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The First Musical Instrument

The First Musical Instrument

The ancient archeological record is littered with tools and weapons, means of survival in the pal...
A New Theory of Humanity's Origins

A New Theory of Humanity's Origins

Despite popular depictions, humanity likely didn't originate out of one population. (Source: Warn...
There’s Another Way to Count

There’s Another Way to Count

Addition isn't the only way to count numbers. Here’s a simple question: what number is halfway be...
Why is This Debunked Evolutionary Theory so Persistent?

Why is This Debunked Evolutionary Theory so Persistent?

The AAH suggests our ancestors were once partially aquatic. (Source: Renato Bender) About five mi...
Revisiting the Black Sea Deluge Hypothesis

Revisiting the Black Sea Deluge Hypothesis

Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat by Simon de Myle. Across many of the world’s religions, a story crops ...
A New Origin for Dragon Folklore?

A New Origin for Dragon Folklore?

An Edo period painting of a dragon from Japan. At the bedrock of folklore studies is one underlyi...
Why Do Astronauts Live So Long?

Why Do Astronauts Live So Long?

Apollo 11's Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, pictured in 2017 for the 48th anniversary of the moo...
The Ocean Below Our Feet

The Ocean Below Our Feet

The deep mantle diamond (Credit: Tingting Gu)Early science fiction narratives are replete with jo...
5 Tips for Hunting Meteorites

5 Tips for Hunting Meteorites

A recent meteor seen as a fireball over the English Channel. (Source: ABC) 2023 has already been ...
Can You Solve This Bioethics Dilemma?

Can You Solve This Bioethics Dilemma?

A bust of Hippocrates, who the Hippocratic oath is ascribed to. (Source: Getty) You’re working i...
The Secrets of an Empire Hiding in a Tree

The Secrets of an Empire Hiding in a Tree

The ruins of Hattusa, the Hittite capital city. (Source: Encyclopædia Britannica) Written records...
The Kingdom Inside a Mummy

The Kingdom Inside a Mummy

The Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, a part of the same complex as the embalming workshop. (Source:...
Humans and Dolphins Make a Great Fishing Team

Humans and Dolphins Make a Great Fishing Team

A bottlenose dolphin, similar to the ones that aid fishermen in Brazil. (Source: Australian Geog...
Is a "Shadow Biosphere" Hiding on our Planet?

Is a "Shadow Biosphere" Hiding on our Planet?

A tardigrade, a microscopic animal. If a shadow biosphere exists, it would be at this miniscule l...
Earth's Core is Slowing Down, But Don't Worry!

Earth's Core is Slowing Down, But Don't Worry!

A visualization of the Earth's magnetic field, generated by the iron inner core. (Source: NASA) 3...
Talking With Apes

Talking With Apes

A bonobo, one of the types of apes whose gestures humans can intuitively understand. (Source: San...
The Broom Method

The Broom Method

A NASA worker demonstrating the broom method of detecting a hydrogen flame, which are invisible d...
Ozone Layer on the Upswing

Ozone Layer on the Upswing

A visualization of the ozone layer hole as it stood in 1985. (Source: NASA) Ten miles above the E...
A New Exoplanet on the Scene

A New Exoplanet on the Scene

An artist's rendering of LHS 475 b. (Source: The European Space Agency) The James Webb Space Tele...
The "Sea Peoples" and Bronze Age Propaganda

The "Sea Peoples" and Bronze Age Propaganda

Ramesses III's mortuary temple that in part depicts his battle with the Sea Peoples. (Source: Na...
Fictious Roman Emperor Proven to be Real

Fictious Roman Emperor Proven to be Real

Ruins from Roman Dacia, where Sponsianus ruled. (Source: Romania Insider) The historical record ...
Monkey Skeleton Sheds Light on Ancient Civilization

Monkey Skeleton Sheds Light on Ancient Civilization

A group of spider monkeys. (Source: Auckland Zoo)  The skeletal remains of a spider monkey found ...
A New Explanation for the T-Rex's Stubby Arms

A New Explanation for the T-Rex's Stubby Arms

Sue the Tyrannosaurus rex, sporting the dinosaur's tiny arms. (Source: Field Museum of Natural H...
A Religion for Radiation

A Religion for Radiation

A cooling tower at a nuclear power plant. Plants like these produce nuclear waste that can poten...
Successful Nuclear Fusion Achieved

Successful Nuclear Fusion Achieved

The target chamber at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. (Source: LLNL) Scientists worki...
Artemis I Returns From the Moon

Artemis I Returns From the Moon

The Orion capsule after completing splashdown. (Source: NASA) Humans are one step closer to retur...
Piece of the Space Shuttle Challenger Found

Piece of the Space Shuttle Challenger Found

Some of the Space Shuttle Challenger crew (source: NASA) Divers working on a History Channel docu...
A Dinosaur with Golden Bones?

A Dinosaur with Golden Bones?

An artistic rendering of an Iguanodon. If you’ve ever seen a dinosaur’s skeleton in a natural hi...
London's Ghost Club Obsession

London's Ghost Club Obsession

An illustration from Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol, inspired by the Spiritualist movement. Do ...
A Trial of the Dead

A Trial of the Dead

Jean-Paul Laurens, Le Pape Formose et Étienne VI ("Pope Formosus and Stephen VI"), 1870Criminal t...
NASA's Dart Makes Impact!

NASA's Dart Makes Impact!

All around our solar system, millions of asteroids orbit the sun along with the planets. Most are...
Which Ended First... The Dinosaur or the Egg?

Which Ended First... The Dinosaur or the Egg?

We often imagine the end of the dinosaurs as a violent cataclysm limited to one fateful day; near...
Earth's Days are Getting Longer

Earth's Days are Getting Longer

A multiple exposure photo of the 2017 solar eclipse over Redmond, Oregon How long is a day on Ea...
How Did Saturn Get its Rings?

How Did Saturn Get its Rings?

The exact origins of Saturn’s rings have long troubled astronomers, with two main competing theor...
Listening In On Aliens

Listening In On Aliens

It's time to get far out — NASA has recently approved funding for its new program CATS, or Catego...
New Discoveries on Mars!

New Discoveries on Mars!

Earlier this year, we talked about how the Mars Perseverance rover was searching the Jezero crate...
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