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Denmark's Postal Service Is About to Stop Delivering Physical Letters After 400 Years

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Tragedy Struck Composer Irving Berlin on Christmas Day. Years Later, He Would Write One of the All-Time Holiday Classics

This Aerospace Engineer Just Became the First Wheelchair User to Travel to Space

Two Towering Statues of an Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Have Been Restored at the Entrance of His Temple After 3,000 Years

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One of the George Washington Portraits That Inspired the Image on the $1 Bill Could Sell for Up to $1 Million

After a Century, the Rockettes Are Still Kicking Their Way Into American Hearts

This Lemon-Shaped Planet Has an Atmosphere Unlike Anything Astronomers Have Ever Seen

This Mama Polar Bear Adopted a Young Cub—and You Can Track the Family as They Wander Around the Hudson Bay

She Protested School Segregation as a Teenager. Now She's Being Honored With a Statue at the U.S. Capitol

The Oldest Restaurant in the World Just Turned 300 Years Old

How Marty Reisman, the Real-Life Inspiration Behind 'Marty Supreme,' Revolutionized the Sport of Table Tennis

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Mysterious Shipwreck Discovered in 'Pristine' Condition in Lake Ontario—With Its Masts Still Standing

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The Ten Most Significant Science Stories of 2025, From Medical Breakthroughs to an Interstellar Visitor

Thousands of Couples Gather Under the Mistletoe in Washington, D.C. to Kiss Their Way Into a New World Record

Flesh-Eating Screwworms Are Creeping Closer to a Comeback in the United States

Saturn’s Moon Titan May Not Have an Underground Ocean After All

Fourteen Years After Gaddafi's Fall, Libya Reopens Its National Museum to Much Fanfare

Fossils Suggest That Some Ancient Burrowing Bees Made Their Homes in Rodent Skulls

You Can Now See 2,000-Year-Old Thermal Baths and Military Barracks Without Ever Leaving Rome's New Subway Stations

These Male Hummingbirds Evolved Straighter, Sharper Bills So They Could Better Joust for Mates

Pumas Are Snacking on Penguins in Argentina—and the Abundant Birds Are Changing the Prowling Cats' Behavior

If Mount Vesuvius Erupted in August, Why Were Pompeii Victims Wearing Heavy Wool Garments?

From a Remote Observatory, He's Defending Our Planet. Get a Glimpse Inside the Life of a Doomsday Asteroid Hunter

Mary, Queen of Scots, Wrote This Letter Hours Before She Was Executed. Her Words Are Going on Display for the First Time in Years

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Have $117 to Spend? You Could Win a Picasso Painting Worth More Than $1 Million

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is About to Make Its Closest Approach to Earth. Here's How to View It With Binoculars or a Telescope

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2025 Is 'Slop,' the A.I.-Generated Junk That Fills Our Social Media Feeds

These Five Photos of Germany’s Natural Wonders Will Inspire Your Wanderlust

Disney Was in Distress During the Late 1940s. Then ‘Cinderella’ Came to the Rescue and Saved the Company From Financial Disaster

Archaeologists Unearth Cache of Aboriginal Stone Tools Buried in Australia 170 Years Ago

Mysteriously Young 'Mammoth' Fossils Discovered in Alaska Turned Out to Be Whale Bones

These Owls Took a Free Vacation on a Cruise Ship—but Soon They'll Be Heading Home

The Ten Best Children's Books of 2025 Feature a Story of Untrustworthy Fish and a Tribute to a Beloved Bus Driver

Pompeii's Graffiti Captures Every Joke, Boast and Argument of an Ancient Roman City Frozen in Time

Louvre Robbers Escaped With Less Than a Minute to Spare Due to Major Security Fumbles

The Iconic 'Rocky' Statue at the Philadelphia Art Museum Steps Is Still Stirring Up Strong Feelings

Scientists Engineered Cancer-Fighting Cells Inside Patients' Bodies—and Two Early Trials Show Promise