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The chamber holds a stone coffin engraved with the physician’s name and titles, which include "director of medicinal plants" ...

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Cast your vote for your favorite of the photographs, which are all contenders for the People’s Choice award, through January ...

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The brain's waste-removal process is "like turning on the dishwasher," a neurologist says, but common sleep medications may ...

The royal treasures were stashed away at the beginning of World War II. Experts knew the trove existed, but previous attempts ...

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Axial Seamount doesn’t pose a threat to humans, but observing what happens before and after its potential eruption could help ...

Snowdrifts stranded the vehicle in the Sierra Nevada in January 1952, imprisoning 226 people traveling from Chicago to ...