Three years before World War II, on this day in 1936, an inferno marked the symbolic end of the global hegemony of the ...

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Geoscientists in Australia suggest a strong tornado swept across the Nullarbor Plain in November 2022 and made the 6.8-mile-long scar on the landscape—without anyone noticing Sarah Kuta Daily ...

The yuletide decorations are up: a trimmed tree, jolly stockings on the mantel and—wait, what’s that white-berried weed hanging from the ceiling? And why are people so amorous when they find ...

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The museum has been staging exhibitions featuring employee art since 1935. This year's show is only the second in history ...

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The collision in Stephan's Quintet was observed by WEAVE, a new instrument on one of the world's most powerful telescopes, in ...