An “unparalleled” funerary statue of an ancient Egyptian man whose name may be Messi has been discovered at the Saqqara…
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Until Homo floresiensis was discovered, scientists assumed that the evolution of the human lineage was defined by bigger and bigger…
Two hurricanes could “dance” in the Atlantic this week as forecasters warn of life-threatening surf and rip currents along the…
Scientists have been using ancient DNA to investigate questions about extinct animals since 1984, when researchers recovered two pieces of…
QUICK FACTSName: Eagle broochesWhat they are: Decorative pins made out of gold, bronze, gems and colored glassWhere they are from:…
Physicists have measured both the momentum and position of a particle without breaking Heisenberg’s iconic uncertainty principle.In quantum mechanics, particles…
QUICK FACTSMilestone: Discovery of penicillinDate: Sept. 28, 1928Where: St Mary’s Hospital, LondonWho: Scottish microbiologist Alexander FlemingOn Sept. 28, 1928, Alexander…
Around 30,000 years ago, a hunter-gatherer left behind what may be a “personal toolkit” in what is now the Czech…
Quick factsWhat it is: Sagittarius B2 (Sgr B2) molecular cloudWhere it is: 25,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation SagittariusWhen…
If you love figs, you may have heard some unsettling lore about them: that every fig hides a wasp, because…