Historic penguin sketches found
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Penguin sketches by Captain Scott and Ernest Shackleton are found in a  Cambridge University basement.
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Travel: How did some of Britain's finest art end up on a tiny outpost in the North Sea? Fiona MacLeod reports
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A suitcase thought to be full of long-lost Beatles material turns out to be full of photocopies
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Exploring the family tree in search of roots (or royal family connections).
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A dancing penguin was king of the Thanksgiving birds among
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The New York Public Library's show of prints by the English satirist crosses the line between interesting artifact and still-exciting art.
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Berlin's celebrity polar bear Knut has to move over again Â not only has his Nuremburg counterpart Flocke stolen photographers' attention, now puzzles, games and a soft toy in the image of the fluffy 2-month-old cub are ready for release.
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Modern imaging techniques have revealed some new information about the earliest biblical passage ever found in ancient artifacts.
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The Calayan Rail, Gallirallus calayaensis, discovered by scientists in the northern tip of Babuyan islands in the Philippines archipelago. Photo: Des Allen/AP.
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A detailed survey of ancient cave carvings at a site first discovered last year in Nottinghamshire, England, reveals the etchings may be some of most elaborate Ice Age art ever found.
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By WILL JONES  Kevin Turner hadn't understood the parental pressure of a penguin until he tried walking with a wooden egg on his shoetops.
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Science & environment: Â· Scientists shed new light on disputed skeleton findÂ· Bone analysis supports distinct species theory
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Literary archivists have discovered a long-lost work by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the British poet who spearheaded the Romantic movement, scribbled around 200 years ago in the margins of a book, a report said.
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Tycho:  I uploaded the comic early, as many of you noticed.  I entered the wrong number in the update field.  You may also have noticed that the spelling in these posts has really gone to hell.  So, that's numbers and letters.  I hope to one day discover a set of pictograms with which I can manage some baseline fucking proficiency.
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A 16-billion-pixel image of the famous painting goes online after a challenging digitization process.
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The family of missing British child Madeleine McCann released two sketches today of a man who may be linked to her disappearance last May from a holiday resort in Portugal.
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By By Will Jones, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.  Jun. 8--Kevin Turner hadn't understood the parental pressure of a penguin until he tried walking with a wooden egg on his shoetops.