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Mars’ Newest Wonder: Coral‑Style Formation That Has Virtual Botanists Buzzing

“Curiosity has discovered many small structures like this one, formed billions of years ago, when water was still liquid on Mars,” NASA said.

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AI Diet Tip Sends Man to ICU With Hallucinations and Psychosis

A Humback Whale surrounded by dolphins.

Dolphins aren't just hitching rides - some humpbacks play back

The 13 fossil teeth. LD 750 and LD 760 localities represent a newly-discovered species of Australopithecus. LD 302 and AS 100 represent early Homo already known.

The Missing Link? Mysterious Unnamed Human Ancestor Found Near Lucy Site


Proof in the Silver: Vikings Were Traders, Not Just Raiders

Islamic coins and Anglo-Saxon bullion found together in the Bedale hoard prove the existence of a global economy long before globalization.

Illustration: Viking helmet and axe.

Your Cat Might Be the Key to Curing Alzheimer’s - Here’s Why Alzheimer’s Scientists Are Excited

Researchers said cats’ dementia is a 'perfect natural model' for investigating therapies after toxic beta-amyloid was detected in their synapses.

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Kent Cemetery Shock: Anglo-Saxon Girl at Updown Carried Yoruba DNA

In two cases, individuals with West African lineage were buried as typical members of their communities, indicating that they were valued locally.

Ancient English cemetery.

Vanishing Lake Reveals Lost Easter Island Moai - Even the Ancestors Didn't Know It Was There

Archaeologist Terry Hunt warns that the small statue found may signal dozens of hidden statues beneath the dried mud and plans to use ground-penetrating radar to locate them.

The famed moai statues of Rapa Nui.

Ancient Tennis-Ball-Eyed Predator Whale Discovered on Australian Coast

"We know from the fossils that it had a mouth full of very pointed and sharp teeth," said Duncan of Museums Victoria.

Illustration of Janjucetus Dullardi calf and mother.

Secrets of the Arene Candide Cave: How Ancient Europeans Practiced Body Art

“Strategies of body transformation and the construction of social identity were already part of the human experience in Europe more than twelve thousand years ago” a researcher said.

Virtual reconstruction of the artificially elongated skull AC12.

Jellyfish Invasion: How a Nuclear Power Plant Was Shut Down

“The automatic shutdown resulted from a massive and unpredictable presence of jellyfish that reduced seawater flow to the reactors,” said the power operator.

Illustration: Jellyfish. Very weak swimmers, making escape from intake currents nearly impossible.

‘One-Ounce Wonder’: Mouse-Sized Dino-Era Species Found in Patagonia

Unearthed in Chilean Patagonia, the 74-million-year-old Yeutherium pressor is the smallest known South American mammal from the dinosaur era.

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Harvard researcher: Ancient livestock may have carried plague across Eurasia

Study by Max Planck Institute and partners detects the late neolithic bronze age plague strain in a 4,000-year-old Arkaim sheep, linking human and animal infections.

Archaeological sheep bones unveiled at a Bronze Age site in the Eurasian steppe. Ancient animal bones are the key to understanding the origins of zoonotic infectious diseases.

66-Year Antarctic Mystery Solved: Missing Meteorologist Recovered after Glacier Melt

DNA tests matched bone fragments to the meteorologist's brother: “After so many years, I can finally say: Dennis has come home.”

Dennis Bell in 1959.

Chikungunya virus outbreak in China infects at least 7,700, local authorities crack down

Spread by the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes, global infections of the disease number at least 240,000 this year.

This photograph shows a mosquito trap as part of the fight against the Chikungunya pandemic by mosquitoes in Saint-Benoit on the French overseas island of La Reunion on April 22, 2025