory Crush Sends Strong Anti-Poaching Message
