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Archaeologists Say They've Detected the Largest Stand-Alone Ancient Roman Villa Ever Unearthed in Wales

A Robot Is Unraveling the Secrets of How Some Bats Bounce Sound Waves Off Leaves to Find Insect Prey

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This Plant Produces Plump, Fake Berries to Trick Birds Into Spreading Its Offspring Far and Wide

A Sprawling Sculpture Garden Featuring Modern Masterpieces Is Coming to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

Oscar Wilde's Portraits, Poems, Letters and Manuscripts Head to Auction 125 Years After His Death

Hundreds of Ancient Roman Blade Sharpeners Emerge From a Riverbank in England, Revealing the Ruins of a 2,000-Year-Old Whetstone Factory

A Cow Named Veronika Can Scratch Her Back With a Broom. Watch the Video That Scientists Are Calling the First Documented Evidence of Cattle Using Tools

This Dinosaur May Have Used Its Strange Clawed Hands to Pilfer and Pierce Eggs

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