Available since 2012, the handheld gadgets are being retired in favor of a new system—but so far, the Paris museum hasn't revealed any details about the replacement

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16.09.2025

David Bowie Spent His Final Months Writing a Musical Inspired by Satire and Crime in 18th-Century London

Archivists discovered notes for the project, called "The Spectator," in the artist's New York City office after he died in 2016

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16.09.2025

Archaeologists in Albania Unearth Tomb Belonging to an Upper-Class Roman Who Died 1,700 Years Ago

The limestone chamber is marked with inscriptions identifying the deceased and honoring the deity Jupiter. Officials say it's the first tomb of its kind to be found in the country

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16.09.2025

These Long-Lost 17th-Century Paintings Were Looted by the Nazis. They Just Surfaced at an Ohio Auction House

The still lifes were part of the Schloss collection, which was seized in 1943. Auction house officials halted the sale when they learned of the artworks' suspected provenance

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16.09.2025

Asteroid-Deflecting Missions May Need to Hit Asteroids in the Perfect Spots to Prevent Future Collisions

NASA's DART mission proved we are able to change an asteroid's path by smashing a spacecraft into it, but exactly where we hit a rocky body is important

Smithsonian Magazine

16.09.2025

Fiji's Ants Are Struggling. Scientists Say They're Part of the Broader 'Insect Apocalypse'

New research finds that 79 percent of Fiji's endemic ant species—those that are native to and only found on the archipelago—are in decline

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16.09.2025

Scientists Map the Ways Octopuses Use Their Complex Arms, Revealing Preferences for Certain Tasks

The cephalopods appear to favor using their front arms, according to a new study, though their back arms help with locomotion

Smithsonian Magazine

13.09.2025

London’s National Gallery Will Officially Begin Collecting Artworks Created After 1900

The decision ends a longstanding agreement between the National Gallery and the Tate concerning what kinds of art each museum will target

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13.09.2025

Metal Barrels Dumped Off the Coast of Los Angeles Are Encircled by Mysterious White Halos—and Scientists Think They Finally Know Why

At least some of the barrels contain caustic alkaline waste, which has made the surrounding ecosystems inhospitable to most life forms, a new study suggests

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13.09.2025

New Helmet-Shaped Device Could One Day Treat Conditions Such as Parkinson's Without Invasive Surgery, Scientists Suggest

In a first-of-its-kind achievement, researchers non-invasively and precisely directed ultrasound beams to target a location deep within the brain

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13.09.2025

NASA Discovers 'Clearest Sign' Yet of Ancient Life on Mars in a Rock Studied by the Perseverance Rover

Minerals in the rock might have been produced by microbes in chemical reactions, but researchers say they’ll need to examine the sample more closely to know for sure

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13.09.2025

The Best-Preserved Viking Ship in the World Just Survived Its Treacherous Final Journey

For more than ten years, experts have been painstakingly planning to move three 1,000-year-old vessels—the “Oseberg,” “Gokstad” and “Tune”—about 115 yards to their new home in Oslo

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13.09.2025

Large Groups Came Together for Grand Feasts at the End of the Bronze Age in Britain

After analyzing bone fragments found in millennia-old trash piles, researchers say that people may have brought livestock from far and wide to consume in the south

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12.09.2025

See How Divers Clean This Statue of Jesus Christ Submerged Nearly 60 Feet Below the Surface of the Mediterranean

Located off the coast of northern Italy, "Christ of the Abyss" was installed in 1954 to commemorate lives lost at sea. The statue receives a routine cleaning every year

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12.09.2025

Scientists Want Your Help to Track the Spread of Invasive Joro Spiders at Great Smoky Mountains National Park

The invasive arachnids were first spotted in the park last year, and now, researchers hope to keep tabs on when and where they occur

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12.09.2025

The Vatican Puts Environmental Preaching Into Practice at New Ecological Center in Italy

The 136-acre Borgo Laudato Si has a greenhouse, farm animals and educational facilities

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12.09.2025

Was Venice's Iconic Winged Lion of St. Mark's Square Made in Ancient China?

New research suggests that the famous bronze statue may have originally guarded a Chinese tomb before arriving in Venice in the late 13th century

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12.09.2025

Astronomers Discover Unusual, Long-Lasting Gamma-Ray Explosion Outside Our Galaxy That Appeared Several Times Throughout a Day

The burst seems to have been caused by a highly extraordinary event, but scientists don’t yet know exactly what that could be

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11.09.2025

This Deep-Sea Fish Has Teeth on Its Forehead—and It Uses Them for Sex

Researchers suggest the rows of pointed structures on the heads of spotted ratfish are true teeth, offering the first known example of teeth located outside the jaw

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11.09.2025

Divers Find a Well-Preserved Roman Helmet From the Naval Battle That Ended a Punic War

The Montefortino-style headwear was found with its cheek guards intact

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11.09.2025

'Once in a Lifetime': Rare 'Virgin Birth' of Eight Iguana Babies Surprises Zookeepers in England

A female casque-headed iguana produced live hatchlings even though she has never shared an enclosure with a male

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11.09.2025

The Skull of an Ancient Brown Bear Tells a Story of Brutality and Abuse at the Hands of Roman Entertainers

The bear was caught in the Balkans and caged for years to perform in an amphitheater

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11.09.2025

Curator Rediscovers Tenth-Century 'Portrait' of a Viking With an 'Unusual, Ornate Hairstyle'

First unearthed in 1797, the small gaming piece was kept in storage at the National Museum of Denmark for more than 200 years until curator Peter Pentz found it

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11.09.2025

Rodents Conquered the World With the Help of Their Thumbnails, Study Suggests

The trait might have given rodents greater manual dexterity, allowing them to access new foods, such as nuts

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11.09.2025

A Blockbuster Trove of Dada and Surrealist Masterpieces Arrives at the Met

Donated by a billionaire trustee, the Bluff Collection features key works by artists like Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp

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11.09.2025

A New Vaccine Could Help Save Australia's Beloved Koalas From Chlamydia, and It Just Got Approved

The disease causes blindness, infertility, severe urinary tract infections and death in the iconic, furry marsupials, which are also threatened by habitat loss

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11.09.2025

A Rare Jane Austen Letter Is Heading to Auction

One of the English novelist's poems and a first edition of her book "Emma" are also up for grabs during an upcoming Sotheby's sale

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10.09.2025

Christie's Helped Drive the Art World's NFT Craze. Now, the Auction House Is Shutting Down Its Digital Art Division

Once a booming sector, the nonfungible token art market has been contracting for years

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10.09.2025

Did the Dwarf Planet Ceres Once Host Life? Astronomers Suggest Chemical Energy Could Have Fueled Microbes Long Ago

Though no direct evidence of life has been found, models suggest Ceres had hot water shooting into its underground oceans billions of years ago, offering potentially hospitable conditions

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10.09.2025

Biologists Discover Surprisingly Cute Deep-Sea Fish Species Off the Coast of California

Meet the bumpy snailfish—described by scientists as "adorable"—as well as the dark snailfish and sleek snailfish, all of which thrive thousands of feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean

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10.09.2025

Seaweed Piles Are Slowing Down Sea Turtle Hatchlings as They Make the Dangerous Trek to the Ocean

In Florida, large mats of sargassum are increasingly washing ashore, creating another obstacle for loggerhead, leatherback and green sea turtles, new research suggests

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09.09.2025

Scientists Investigate the Bacteria That Colonized Extinct Mammoths—and Uncover the Oldest Known Microbial DNA From a Host

Some of the microbes might have been benign or helpful, while others could have caused deadly diseases

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09.09.2025

Joseph McNeil, Member of 'Greensboro Four' Who Protested Segregation at Lunch Counters, Dies at 83

McNeil and three other Black freshmen held a famous sit-in at Woolworth’s in 1960, which inspired peaceful protests across the country

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09.09.2025

Sweden Releases an Official Cultural Canon That Features IKEA and 'Pippi Longstocking'—but Not ABBA

Critics of the list, which features 100 artworks and other cultural creations from before 1975, say the selections are exclusionary

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09.09.2025

Man Who Tried to Smuggle 600 Looted Ancient Egyptian Artifacts in Three Checked Suitcases Is Going to Prison

Ashraf Omar Eldarir failed to declare the stolen goods when he entered the United States through New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport in 2020

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09.09.2025

These Ant Queens Seem to Defy Biology: They Lay Eggs That Hatch Into Another Species

Iberian harvester ant queens produce offspring of their own species and of the builder harvester ant, seemingly by cloning males

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The World's Oldest Mummies Might Be These Smoke-Dried, 12,000-Year-Old Skeletons From Southeast Asia

Long-Lost Rubens Painting of Jesus Christ's Crucifixion Discovered in a Paris Mansion

Swarm of Invasive Spotted Lanternflies Shows Up on Weather Radar Around Washington, D.C., Meteorologists Say

Here’s How to See Saturn at Its Best and Brightest This Month

The Louvre Stops Renting Out Nintendo 3DS Consoles, Which Helped Visitors Navigate the Massive Museum for 13 Years

David Bowie Spent His Final Months Writing a Musical Inspired by Satire and Crime in 18th-Century London

Archaeologists in Albania Unearth Tomb Belonging to an Upper-Class Roman Who Died 1,700 Years Ago

These Long-Lost 17th-Century Paintings Were Looted by the Nazis. They Just Surfaced at an Ohio Auction House

Asteroid-Deflecting Missions May Need to Hit Asteroids in the Perfect Spots to Prevent Future Collisions

Fiji's Ants Are Struggling. Scientists Say They're Part of the Broader 'Insect Apocalypse'

Scientists Map the Ways Octopuses Use Their Complex Arms, Revealing Preferences for Certain Tasks

London’s National Gallery Will Officially Begin Collecting Artworks Created After 1900

Metal Barrels Dumped Off the Coast of Los Angeles Are Encircled by Mysterious White Halos—and Scientists Think They Finally Know Why

New Helmet-Shaped Device Could One Day Treat Conditions Such as Parkinson's Without Invasive Surgery, Scientists Suggest

NASA Discovers 'Clearest Sign' Yet of Ancient Life on Mars in a Rock Studied by the Perseverance Rover

The Best-Preserved Viking Ship in the World Just Survived Its Treacherous Final Journey

Large Groups Came Together for Grand Feasts at the End of the Bronze Age in Britain

See How Divers Clean This Statue of Jesus Christ Submerged Nearly 60 Feet Below the Surface of the Mediterranean

Scientists Want Your Help to Track the Spread of Invasive Joro Spiders at Great Smoky Mountains National Park

The Vatican Puts Environmental Preaching Into Practice at New Ecological Center in Italy

Was Venice's Iconic Winged Lion of St. Mark's Square Made in Ancient China?

Astronomers Discover Unusual, Long-Lasting Gamma-Ray Explosion Outside Our Galaxy That Appeared Several Times Throughout a Day

This Deep-Sea Fish Has Teeth on Its Forehead—and It Uses Them for Sex

Divers Find a Well-Preserved Roman Helmet From the Naval Battle That Ended a Punic War

'Once in a Lifetime': Rare 'Virgin Birth' of Eight Iguana Babies Surprises Zookeepers in England

The Skull of an Ancient Brown Bear Tells a Story of Brutality and Abuse at the Hands of Roman Entertainers

Curator Rediscovers Tenth-Century 'Portrait' of a Viking With an 'Unusual, Ornate Hairstyle'

Rodents Conquered the World With the Help of Their Thumbnails, Study Suggests

A Blockbuster Trove of Dada and Surrealist Masterpieces Arrives at the Met

A New Vaccine Could Help Save Australia's Beloved Koalas From Chlamydia, and It Just Got Approved

A Rare Jane Austen Letter Is Heading to Auction

Christie's Helped Drive the Art World's NFT Craze. Now, the Auction House Is Shutting Down Its Digital Art Division

Did the Dwarf Planet Ceres Once Host Life? Astronomers Suggest Chemical Energy Could Have Fueled Microbes Long Ago

Biologists Discover Surprisingly Cute Deep-Sea Fish Species Off the Coast of California

Seaweed Piles Are Slowing Down Sea Turtle Hatchlings as They Make the Dangerous Trek to the Ocean

Scientists Investigate the Bacteria That Colonized Extinct Mammoths—and Uncover the Oldest Known Microbial DNA From a Host

Joseph McNeil, Member of 'Greensboro Four' Who Protested Segregation at Lunch Counters, Dies at 83

Sweden Releases an Official Cultural Canon That Features IKEA and 'Pippi Longstocking'—but Not ABBA

Man Who Tried to Smuggle 600 Looted Ancient Egyptian Artifacts in Three Checked Suitcases Is Going to Prison

These Ant Queens Seem to Defy Biology: They Lay Eggs That Hatch Into Another Species

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