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January 3, 2023

Hidden Self-Portrait of Vincent Van Gogh Discovered Behind Painting 

More than a century after his death, Vincent Van Gogh is continuing to delight art enthusiasts with new masterpieces. Experts at the National Galleries of Scotland discovered a never-before-seen self-portrait of the late artist while X-raying another of Van Gogh’s paintings, “Head of a Peasant Woman,” before putting it on display.  When “Head of a […]

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a conservator sits with "Head of a Peasant Woman," the van Gogh painting behind which a hidden self-portrait was discovered. An X-ray image of the self-portrait is displayed on a screen next to her.

A Long-Lost Species — the “True Giant Wombat” — Has Been Discovered in Australia

Unless you’ve visited Australia, you’ve probably never seen a wombat out in the wild. These stout quadrupedal marsupials — only found in the land down under — measure an average of about 40 inches in length and weigh between 55 and 88 pounds.  The extinct diprotodon, commonly referred to as the “giant wombat,” was much

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Close up of wombat in Narawntapu national park, Australia
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