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A tomb that may have been built for a close friend of Alexander the Great may be aligned with the winter solstice.

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This statue covered in gold leaf and semiprecious stones may have been used in ancient Mesopotamian sunrise rituals.

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Environmental factors such as lifestyle and the medications you take influence the effects your genes have on your body — and can clarify how diseases develop.

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The new image shows one galaxy piercing another with intense quasar radiation. Astronomers likened the violent galaxy ...