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A 2,000-Year-Old Sarcophagus Was Just Unsealed—and the Mummy Inside is Mind-Blowing
After initially probing a 2,000-year-old sarcophagus in Naples with a micro camera, archaeologists were encouraged enough by ...
A Teenager Discovered a Ring on a Hike—Turns Out, It’s 1,800 Years Old
Many of the greatest wonders of times past were discovered by accident. French soldiers stumbled across the Rosetta Stone in ...
An Author Claims the Lost Colony of Roanoke Was Never Actually Lost—and He Can Prove It
The ‘amateur archaeologists’ claims to have discovered proof of what happened to the colony members who completely vanished ...
Nuclear Batteries Are the Secret to Unlimited Energy, Scientists Say—and They Could Arrive by 2030
The miniaturization of a powerful source of energy is already underway, and it will be safer and cheaper than traditional ...
An Archaeologist Was Digging Through a Drainage Ditch—and Found a 1,600-Year-Old Roman Ring
The team dates the ring to between 200 and 410 A.D., a time when the Romans were well established in Britain. Described as ...
Customizable Psychedelic Trips Are on the Horizon, Scientists Say. Thank the ‘Second Brain’ in Your Gut.
Scientists want to study the way your body’s gut microbes react and interact with psychedelic substances like magic mushrooms ...
Archaeologists Found Ancient Figures That Offer Clues About Early Christian Migration
Ancient ebony figures discovered in a necropolis in Israel are stylistically African, but made of Asian wood and surfaced ...
Archaeologists Explored a ‘Blood Cave’—and Found Chopped-Up Maya Skulls
Guatemala’s Cueva de Sangre, translated as “blood cave,” isn’t just a clever name. It’s an apropos description of the cave ...
Oops, Scientists May Have Miscalculated How Much Time the Universe Has Left
It might seem unfathomable, but that mind-boggling max age for the universe is far lower than the previously predicted 10 ...
This Badass American Ship Once Ruled the Arctic. Can the U.S. Build New Icebreakers Before a Russian Takeover?
As tensions rise to grab Arctic resources, the U.S. is racing to construct a new icebreaker vessel that can secure a foothold ...
Scientists Say Hidden Hydrogen Could Power the World for 170,000 Years
The study estimates that the over the course of one billion years, the Earth likely produced enough hydrogen to power modern ...
His Family Wanted to Donate His Organs. It Shouldn’t Have Been This Hard.
Everything has to go right for a life-saving transplant. Too often, the system makes it impossible. Sixty-six-year-old Brian ...