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Australian man finds 624g gold nugget worth $37,000 while walking dog

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North, South Korean musicians hold rare joint performance

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A Fake Heiress Called Anna Delvey Conned the City’s Wealthy. ‘I’m Not Sorry,’ She Says.

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How Volunteer Sleuths Identified a Hiker and Her Killer After 36 Years

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A new camera can photograph you from 45 kilometers away

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U.S. Army researchers have developed a new type of cathode chemistry that cuts battery weight in half

Chernobyl has become a refuge for wildlife 33 years after the nuclear accident

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Hundreds of Bodies, One Nurse: German Serial Killer Leaves as Many Questions as Victims

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Deepfake Salvador Dalí takes selfies with museum visitors

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New water cycle on Mars discovered

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On this day in 1898 Victorian scientists liquefied the “permanent gas” hydrogen

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Hyperactive Comets Hint at Origins of Earth’s Oceans

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