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Los moldes de yeso de lo que se cree eran un hombre rico y su esclavo que huían de la erupción del volcán Vesuvio hace casi 2.000 años se ven en lo que era una finca elegante en las afueras de la antigua ciudad romana de Pompeya, destruida por la erupción de 79 d.C. Excavaciones recientes los sacaron a la luz, dijeron autoridades del parque arqueológico el sábado 21 de noviembre de 2020
ITALIA-POMPEYA CADAVERES ANTIGUOS, Pompeii, Italy - 19 Nov 2020

Incredibly preserved bodies of two men discovered in Pompeii

End of year roundup: The non-COVID science that brought us joy in 2020 © Getty Images

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End of year roundup: The non-COVID science that brought us joy in 2020

Scientists investigate higher proportion of coronavirus cases in children © Getty

Scientists investigate higher proportion of coronavirus cases in children

COVID-19: What is the new variant of coronavirus? © Getty Images

COVID-19 What is the new variant of coronavirus?

Life will not 'go back to normal' until at least half the population is vaccinated © Getty Images

Life will not ‘go back to normal’ until at least half the population is vaccinated

Follow Father Christmas around the globe this Christmas Eve with NORAD’s Santa Tracker © Getty

Follow Father Christmas around the globe this Christmas Eve with NORAD’s Santa Tracker

Artist’s Impression of Exoplanet. © ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser

Discovery of exoplanet’s bizarre orbit may help us track down Planet Nine

Rewarding, not punishing, is the key to a well-trained dog © Getty Images

Reward, not punishment, is the key to a happy, well-trained dog

Speaking with Skippy: Kangaroos can communicate with humans © Getty Images

Speaking with Skippy: Kangaroos can communicate with humans

Dogs’ brains process words like a one-year-old child © Vivien Reicher

Your dog’s brain understands words like a one-year-old child

Online junk food advertising: Could banning it tackle obesity? © Getty Images

Online junk food advertising: Could banning it tackle obesity?

Your very first breath kickstarts life-changing support system, mice study finds © Getty Images

Your very first breath kickstarts life-changing support system, mice study finds

Four-month-old ravens could be as intelligent as adult apes © Getty Images

Four-month-old ravens could be as intelligent as adult apes

Gravitational waves point to primordial black holes © Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images

New technique could uncover gravitational echoes of the Big Bang