Lucy at 50: How the world’s most famous fossil was discovered
Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...
‘Mystery mollusk’ found in the ocean’s midnight zone is unlike anything researchers have seen before
An unusual sea slug with a large hood, a tail with fingerlike projections and glowing bioluminescence has been found living ...
New Uranus research suggests what’s known about the planet could be wrong
A solar wind event squashed the protective bubble around Uranus just before Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1986, shifting ...
Archaeologists identify centuries-old battle site in Iraq using declassified spy satellite images
Archaeologists say they have found the site of an ancient battle in what is now Iraq by comparing historical accounts with ...
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Ancient ‘terror birds’ were giant apex predators. Suspected new species is among the largest ever known
Analyzing a leg bone from a fossil site in Colombia, scientists have identified a massive “terror bird” that lived about 12 ...
Alien-like signal from 2023 has been decoded. The next step is to figure out what it means
A father-daughter duo has decoded an alien-like signal beamed from a spacecraft in 2023. Now, citizen scientists are trying ...
The Northern Taurid meteor shower could produce fireballs. Here’s how to watch
The Northern Taurid meteor shower is expected to peak Monday night into Tuesday. Here’s what to look for and how to see it.
The truth behind embracing figures found in ancient Pompeii
This week, uncover the secrets of Pompeii through ancient DNA, meet an adventurous emperor penguin, seek signs of mysterious ...
DNA analysis upends long-held assumptions about Pompeii victims’ final moments
Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii shows that people found holding one another beneath the volcanic ash weren’t related in ...
Mysterious craters exploded in Siberia’s permafrost. Scientists say they now know why
A decade ago, a mysterious crater appeared in the Russian Arctic, forming a huge jagged hole hundreds of feet wide. Since ...
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Scans help solve a 3,000-year-old mystery of a high-status Egyptian woman
Scans of mummies at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History uncovered new details about how they were prepared for the afterlife and helped solve a baffling mystery.
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NASA astronauts on readjusting to life on Earth: ‘It’s hard to sit’
NASA astronauts who were part of the SpaceX Crew-8 team will discuss their 235-day mission on the International Space Station that ended in hospitalizations.