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Vikings Supplied Arctic Falcons to Baghdad and the Proof Is Extraordinary
At least 172 falcons were presented to the rulers of the ʿAbbāsid Caliphate in Baghdad…
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Byzantine Iconoclasm Drove Monks and Emperors to Open War Over Images
For more than a century, the Byzantine Empire tore itself apart over a question that sounds almost impossibly abstract: should…
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A Little-Known Receptor Called GPR133 Could Rewrite Bone Health
Every time you climb a flight of stairs or carry a heavy bag, your bones…
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What Aluminum Foil Taped to Your Wall Actually Tells You About Moisture
Roughly 60% of U.S. homes with basements deal with moisture problems — and most homeowners…
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Naked Mole-Rat Queens Can Hand Over Power Without a Fight
What if the most ruthless power struggle in the animal kingdom doesn’t always have to…
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Starship V3 Is Ready and It Changes What a Rocket Can Actually Do
At 407 feet tall — roughly the height of a 40-story skyscraper — SpaceX’s next-generation…
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The CDC Quietly Stepped Back From Hantavirus — And Experts Are Worried
Seven American passengers walked off a cruise ship and flew home before anyone told them…
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Beneath Tuscany’s Calm Surface Lies a Magma Reservoir Rivaling Yellowstone
Beneath the rolling vineyards and cypress-lined hills of Tuscany — one of Europe’s most photographed…
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A 60,000-Year-Old Drilled Tooth Just Rewrote the History of Dentistry
Sixty thousand years ago, deep inside a cave in what is now Siberia, a Neanderthal…
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How the Swiss Confederacy Stopped Charles the Bold at Grandson
“`html In the winter of 1476, one of Europe’s most ambitious rulers marched his formidable…
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What Doctors Found in an Infant Left the Medical Team Searching for Answers
A 6-month-old boy’s eyes turned bluish-purple within 18 hours of starting a COVID-19 antiviral medication…
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AI Self-Replication Hacks Are Real But Experts Say Fear the Wrong Threat
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that an AI model can autonomously replicate itself…
Environment
Daily Coffee Drinkers Have a Gut Bacterium Most People Never Knew Existed
If you drink coffee every day, there is a good chance you are carrying higher…
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Apophis Will Pass Closer Than Satellites in 2029 — And You Can Watch
On April 13, 2029, a space rock the size of four NFL football fields will…
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Ancient Sea Turtle Trails Frozen in Stone Reveal a Terrifying Escape
Seventy-nine million years ago, something spooked a large group of marine reptiles so badly that…
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Our 100-Year-Old Model of the Universe May Have Been Wrong All Along
What if nearly everything we thought we knew about the large-scale structure of the universe…
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Remoras Are Hiding Inside Manta Ray Rear Ends And Scientists Are Stunned
When a free diver approached an adult Atlantic manta ray off the coast of Florida,…
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The Sun Just Erupted and Now a Northern Lights Display Is Possible
The sun blew a massive hole in its own atmosphere over the weekend — and…
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Climate Scientists Say Last Month Was a Once-in-a-Century Moment
Ocean temperatures across the globe hit their second-highest April reading ever recorded this year —…
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30 Researchers Just Tore Apart a Study on Monte Verde’s Ancient Past
Thirty researchers have fired back — hard — against a study that tried to rewrite…
Environment
A 4,000-Year-Old Clay Tablet in Denmark Hid a Beer Receipt for Millennia
Tucked away in the storage rooms of the National Museum of Denmark, a collection of…
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A Shimmering Silver Streak Hid Hawaii as Hurricane Kiko Closed In
A shimmering band of silver light stretches across the Pacific Ocean in a stunning NASA…