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Inside the mystical world of crop circle tourism

Reports of these strange circular designs date back hundreds of years in Europe. For crop circle enthusiasts, or "croppies," the epicenter is the rural English county of Wiltshire—which also happens to be home to Stonehenge.

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PHOTOGRAPH BY CRAIG CUTLER AND BRIAN BROWN

Hundreds of new and unusual insects were just discovered in the Amazon

Insects are to the animal kingdom what the deep sea is to Earth: largely unknown to science. "We think because we know the birds and the mammals that we've already discovered what's on this planet. In fact, we've just scratched the surface."

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Alien hunters detected a mysterious signal from a nearby star

The as-yet unexplained radio signal appears to be coming from a small red star roughly 4.2 light-years away called Proxima Centauri. While it's likely not a telegram from E.T., it's helping astronomers refine their search techniques.

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The real story behind the infamous mutiny on the H.M.S. Bounty

On April 28, 1789, a British naval crew mounted a legendary rebellion, spawning five feature films in the 20th century alone. But here's what happened afterward—from marooned mutineers to court-martials.

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ILLUSTRATION BY OSCAR SANISIDRO

You've never seen a shark like this before

The 95-million-year-old fossil, with manta ray-like "wings," has paleontologists wondering if other ancient sharks could have also had peculiar body shapes.

ILLUSTRATION BY GARETH FULLER

An incredibly detailed, hand-drawn map of Beijing

Artist Gareth Fuller spent a year walking and cycling the roads and back alleys of Beijing, meticulously drawing a map of the city as it exists—and as it could look in the future.

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A mistake can often be excellent.

Gareth Fuller

Map artist

From See Beijing in this incredibly detailed, hand-drawn map

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The pharaoh at the center of one of Egypt's biggest finds

Remarkable artworks unearthed in the early 1900s celebrate Menkaure, the sixth ruler of Egypt’s 4th dynasty.

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