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Ancient Skeleton Shows Proof of Tuberculosis
An international team of researchers reported Wednesday the discovery of tuberculosis in a 9,000-year-old human skeleton found off the coast of Israel....
An international team of researchers reported Wednesday the discovery of tuberculosis in a 9,000-year-old human skeleton found off the coast of Israel....
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Fires Near Los Angeles, California.
Driven by powerful Santa Ana winds, wildfires raged near Los Angeles, California, in mid-October 2008. Not only did the winds fan the fires’ flames, they also sent the smoke far out to sea. The Mode...
Phoenix Weathers Dust Storm.
This is an image of Mars taken from orbit by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's Mars Color Imager (MARCI). The Red Planet's polar ice-cap is in the middle of the image. Captured in this image is a 37,0...
Exposing Mercury’s Colors.
To the human eye, Mercury shows little color variation, especially in comparison to a colorful planet like Earth. But when images taken through many color filters are used in combination, differences ...
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My goal is simple. It is complete understanding of the universe, why it as it is and why it exists as all. - Stephen Hawking
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October 15, 1951
"I Love Lucy" debuted on CBS-TV. For the next 20 years, Lucille Ball would be a TV regular. She did take off for one year: 1956. She starred in "Damn Yankees" on Broadway that year.
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