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Revealed: Why Ancient Roman Concrete Was So Tough

“They don’t make ‘em like they used to.” As tired...
A close up image of copepods in water droplets. On the left are immature harpacticoid copepods. On the right is an armored protozoan with an intricate mineral skeleton

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Pottery Pre-Dates Agriculture in Eurasia, Groundbreaking Study Finds

What uniquely human staple pre-dates the social conventions of...
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Nazca Lines Searchers Discover 100+ New Figures

Earlier this month, a research team at Peru’s Nazca...
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Diving Deeper: How Scientists Use Rebreathers For The Ocean’s Twilight Zone

The ocean never seems to run out of mystery. In...
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Every Planet Will Be Visible In The Sky Tonight

Space junkies, rejoice! All your favorite planets will appear...

How Inefficient Are Monty Python’s Silly Walks? The British Medical Journal Investigates

Monty Python's Silly Walks is one of the immortal...

Best Tea Temperature and Dunking Times for Christmas Cookies: A Scientific Analysis

"Over recent years the public sector has faced immense...
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How Did Life Survive on Snowball Earth? The Answer Lies in Antarctica

Imagine the cold, icy, punishing environs of Antarctica. Now...
did dinosaurs eat mammals

Did Dinosaurs Eat Mammals? Yes

At last, there's peer-reviewed evidence to back up a...
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A Trauma Doctor Analyzes the Thai Cave Rescue: ‘Nothing Short of Miraculous’

You probably already know the story. In 2018, 12 juvenile...
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What Does the Wind Feel Like on Mars?

The first thing you might ask yourself upon reading...
The 'Horonuku', the land yacht that broke the wind-powered land speed record.

222 Kilometres Per Hour — By Wind Power Alone!

By anyone's standards, 222kph is speedy. If the only...
An imagining of how North Greenland may have looked two million years ago.

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New Find Prompts Controversy Over Whether Pre-Humans Used Fire

Paleoanthropologist and National Geographic Explorer Lee Berger announced on...
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Ancient ‘Zombie’ Viruses Revived From Siberian Permafrost

If you're tired of scientists stoking fear about deadly...
Klyuchevskaya

Volcano in Kamchatka Erupts After Killing 9 Last Summer

The highest active volcano in Eurasia erupted on Nov....
The under-ice river in Antarctica

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a circle of sheep in China's inner mongolia region

The Great Sheep Mystery: Why Are Dozens of Sheep Walking in a Circle?

Well, here's some weird news for ewe. A flock...
a western Australian landscape

Ancient Australian Fossils Could Help the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

A new study claims that 3.48 billion-year-old fossils in...
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Solar Storm Creates Rare Pink Aurora

On Nov. 3, a dazzling display of rare pink...
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Christian Monastery Pre-Dating Islam Found on Arabian Peninsula

Archaeologists just discovered an ancient Christian monastery that may...
Drone images of an adult right whale with a blue whale calf.

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Times of Darkness: A History of Dark Days

Is this the end of the world? It's a...

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