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Every year, billions of dollars in ancient artifacts and other cultural objects are looted and sold around the world. A new project is training dogs to sniff them out.

Hint: It doesn't happen in the snow.

It's time you started washing these bacteria traps.

The camera allows us a whale's-eye view of the life of a poorly understood species.

According to a physicist, a glaciologist, and kinesiologist.

Tonya Harding (left) and Nancy Kerrigan practice before the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

Tales of scandal, impropriety, and calumny—they're as old as the sport of figure skating itself. Here are a few of the most memorable.

The House of Ideas goes head-to-head against the DC Universe for spandex-clad supremacy.

Although Innsbruck has a well-deserved reputation as a winter sports mecca, it was dangerously low on snow and ice in the weeks leading up the 1964 Games. So the organizers called in the troops.

Like, say, Darth Vader's stunt double.

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The ball is dropped from a height of more than 4 stories.

As researchers work quickly to develop a vaccine for the new coronavirus, let's take a look at the different processes for creating life-saving vaccines for multiple diseases.

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Frederick Douglass was known for being an abolitionist, writer, and dazzling speaker. Here's a selection of some of his great quotes.

Clinical trials show virtually no side effects.

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1. It got the longest standing ovation in New York Film Festival history.

Don't let your eyes deceive you.

This versatile piece of cookware is perfect for making everything from dump cakes to sunny-side up eggs. And if you care for it properly, it will last your whole cooking life.