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At 5'9" in length, this enormous Australian specimen has topped the record books.

Humans have found a community of the elusive Highland Wild Dogs for the first time in more than half a century.

English researchers have discovered a way to keep growing stem cells indefinitely, allowing them to mass-produce blood.

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John F. Kennedy's diary houses some surprising views on world affairs.

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Nine notebooks forgotten in a dusty box have uncovered the identity of Detective X, the crime-fighting forensic genius of the 1930s.