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Why Leonardo da Vinci’s brilliance endures, 500 years after his death

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Why Leonardo da Vinci’s brilliance endures, 500 years after his death

Blurring the lines: how to spot a Da Vinci painting

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Blurring the lines: how to spot a Da Vinci painting

Baby fish are eating plastic. We don't know the consequences

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Planet or Plastic?

Baby fish are eating plastic. We don't know the consequences

How one of Africa’s great parks is rebounding from war

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Last Wild Places

How one of Africa’s great parks is rebounding from war

When wildfires break out, this elite team of ‘smokejumpers’ parachute in

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When wildfires break out, this elite team of ‘smokejumpers’ parachute in

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These tiny fish reveal our oceans’ biggest problem: plastic

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Planet or Plastic?

These tiny fish reveal our oceans’ biggest problem: plastic

Spring blooms to life in this elaborate Spanish ritual

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Spring blooms to life in this elaborate Spanish ritual

Girls sit for hours on flower altars in this ancient tradition.

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From diamonds to rockets, mourning the dead has gotten high-tech

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The Big Idea

From diamonds to rockets, mourning the dead has gotten high-tech

What’s keeping scientists from vanquishing Ebola?

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What’s keeping scientists from vanquishing Ebola?

What happens to brains in space, and more breakthroughs

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Breakthroughs

What happens to brains in space, and more breakthroughs

See which countries fund the most scientific research

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See which countries fund the most scientific research

See how spiders ‘fly’ for hundreds of miles

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See how spiders ‘fly’ for hundreds of miles

Hint: It involves Earth's electric field.

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From hammers to anvils: 10 tools you need to make horseshoes

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From hammers to anvils: 10 tools you need to make horseshoes

One of the snowiest places on Earth is losing its glaciers

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Atlas

One of the snowiest places on Earth is losing its glaciers

This toad’s sex life hinges on finding the perfect pool

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Basic Instincts

This toad’s sex life hinges on finding the perfect pool

They perform an essential health service—in secret

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They perform an essential health service—in secret

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