Filleted Fossil: The Unlikely Discovery of the Coelacanth
Keep your voice down or everyone will want one! Scientist Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer's quick thinking saved one of the world's greatest scientific discoveries from ending up on a plate, spritzed with lemon juice.
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The Lost Colony: Roanoke
An enigmatic word carved into a tree was the only evidence left by more than 100 colonists who vanished from Roanoke Island in the late 16th century. Where did the Lost Colony go, and why?
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The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart, the pioneering aviator, disappeared over the Pacific Ocean 75 years ago. Of that we are certain. Beyond that, we have little to go on, and only theories about what happened to her.
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Atlantis: The Lost City Beneath a Swamp?
If recent satellite imagery and archaeological observations are correct, then the legendary city of Atlantis is not under the ocean after all. Instead, it is buried beneath the wetlands of Coto Doñana National Park in southern Spain.
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Paul Revere and the Case of the Major General’s Teeth
Best remembered today for his midnight ride, Paul Revere performed a variety of roles in Boston, such as gold and silversmith, engraver, and dentist. In 1776, he added pioneer in the field of forensic science to his multi-feathered cap.
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Portraits of a Dot: Earth from Space
Images of our planet from space tend to bring out the existential in those that examine them. How can they not? Check out a couple of images of Earth as seen from orbit.
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Bloodsucking Leeches: Biodiversity in a Blood Meal
In the dense tropical forests of the Annamite Mountains straddling the border between Vietnam and Laos, there exist mammals so elusive that not even the most dedicated biologists have been able to spot them. But now, it may be possible to detect these cryptic creatures without seeing them firsthand, thanks to the healthy appetite of the bloodsucking terrestrial leech, Haemadipsa.
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The Falklands War, 30 Years On
The Falklands War, fought between Great Britain and Argentina, erupted 30 years ago. The islands in question have been all but forgotten since, but memory of the conflict endures—and things appear to be heating up again.
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Whaam!: The Roy Lichtenstein Retrospective at the Art Institute of Chicago
Bratatat! and Whaam!—showing comic-book graphics of airplanes respectively firing at and hitting their targets—are but two of the images in the Art Institute’s spectacular Roy Lichtenstein retrospective (in Chicago until September 3).
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Ring Around the Moon: The Annular Eclipse
In the skies above East Asia, the North Pacific, and North America yesterday, stargazers were treated to a brief glimpse of an annular eclipse, in which a brilliant, golden flare of light circles the Moon.
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