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Cheery Skeleton Mosaic Found in Turkey Says, "Enjoy Your Life" [UPDATED]

Reclining by a wine jug and a portion of bread, a cup in one bony hand, the skeleton on a 3rd-century BCE mosaic discovered in Turkey has a simple message for its viewers: "Be cheerful, enjoy your life."

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Iran Forces Jailed Artist to Undergo Virginity and Pregnancy Tests [UPDATED]

The Iranian artist sentenced to 12 years and nine months in prison for her satirical cartoons critical of the Iranian government was forced to repeatedly undergo virginity and pregnancy tests last year.

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The Most Beautiful Subway Station in the World: NYC Pays Tribute to Prince

Travelers through the Prince Street subway station in Manhattan yesterday may have looked twice at its signage that was temporarily transformed into a memorial for the late Prince.

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Damien Hirst's Pickled Animals May Have Leaked Carcinogenic Fumes [UPDATED]

Damien's Hirst's formaldehyde-filled installations don't just ooze money and pretension — some may also leak potentially dangerous gas.

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Harriet Tubman Bumps Slave-Owning Andrew Jackson Off Front of $20 Bill

The president who signed the Indian Removal Act, which pushed thousands of indigenous people off their land through events like the Trail of Tears, and owned over 100 slaves, will finally get his own removal from his central place on the American $20 bill.

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Street Artist Plants Secret Rooms in Milan’s Abandoned Manholes

Throughout the Lodi district of Milan, Italy, artist Biancoshock has transformed abandoned manholes into miniature subterranean rooms.

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Activists Strap Artist-Made Pollution Masks on London's Statues

From Buckingham Palace's white marble Queen Victoria to the famous aluminum Eros in Piccadilly Circus, high-profile statues of historical and mythical figures across London have become central participants in an air pollution protest.

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Colombian Activists Put Masks on Botero Sculptures to Protest Pollution

Activists protesting severe pollution levels in Medellín, Colombia, aired their concerns last week with a striking public gesture: they strapped giant face masks onto a number of Fernando Botero sculptures in the famous Botero Plaza.

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Art Basel Miami Beach Stabber Was Motivated by Irrational Fear of ISIS

The woman who stabbed a fairgoer at Art Basel Miami Beach last year has been deported to her native China and will not be able to return to the US again.

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Lawsuit Forces Closure of Only Museum Devoted to Tiananmen Square Protests

The world's first and only permanent museum dedicated to China's Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 will shutter by the end of the year, with organizers citing political reasons for the closure.

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An Animated Guide to the Bronze Age Technique of Lost-Wax Casting

Lost-wax casting, a sculpting technique dating to the Chalcolithic period, is an elaborate process.

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Scientists Can Now Store Digital Images in DNA

The amount of data in the digital universe — including vast collections of computer files, historic archives, movies, photo collections, and other digital information stored on devices worldwide — is expected to hit 44 trillion gigabytes by 2020.