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Scientists Just Discovered the Oldest Known Victims of the Plague
Ancient DNA from Siberian hunter-gatherers suggests one of history’s deadliest diseases was already spreading and killing people 5,500 years ago.
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Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images Famously Ugly Goblin Sharks Filmed Alive in Their Deep-Sea Habitat for the First Time
This new footage has helped scientists observe much deeper below the surface than previously known.
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Photo: Andrea Pistolesi / Getty Images Scientists May Have Finally Solved the Mystery of the Legendary Giant’s Causeway
Using science to ruin a perfectly good badass story about giant-on-giant violence. What a shame.
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Photo: anyaberkut / Getty Images Antarctica Just Experienced a Winter Heatwave Unlike Anything Scientists Have Seen Before
To clarify, it’s currently the middle of winter in Antarctica.
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Scientists Discovered 31 New Deep-Sea Species, and They’re All Extremely Weird
The new creatures include ghostly worms, glittering comb jellies, mucus-house builders, and giant single-celled organisms.
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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.
