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Not the skeleton in question. Photo: MICROGEN IMAGES/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty Images Ancient Scottish Woman Found Buried With Her Brain Scooped Out And Her Bones Sharpened
Researchers say the 2,000-year-old woman’s brain may have been removed and several of her bones deliberately modified as part of a ritual.
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Scientists Just Discovered the Secret Behind One of Nature’s Smartest Brainless Organisms
A yellow slime mold can solve mazes and find efficient routes without a brain, and researchers think they finally know how it does it.
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The Truth About Whether We’ve Actually Discovered Alien Life, According to Astrobiologists
Recent Mars and exoplanet findings made huge headlines, but most experts still aren’t convinced we’ve found aliens yet.
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Photo: Carol Yepes / Getty Images Your Friends Swear Their Periods Sync Up. I Asked Experts for the Truth.
Actual science, or confirmation bias?
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Photo: tracielouise / Getty Images Scientists May Have Finally Figured Out How Pigeons Are So Good at Directions
It’s a remarkable ability that we’ve been taking advantage of for centuries, yet we’re only just beginning to understand.
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Scientists Just Discovered Something Still Alive Inside Ötzi the Iceman 5,300 Years Later
Researchers found cold-loving microbes still reproducing inside the 5,300-year-old mummy, turning the famous Iceman into a living laboratory.
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Japan Sent a Probe to Collect Samples From an Asteroid. That Asteroid Might Actually Be a Derelict Soviet Spacecraft.
The mysterious object known as 1998 KY26 could be a tiny asteroid, a dark comet, or maybe one very lost Soviet probe.
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Scientists Have Been Watching One Dead Whale Feed the Ocean for 15 Years. Here’s What They’ve Learned.
Researchers say the “whale fall” off Vancouver Island is still supporting clams, snails, fish, tubeworms, and bone-eating zombie worms.
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Scientists Found That Bean Plants Can Summon Wasps to Fight Their Battles
Researchers found that the plants can identify caterpillar attacks and summon wasps to the scene to protect them.
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Vicki Smith/Getty Images Scientists Say Cows Might Recognize Human Faces, Which Is Bad News for Grilling Season
A new study suggests cows can connect familiar faces and voices, making them more socially complex than we may want to admit.
