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A 105-mile-long city will snake through the Saudi desert. Is that a good idea?

It will cost hundreds of billions of dollars to build.

“Not here for some agrarian fantasy”

Arizona plays a big role in providing Americans with fresh greens year-round, and its farmers are feeling the pressure to keep that going while cutting down on water. It’s also not an easy place to start farming from scratch.

We know Greek statues weren't white. Now you can see them in color.

"For some, it will be a shock," said Max Hollein, the director of the museum. "But one has to understand that our current, whitewashed idea of Greek and Roman antiquity is wrong. It's false."

The Large Hadron Collider will embark on a third run to uncover more cosmic secrets

Scientists plan to restart the particle accelerator this month to possibly better understand cosmic unknowns like dark matter.

A mummified baby mammoth was found in Canada with intact hair, skin and tusks

Despite being buried for over 30,000 years, the baby mammoth found in Canada's Yukon territory still had hair, skin and tusks intact.

What tiny towns in rural America can teach the cities about adaptation

"We'd spend 10-11 hours in the car, all day long, and travel from town to town. And I guess we started to see patterns develop."

A sighting reveals extinction and climate change in a single image

Alaska's Koyukuk River was the site of an interesting discovery.

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