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How Tardigrades Survive in Space: Cryptobiosis & Dsup proteins

Imagine an animal so tough it can survive being dumped into the freezing, airless vacuum of space and casually wake up once rehydrated. These...

Stonehenge Acoustics: How Sarsen Stones Amplified Sound

When you picture Stonehenge, you probably think of massive rocks aligned with the summer solstice. You imagine a silent, mystical calendar on the Salisbury...

How Easter Island Statues Walked: Rapa Nui Moai Transport

How Easter Island Statues Walked: The Physics of Rapa Nui Moai Transport You’ve seen the pictures of Easter Island, right? Towering, solemn stone heads attached...

Ancient DNA Reveals Humans Hunted Female Woolly Mammoths

Ancient DNA Reveals Ice Age Humans Preferentially Targeted Female Woolly Mammoths Picture an Ice Age hunting party staking out a freezing valley, waiting for the...

8th-Century Twin Infant Tomb Found in Ephesus Latrine

You probably do not associate an ancient public toilet with a tender, heartbreaking farewell. Yet, deep within the ruins of a bustling ancient Greek...

5,000-Year-old Bronze age temple uncovered at Tadım Castle

The sun-baked dirt of eastern Türkiye just surrendered an incredible piece of human history. Archaeologists digging near the Upper Euphrates recently unearthed a completely...

Plain of Jars Mystery Solved: 37 Skeletons in Death Jar

The mysterious stone megastructures scattered across northern Laos just gave up their darkest secret. Archaeologists recently excavated a massive vessel holding the disarticulated remains...

Schmidt Ocean Expedition Discovers 31 New Atlantic Species

The deep ocean just gave up a massive secret off the coast of Brazil. Scientists aboard the Falkor too research vessel rapidly identified 31...

LHS 1140 b: Escaping Atmosphere on Habitable Rocky World

For decades, scientists wondered if rocky planets orbiting alien stars could actually hold onto their air. Now, astronomers just answered that burning question by...