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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…
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Medieval Beauty Routines Used Roses and Lilies in Ways Few Realise
Long before the modern beauty industry existed, medieval people were crafting sophisticated skincare routines using ingredients pulled straight from the…
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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…
Science
Meet Tylosaurus Rex the 43-Foot Sea Monster That Ruled the Oceans
It shared a name with the most famous predator in dinosaur history — and it…
Science
800-Year-Old Skeletons Found Embracing Were Both Women — But Why Remains a Mystery
Eight hundred years ago, two women were buried together in an embrace inside one of…
Environment
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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Radio Astronomers Now Believe Alien Contact Is Only a Matter of Time
A coded message has been traveling through the Milky Way at the speed of light…
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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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The Great Pyramid of Giza Has Outlasted Earthquakes for 4,600 Years — Now We Know Why
For more than 4,600 years, the Great Pyramid of Giza has stood virtually intact —…
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The Theory About Carolingian Free Men That Historians Are Questioning
For generations, historians have built an entire theory of medieval social collapse around a single,…
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What Archaeologists Found Inside a Medieval Latrine Nobody Expected
A small leather satchel, sitting undisturbed at the bottom of a medieval latrine for nearly…
Environment
Banana Trunks Left After Harvest Are Now Being Turned Into Fabric
Every year, banana farms generate what could conservatively be described as a staggering mountain of…
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China Just Installed a 16MW Floating Turbine That Changes Deep-Water Wind
A wind turbine so large its blade tip rises more than 886 feet above the…
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Campi Flegrei Is Nearing a Breaking Point and Naples Is Watching
Half a million people live inside a volcano — and scientists say it may be…
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Colorectal Cancer Is Falling in Older Adults — But Rising Fast in Younger People
Colorectal cancer is supposed to be a disease of aging — something people worry about…
Environment
China’s Largest Turbine Is Altering Wind and Rain in Ways No One Predicted
A single wind turbine with blades nearly as long as the Empire State Building is…
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A 400-Year-Old Greenland Shark Was Found Alive and Its Age Changes Everything
A shark that was already swimming through Arctic waters when the Thirty Years’ War was…
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The Tiny Animals That Quietly Brought Mount St. Helens Back to Life
When a volcano obliterates 230 square miles of landscape in a single morning, you might…
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A Deadly Box Jellyfish Found Near Singapore Turned Out to Be Entirely New
A jellyfish capable of killing a human being was hiding in plain sight near one…
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Scientists Found 248 Man-Made Chemicals in Seawater Far From Any Coast
Scientists have found 248 man-made chemicals lurking in seawater samples collected from across the globe…
Science
PCOS Just Got a New Name and People Have a Lot to Say About It
About 1 in 8 women worldwide live with a condition that has, until now, been…
Environment
Chinese Farmer Built a Working Submarine for $700 — Now He Wants to Go Deeper
With roughly $700 in parts and no formal engineering training, a 60-year-old farmer from eastern…