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In Pompeii, four individuals who perished together were long thought to be a mother, father, and their two children. New research says otherwise.
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In Pompeii, the Dead Have New Stories to Tell

What we got wrong about some of the ancient city's most famous victims.
Roxanne Hoorn November 11, 2024
For some 4,500 years, Stonehenge has attracted and fascinated humans—now it turns out the Altar Stone, at its center, is from Scotland.
megalithic

Stonehenge Has a Scottish Heart

Long thought to be from Wales, the monument's Altar Stone is from northern Scotland, nearly 500 miles away.
Roxanne Hoorn August 14, 2024
The major eruption of Mount Vesuvius over Pompeii is often known for the lives it took, but new research details the stories of the event's survivors.
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Found: Records of Pompeii's Survivors

New evidence shows how citizens rebuilt their lives in the aftermath of the historic eruption.
Steven Tuck July 8, 2024
Many zombie graves span Europe—was this site in Oppin one of them?
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Could This Recently Found Skeleton in Germany Have Been a Zombie?

It was possibly treated like the undead.
Charis McGowan May 8, 2024
Leuven, Belgium

Heilige Geestcollege

Where George Lemaître discovered the expanding nature of the universe.
The amber finding is like <em>Jurassic Park</em>, but for tapeworms.
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The Oldest Tapeworm Ever Was Just Found in Amber

Turns out the parasites used to plague dinosaurs, too.
Charis McGowan April 3, 2024
A 1,000-year-old brain of an individual excavated from a 10th-century churchyard in Belguim is still soft and wet.
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The Mystery of 4,400 Preserved Brains—And One Scientist’s Quest to Solve It

The former undertaker collects human brains, talks to them, and hopes they won’t haunt her.
Olivia Young March 28, 2024
A bathymetric map shows the Solito Seamount off the coast of Chile. Scientists on a recent expedition found isolated seamounts like these to hold distinct ecosystems, including thriving deep-sea coral reefs and sponge gardens.
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Every Time They're Found, Underwater Volcanoes Just Burst With Life

New discoveries off the Chilean coast include dozens of species new to science.
Robin George Andrews March 12, 2024
Turns out there's been a whole other species slithering quietly by.
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It’s Official: There’s Another ‘World’s Largest Snake’

Even actor Will Smith saw it slither through the Amazon.
Olivia Young February 29, 2024
Scientists finally find out something they haven't been able to see.
animals

Why Holes at the Bottom of the Ocean Disappear and Reappear

What lurks below doesn’t always stay beneath the sand.
Hannah Seo January 18, 2024
Scientists track the "ghosts" of the upper atmosphere.
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Scientists Finally Find Mysterious Mesospheric Ghosts

The midwest is particularly filled with them.
Olivia Young December 20, 2023
One of nine ice patches released objects from 6200–5300 years ago.
ancient

Unusual Boxes and 7,000-Year-Old Trove Found Locked in Ice

Along with obsidian that dazzled scientists in Canada.
Meg St-Esprit December 12, 2023
Skull and linen wrapping of a mummified baboon recovered from Gabbanat el-Qurud, Egypt and connected genetically to coastal Eritrea.
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Mummified Baboons in Egypt Point to a Long Lost Land

New discoveries of ancient DNA could help scientists find the land of Punt.
Sunny Fitzgerald November 21, 2023
New research says humans began sculpting a small hill into a larger pyramid around 6,000 BC, and then building layers of sand and rocks on top of that.
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Is the World's Oldest Pyramid Not in Egypt or the Americas, But in Indonesia?

Perhaps it’s not just an oddly shaped hill, after all.
Jennifer Billock May 15, 2024
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Unveiling the Mystery of a Royal Wedding Dress Lost for 179 Years

Made famous by 'The Empress' on Netflix, Sisi and her missing garment provoked an imperial hunt over centuries.
Ronan O'Connell August 30, 2023
A reconstruction of <em>P. colossus</em> shows it in its coastal habitat. The head is an educated guess because a skull has not been found yet.
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Paleontologists in Peru Discover What Might Be the 'Chonkiest Whale Ever'

And maybe the heaviest animal the world has ever seen.
Roxanne Hoorn August 2, 2023
Before artist Courtney Senior launched International Art and Found Day in 2020, she would regularly leave packages with this message around Toronto.
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Inside the World of 'Art Dropping'

Why you should be on the lookout for free paintings this March 12th.
Hannah Steinkopf-Frank March 9, 2023
Edinburgh, Scotland

The Wave of Translation

A plaque commemorates a Victorian scientist's monumental discovery about waves.