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For over a century, rumors about Queen Victoria's affair with her servant John Brown have persisted. Now a historian says she ...

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A team of paleontologists led by National Geographic Explorer Paul Sereno uncovered a trove of dinosaur fossils in the Sahara ...

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Pesticides, habitat loss, and light pollution are threatening firefly populations worldwide, but even in urban areas, some lightning bugs continue to shine.

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Emma Jung, Toni Wolff and Sabina Spielrein were brilliant thinkers in their own right. Now, they are finally getting their ...

We all have at least one friend that treats their dog like an actual human child. Scientists think you shouldn't be a hater: There’s 20,000 to 40,000 years of evolution causing them to behave that way ...