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5,000-Year-Old Tombs Found on Ordinary Farmland Are Rewriting Prehistory
Nearly 3,000 archaeological traces hidden beneath ordinary farmland in northwestern Bohemia — and none of…
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A Forest Hid China’s Asteroid Crater for 50,000 Years Until NASA Looked Down
Something 1.85 kilometers wide slammed into what is now northeastern China roughly 46,000 to 53,000 years ago — and for…
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What Medieval Duelists Did Before Fighting That Law Actually Required
Just moments before fighting to the death, medieval duelists were required to grasp one another…
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A Subtle Shift in Weather Rhythm Finally Solves a 40-Year Arctic Mystery
For roughly 40 years, scientists watched warm Atlantic water push deeper and deeper into the…
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A 551-Million-Year-Old Site Is Changing What We Know About Mass Extinction
Around 550 million years ago, something catastrophic happened to life on Earth — and for…
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700-Year-Old Bolivian Mummy Just Rewrote What We Knew About Strep
A 700-year-old mummy discovered in Bolivia has just rewritten what scientists thought they knew about…
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New Opioid Relieves Pain in Rats With Far Lower Addiction Risk Than Morphine
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The Arctic Mystery That Stumped Oceanographers for 40 Years Has an Answer
For roughly 40 years, oceanographers watched warm, salty Atlantic water push deeper and deeper into…
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Experimental Drug Just Doubled One-Year Survival in Pancreatic Cancer
One of the deadliest cancers known to medicine may have met a meaningful obstacle —…
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The Most Common Jobs in a Medieval City Were Not What You’d Guess
One in four workers in a thriving medieval city was a farmer. That single fact…
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What Science Just Found Out About Bed Bugs and Water Will Surprise You
Bed bugs have survived for thousands of years by being remarkably good at hiding —…
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She Retired With More Money Than She Needed — Then Felt Invisible
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A GPS-Tracked Wolf Swam Across Lake Lucerne and Left Experts Baffled
A GPS ping appearing in the middle of a Swiss lake stopped researchers cold. The…
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Polar Bears in Greenland Are Genetically Changing — But Is It Enough
Polar bears — the iconic symbol of the Arctic and of climate change itself —…
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A Medieval City Found Beneath Issyk-Kul Is Rewriting Silk Road History
Beneath the surface of a mountain lake in Central Asia, streets and buildings lie submerged…
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Mars Lightning Was Once Thought Impossible — Perseverance Just Changed That
Fifty-five times over the course of roughly four Earth years, a microphone on NASA’s Perseverance…
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He Walked Into Target With Taco Seasoning and Left With $40,000
A 99-cent packet of taco seasoning is not the kind of item that raises eyebrows…
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What Psychology Says About People Who Keep Family Traditions for Decades
What happens when the person who holds a family’s traditions together quietly stops? Not with…
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What Actually Attracts Mosquitoes to You Has Nothing to Do With Sweet Blood
Most people assume mosquitoes bite them more than others because of something in their blood…
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Tricahue Parrots Are Nesting Again Near Santiago After 15 Silent Years
For more than 15 years, the tricahue parrot was essentially a ghost in Chile’s Metropolitan…
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A 30-Year-Old Venus Image Just Revealed a Tunnel Nobody Expected
Thirty years after NASA’s Magellan spacecraft began mapping Venus through thick clouds of sulfuric acid,…
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Two Supermassive Black Holes Are Heading for a Collision Earth Will Feel
Some 500 million light-years away, two supermassive black holes are locked in a slow, spiraling…