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Galaxy clusters like Abell 2744 can act as a natural cosmic lens, magnifying light from more distant, background objects through gravity. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope may be able to detect light from the first stars in the universe if they are gravitationally lensed by such clusters. (astronomy, space exploration, galaxies)

How Fast Is the Universe Expanding?

Jane Goodall. British ethologist Dr. Jane Goodall (b. 1934) with chimpanzee Freud at Gombe National Park in Tanzania. Goodall researches the chimpanzees of Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania.

10 Women Who Advanced Our Understanding of Life on Earth

The Fortune-Teller, oil on canvas by Georges de La Tour, probably the 1630s; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. (101.9 x 123.5 cm.) (The Fortune Teller)

10 Paintings You Should See at the Met in New York City

Banksy Snorting Copper stenciled graffiti on Curtain Road, in Shoreditch, London taken circa 2005, before it was later vandalised and covered over.

Art Restoration: Beyond Canvas

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Eye. Eyelash. Eyeball. Vision.

7 Vestigial Features of the Human Body

Aurochs. Bos primigenius. Skeleton. Extinct animal. Skeleton of an Aurochs, an extinct wild ox.

6 Animals We Ate Into Extinction

Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Secret Service Agent Listens To Earpiece

Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents

Dancers at a Cinco de Mayo festival at the Mission District, San Francisco, California. (Photo dated 2019.) holidays

Is Cinco de Mayo Mexico's Independence Day?

Portrait of a mountain gorilla at a short distance. gorilla close up portrait.The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)

Falling Stars: 10 of the Most Famous Endangered Species

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Date	1869 - present
Areas Of Involvement	science
Related People	Franz Boas • Margaret Mead • Eugenie Clark • Neil deGrasse Tyson • Roy Chapman Andrews • Carl E. Akeley • Frederic Ward Putnam

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