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These 2,000-Year-Old Embalmed Heads Show How Ancient Celts Celebrated VictoryThe ancient Celts took boasting of their conquests to an extreme.
archaeology -
Dinosaur-Era Super-Piranha Terrorized Jurassic SeasThe little sea monster used its mouth full of scissor teeth to rip flesh from other fish.
dinosaurs -
Legends of a Medieval Female Pope May Tell the TruthAn analysis of ancient silver coins suggests that the ordained woman may have actually lived.
human-behavior -
Shroud of Turin Is a Fake, Bloodstains SuggestJesus' crucified body did not make the bloodstains seen on this holy cloth, scientists find.
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Traces of 'Sonic Boom' Meteorites Found in the OceanThe first mission designed to hunt a meteorite that crashed into the ocean has now discovered what may be tiny fragments of the meteorite's crust, researchers say.
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Chernobyl's Radioactive 'Wildlife Preserve' Spawns Growing Wolf Populationplanet-earth -
Water May Not Be the Only Sign of Alien LifeA new study suggests also looking for "bioessential" elements when searching for alien life.
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Breads Made of Powdered Crickets May Be Loaded with Bacterial SporesThat's a setback for what is otherwise a highly nutritious bread.
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1 Million Habitable Planets Could (Theoretically) Orbit a Black Hole. Here's HowA black hole could have 1 million planets orbiting near it that are potentially capable of supporting life as we know it, an astrophysicist suggests.
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Here's Why Saturn's Inner Moons Are Shaped Like Ravioli and PotatoesThe odd shapes of the inner moons of Saturn, from ravioli to potatoes, may be due to mergers of tiny moonlets, a new study finds.
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What Can the Death of a Neutron Tell Us About Dark Matter?Physicists speculate that decaying neutrons may be producing particles unknown to science that make up the elusive dark matter.
cosmology -
Aliens on Super-Earth Planets Could Be Stuck There...LiterallyAny alien civilizations born on "super-Earth" planets may be ground-bound by their home worlds' powerful gravity, a new study suggests.
extraterrestrial-life -
How Would We Know If Intelligent Life Existed on Earth Before Humans?This is a serious question, and serious scientists are speculating about what traces these potential predecessors might have left behind.
human-behavior -
Nubian Stone Tablets Unearthed in African 'City of the Dead'A vast "city of the dead" in Sudan revealed stones inscribed with the oldest language in southern Africa.
human-behavior -
Mysterious Geoglyphs Reveal Amazon Was Densely Populated Before ColumbusEarthworks that span a huge swath of the Amazon River basin reveal some parts of the region were once densely populated.
human-behavior -
Sea Slime Can Trigger 65-Foot Mega-TsunamisThe corpses of these tiny creatures ooze out a slimy layer that may explain catastrophic undersea landslides and tsunamis.
earthquakes -
This Electronic Skin May Help Prevent Robots from Crushing UsA metallic robot hand with "Terminator"-like power sounds good for the movies. But what about a real-life future where that android is now cradling your baby or just shaking your hand?
robotics -
Human History Gets Longer: Oldest Fossils Outside of Africa FoundThe oldest fossils of modern humans outside Africa have been discovered in Israel.
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Silk Road Travelers' Ancient Knowledge May Have Irrigated Desertancient-china -
A Neutron Star Hiding Out Near a Black Hole Is Pelting Earth with Radio WavesNew work probes the extraterrestrial source of incredibly powerful explosions of radio waves, investigating why that spot is the only known location to repeatedly burst with these blasts.
black-holes -
Is the Ice Wall from 'Game of Thrones' Physically Possible?The giant ice wall that protects the Seven Kingdoms from the White Walkers is physically unrealistic, glaciologists say.
physics-mathematics -
Is the World's First Nuclear Fusion Plant Finally on Track?The world's first nuclear fusion plant has reached a major milestone: Its plasma core is halfway done.
nuclear-energy -
Rising Seas Could Submerge the Oldest English Settlement in the AmericasRising sea levels could threaten Jamestown in Virginia, Kennedy Space Center and Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, among thousands of other archaeological sites in the U.S.
climate-change -
'Yeti' Hair? Nothing So Abominable, Scientists FindAbominable snowman DNA has revealed the source of possible yeti sightings in Asia.
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