An Ebola epidemic in Africa has become a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced…
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Archaeologists excavating an unusual “death jar” in Laos have discovered that it was used to collect the partly decomposed remains…
A man who died in Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 had a medical kit with…
A 950-year-old dingo burial in Australia has produced the first clear archaeological evidence of humans ritually “feeding” a grave anywhere…
An ancient ceramic vessel, possibly a wine ladle, from southern Italy.(Image credit: Getty Images)QUICK FACTSName: Daunian kyathosWhat it is: A…
Astronomers have reconstructed the “skeleton” of the cosmos in unprecedented detail, thanks to the largest-ever survey conducted by the James…
Quick factsWhat it is: A spiral arm of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)Where it is: 31 million light-years away in the…
Gigantic fossils discovered in Thailand reveal the “last titan,” a long-necked dinosaur that lived up to 120 million years ago…
We have been on a years-long campaign of satellite remote sensing of the vast desert landscapes in Eastern Sudan.This involved…
At the Alcor facility in Arizona, more than 150 disembodied heads reportedly lie in cryogenic chambers, preserved in hopes that…