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Canadian P.M. Trudeau’s State Visit to Washington

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Mercury's Dark Surface Explained

Scientists concluded that deposits of graphite explain Mercury’s dark surface.

Five Years Later: The Great Sendai Earthquake

March 11, 2016, marks the fifth anniversary of one of the largest disasters of modern times, the Great Sendai Earthquake (also known as the Great Tōhoku Earthquake).

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Cubism

Cubism

Courtesy of the Tate Gallery, London, Rights Reserved A.D.A.G.P. Paris, 1972; photograph, G. Roberton/A.C. Cooper Ltd.

Highly influential visual arts style of the 20th century that was created principally by the artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in...

9 Love Stories with Tragic Endings

9 Love Stories with Tragic Endings

Space Exploration: Fact or Fiction?

Space Exploration: Fact or Fiction?

William Eggleston

William Eggleston

Palm Pictures/Everett Collection

American photographer whose straightforward depictions of everyday objects and scenes, many of them in the southern United States, were...

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NYC: Concrete Jungle Quiz

13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird

13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird

10 Places to Visit in the Solar System

10 Places to Visit in the Solar System

United States of America Quiz

United States of America Quiz

8 Hotly Disputed Borders of the World

8 Hotly Disputed Borders of the World

Natural Wonders

Natural Wonders

peacock

peacock

Norman Tomalin/Bruce Coleman Inc.

Any of several resplendent birds of the pheasant family, Phasianidae (order Galliformes). Strictly, the male is a peacock, and the female...

“A grateful mind
By owing owes not,but still pays, at once
Indebted and discharg’d.”

electronic game

electronic game

© Michael S. Yamashita/Corbis

Any interactive game operated by computer circuitry. The machines, or “platforms,” on which electronic games are played include general-purpose shared...

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Sinuous Stream

The picturesque Snake River, the largest tributary of the Columbia River, provides hydropower and recreational opportunities for residents of the Pacific Northwest.

John Wang/Getty Images

The Twelve Apostles

The Twelve Apostles are but one of the natural wonders of Australia's Victoria state, which contains a rich variety of landscapes, from alpine plateaus to sandy deserts.

© Lisa Lubin/www.llworldtour.com

Umbrian Capital

The Italian city of Perugia lies on an irregular cluster of hills overlooking the Umbrian and central Tiber valleys.

© Lisa Lubin/www.llworldtour.com

The Highlands

The Scottish Highlands, where Gaelic customs and language survive, are one of Scotland's three topographic areas and are bisected by the fault line of Glen Mor.

Sinuous Stream

The Twelve Apostles

Umbrian Capital

The Highlands

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11 Adorable Pocket-size Frogs

11 Adorable Pocket-size Frogs

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New 7 Wonders of the World

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Carnivorous Plants

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Alain has been writing a weekly interview column for the Italian newspaper La Stampa since 1989. His interviews celebrate some of the best known and successful personalities of the present day.

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