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A Banksy Museum opens in NYC, but without Banksy’s blessings

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A coin hoard of over 2,000 medieval coins has been found near Kutnohorsk in the Czech Republic

One of world’s rarest whales sighted off California coast

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DARPA has committed further funding for far-field wireless power transfer

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Crows can count out loud, startling study reveals

Clinical trial to assess world first methamphetamine withdrawal treatment

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Inside San Pedro, Bolivia’s Notorious Prison Run by Inmates

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