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Temple of Doom: Scientists Discover Peruvian Tomb Filled with Mummies, Infants

If this isn’t the opening scene of the next installment of ‘The Mummy,’ we don’t know what is.

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Discovery of World’s Largest ‘Dinosaur Eggs’ Hatches Doubt

Russia has laid claim to 40 fossilized dinosaur eggs, but paleontologists say the facts are scrambled

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Space Shuttle Discovery Makes Its Final Voyage

After 39 missions — the most of any space shuttle — Discovery takes its final journey to the National Air & Space Museum, where it will be on permanent display.

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New Section of Great Wall Discovered in Mongolia

A British explorer unearths an extension of the world wonder, the first section believed to exist outside China’s borders

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Cowboy Frogs and Crayola Crickets: 46 New Species Found in Suriname

Forty-six new species were discovered by scientists on a three-week expedition in 2010, environmental nonprofit Conservation International announced on Tuesday.

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Scuba Diver’s Body Discovered, 17 Years After His Disappearance

On July 10, 1994, Donald Christopher Windecker set out for a dive in Lake Tahoe. He never returned. (via Los Angeles Times)

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Gone in a Flash: New Fossil May Prove an Asteroid Wiped Out the Dinosaurs

A recently discovered dinosaur fossil might prove once and for all that dinosaurs went out with a bang.

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Now Landing: NASA’s Retired Space Shuttles Heading to Museums

On the 30th anniversary of the first space shuttle launch, NASA announced the final resting place of four retired spacecrafts today.

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Hey, Look! It’s a New Book! ‘Lost’ Dr. Seuss Stories to be Published

Random House has uncovered seven Seuss stories that were published in magazines in the 1950s but have never appeared as books. Acceptable reactions include “Happy as a clam, I am!” and “Oh, the fun words I’ll get to say!” 

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Ancient Human Bones Discovered in Florida Woman’s Backyard

It’s not every day that a backyard becomes a site of archaeological significance, but that’s exactly what happened in the Florida Keys.