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A Northern California man's elaborate ruse to purloin ancient Chinese manuscripts involved fakery and back-to-back flights to ...

It puts the South Korean capital firmly on the city-break map, offering a thrilling mix of skyscrapers, temples, neon-lit ...

The Caspian Sea occupies an unusual place on the map. It carries the name of a sea, stretches beyond the horizon in every ...

Ancient DNA from Shimao reveals local origins, broad prehistoric connections, a patrilineal social structure, and ...

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A new digital platform developed under the leadership of CIIMAR is making Portugal's marine biodiversity more accessible by bringing together thousands of biological resources into a single access ...