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Galileo’s 2 missing fingers, tooth found

Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display. Full story

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Scientists circulated beams of protons in the world's largest atom smasher Friday night for the first time after a year of repairs. Full story



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"Earthrise" seen by the Apollo 8 astronauts in December 1968. Credit: NASA.
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