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A Discarded Arabic Document From Sudan Just Rewrote Nubian History
A scrap of paper pulled from a trash heap in northern Sudan has just rewritten…
Articles by Dr. Lauren Mitchell
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Congo Basin Lakes Are Leaking Ancient Carbon Nobody Accounted For
Deep in the heart of central Africa, two dark lakes are quietly doing something that…
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Neolithic Cooking and Cleaning Wasn’t Trivial — It Built Society
What does it actually take to keep a household running? If your answer involves scrubbing,…
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A Florida Hobbyist Built a Solar Cooler That Runs on Frozen Water
Air conditioners and fans already consume roughly 10% of all electricity used worldwide, according to…
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Workers Broke Ground on a Highway and Found a Celtic City Full of Gold
Beneath what was supposed to become a stretch of modern highway in the Czech Republic,…
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Underwater Tunnel Seals Are Aging Faster Than Anyone Planned For
A strip of rubber no thicker than a car door’s weather seal is the only…
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The U.S. Navy Is Losing 13 Ships — The Real Concern Is What Fills the Gap
Fourteen U.S. Navy ships are being removed from active service in fiscal year 2026 —…
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A Pink Fairy Armadillo Just Reappeared in Mendoza — And It Changes Everything We Thought About This Reserve
One of the world’s smallest and most elusive armadillos has been spotted again in the…
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Argentina Found a Copper Fortune in the Andes — Then Came the Catch
Somewhere beneath the high Andes, straddling the border between Argentina and Chile, sits one of…
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A Medieval Ship Found Underground in the Netherlands May Rewrite Trade History
Beneath an ordinary street in the Dutch town of Wijk bij Duurstede, a routine sewer…