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We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?

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A 6-foot-tall Ceratosaurus fossil is going up for auction at Sotheby’s this July. Find out what makes this dinosaur so rare and valuable.

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It’s time to play Tune Twist, where we translate the lyrics of popular songs into multiple languages and then back into ...

Health and illness are recurring themes in the history of art—they’ve been portrayed in a multitude of ways over the ...

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