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July 2, 2020

Researchers Examine Plants Brought Back to Life From 32,000-Year-Old Seeds

Thanks to the work of squirrels, researchers in Siberia were able to grow viable Silene stenophylla plants from 32,000-year-old seeds. This incredible event, which happened in 2012, is still having a dramatic event on the scientific community and now Austrian researchers are trying to sequence the plant's DNA to find out how it was able to survive so long.

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June 25, 2020

Ancient Scythian Shoe Preserved for 2,300 Years Discovered in the Altai Mountains

The allure of ancient artifacts has intrigued historians and art historians alike, but rarely do archaeologists come across age-old remnants...

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June 22, 2020

Rare Book Collector Reveals Tibetan Book Printed Before the Gutenberg Bible

The Gutenberg Printing Press truly revolutionized western society with its introduction of mass produced printed materials for a relatively cheap...

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June 16, 2020

Medieval Italian Village Sunken in Lake Will Resurface for the First Time in 27 Years

It’s not every day that you get the chance to the roam the streets of a medieval ghost town, but this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is expected to happen sometime next year. The 12th-century town of Fabbriche di Careggine—which resides in the Lucca Province of Tuscany, Italy—was flooded. When the area was dammed in 1947, the waters that engulfed the village came to be known as Lake Vagli.

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June 13, 2020

5 “Splendiferous” Facts About the Beloved British Author Roald Dahl

It's hard to imagine a writer more inventive than Roald Dahl.

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June 9, 2020

This Rare 1894 Photograph Shows a Young Indigenous Woman Smiling at the Viewer

In the early age of photography, portraits of people were few and far between, but they had one thing in...

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June 8, 2020

Learn How the ‘Federal Art Project’ Gave American Artists Hope During the Great Depression

In 1932, at the height of the Great Depression, American morale was at an all-time low. Reeling from the collapse of the New York Stock Exchange three years prior, the country was in crisis as fifteen million people—roughly a quarter of the country's wage-earners—were out of work.

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June 7, 2020

How John James Audubon Completely Changed the Way We Look at ‘Birds of America’

Birds have long been a source of fascination for artists, but perhaps no artist has had more of an influence...

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June 6, 2020

Raise the Curtains for the Show-Stopping History of Theater

When it comes to the performing arts, the theater often takes center stage.

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May 31, 2020

How Puppetry Has Put on a Spectacular Show for Centuries and Continues to Shine

No performing art is quite as fascinating as puppetry. Blending all kinds of crafts—from acting and animating to design and doll-making—this unique practice holds a special role in the theater tradition. Since making their grand debut thousands of years ago, puppet productions have popped up in art and culture scenes around the world, making them among the oldest—and most widely celebrated—theatrical renditions in history. Want to learn all about puppetry's story?

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