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Some of the brightest planets in the night sky are visible right now, with six of them forming a 'planet parade' across the night sky for at least the next month. Just after sunset tonight ...

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All the living former presidents were there and the outgoing president amicably greeted his successor, who gave a speech about the country’s bright future and who left to the blare of a brass ...

Beneath a Veneer of Calm, Trump's Inauguration Holds Warning Signs for US Democracy All the living former presidents were there and the outgoing president amicably greeted his successor, who gave ...

Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons It’s long been rumored that a network of old, underground tunnels lies beneath Cusco, Peru, the capital of the ancient Incan empire. Now ...