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This Arctic Ichthyosaur Should Not Exist
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A marine reptile fossil from Svalbard challenges ideas about evolution and Earth’s greatest mass extinction.

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Stories in the Stones: How to Read a Gravestone With Dr. Elise M. Ciregna
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Panathenaic Stadium Passage
Athens, Greece
Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.

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