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40 Years On From Chernobyl, The "Claw Of Death" Is Still Abuzz With Dangerous Levels Of RadiationThe so-called Claw Of Death from the Chernobyl disaster in the town Pripyat

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40 Years On From Chernobyl, The "Claw Of Death" Is Still Abuzz With Dangerous Levels Of RadiationThe so-called Claw Of Death from the Chernobyl disaster in the town Pripyat
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40 Years On From Chernobyl, The "Claw Of Death" Is Still Abuzz With Dangerous Levels Of Radiation

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Tsutomu Yamaguchi – The Only Person Officially Recognized For Surviving Two Atomic BombsTwo photos set next to one another. On the left is the skeletal remains of what was once a multi-storied building. There is a dome in its center which has been stripped to its frame while the surrounding walls are the only other things left standing. There is rubble all around the building and a river visible in the background. In the right hand photo, a large metal bell stands on its side, surrounded by rubble. A large broken church wall is visible behind it.

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Tsutomu Yamaguchi – The Only Person Officially Recognized For Surviving Two Atomic BombsTwo photos set next to one another. On the left is the skeletal remains of what was once a multi-storied building. There is a dome in its center which has been stripped to its frame while the surrounding walls are the only other things left standing. There is rubble all around the building and a river visible in the background. In the right hand photo, a large metal bell stands on its side, surrounded by rubble. A large broken church wall is visible behind it.
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Tsutomu Yamaguchi – The Only Person Officially Recognized For Surviving Two Atomic Bombs

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South America Was The Last Continent To Be Settled By Humans, And The Early Colonizers Had Links To AustralasiaIndigenous Guarani

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South America Was The Last Continent To Be Settled By Humans, And The Early Colonizers Had Links To AustralasiaIndigenous Guarani
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South America Was The Last Continent To Be Settled By Humans, And The Early Colonizers Had Links To Australasia

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Areni-1 Is The Oldest Shoe Of Its Kind Ever Found – And It Pretty Much Shouldn't ExistA picture of the Areni 1 shoe on display.

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Areni-1 Is The Oldest Shoe Of Its Kind Ever Found – And It Pretty Much Shouldn't ExistA picture of the Areni 1 shoe on display.
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Areni-1 Is The Oldest Shoe Of Its Kind Ever Found – And It Pretty Much Shouldn't Exist

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“The Old ‘Did Neanderthals Even Speak?’ Question" Is "Very Hard To Sustain”: Genetic Hardware For Language Abilities Evolved Long Before Modern Humans AppearedNeanderthal skull

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“The Old ‘Did Neanderthals Even Speak?’ Question" Is "Very Hard To Sustain”: Genetic Hardware For Language Abilities Evolved Long Before Modern Humans AppearedNeanderthal skull
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“The Old ‘Did Neanderthals Even Speak?’ Question" Is "Very Hard To Sustain”: Genetic Hardware For Language Abilities Evolved Long Before Modern Humans Appeared

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The Old Brutish Image Of Neanderthals Was Linked To One Fossil – But It Was A Total Red HerringNeanderthal, prehistoric caveman

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The Old Brutish Image Of Neanderthals Was Linked To One Fossil – But It Was A Total Red HerringNeanderthal, prehistoric caveman
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The Old Brutish Image Of Neanderthals Was Linked To One Fossil – But It Was A Total Red Herring

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7,500-Year-Old "Neanderthal-Human Hybrid" Skull Turns Out To Be Something DifferentHuman skull bone from Hahnofersand

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7,500-Year-Old "Neanderthal-Human Hybrid" Skull Turns Out To Be Something DifferentHuman skull bone from Hahnofersand
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7,500-Year-Old "Neanderthal-Human Hybrid" Skull Turns Out To Be Something Different

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"Synthetic Organic Molecule" Found Inside Martian Meteorite, Physicists Measured The Strength Of Black Hole Jets, And Much More This WeekAll the biggest science news stories of the week.

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Unethical Experiments That Shook The WorldThe Tuskegee syphilis study

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Unethical Experiments That Shook The World

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Neanderthal DNA Continues To Shape Our Brains And Influence Our Mental HealthNeanderthal man and human brain

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Neanderthal DNA Continues To Shape Our Brains And Influence Our Mental HealthNeanderthal man and human brain
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Neanderthal DNA Continues To Shape Our Brains And Influence Our Mental Health

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Neanderthal Kids In Germany May Have Hunted Tiny Turtles – But Probably Not To EatA European pond turtle sunning itself on a rock.

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Neanderthal Kids In Germany May Have Hunted Tiny Turtles – But Probably Not To EatA European pond turtle sunning itself on a rock.
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Neanderthal Kids In Germany May Have Hunted Tiny Turtles – But Probably Not To Eat

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Massive Neanderthal Baby Shows How Different They Were To Modern Human InfantsBaby holding adult thumb

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Massive Neanderthal Baby Shows How Different They Were To Modern Human InfantsBaby holding adult thumb
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Massive Neanderthal Baby Shows How Different They Were To Modern Human Infants

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In The 19th Century, People Really Freaked Out About Buttons (And They Were Kind Of Right To)close up angled shot of some buttons inside an elevator

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In The 19th Century, People Really Freaked Out About Buttons (And They Were Kind Of Right To)close up angled shot of some buttons inside an elevator
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In The 19th Century, People Really Freaked Out About Buttons (And They Were Kind Of Right To)

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350 Kilometers Of Ancient Roads – Dating Back 2,700 Years – Discovered In The AmazonA modern road in the Amazon

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350 Kilometers Of Ancient Roads – Dating Back 2,700 Years – Discovered In The AmazonA modern road in the Amazon
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350 Kilometers Of Ancient Roads – Dating Back 2,700 Years – Discovered In The Amazon

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Why Do Humans Have Such Long Childhoods?silhouettes of children playing

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Why Do Humans Have Such Long Childhoods?silhouettes of children playing
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Why Do Humans Have Such Long Childhoods?

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