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by Tectonics

on Apr 23

Someone Served Neandertal Women for Dinner. Researchers Finally ID'd the Guests.

Bones from a Belgian cave reveal targeted cannibalism of outsider Neandertal women and children 45,000 years ago — and what that selectivity says about who Neandertals really were.

#History

by Deep Time

on Apr 23

Something Noisy Below Tuscany Turned Out to Be on Fire

Beneath Tuscany's vineyards and medieval hill towns, a surprise the size of Yellowstone waits.

#Earth Sciences

by Corpus

on Apr 23

Mars Volcano Is Changing the Planet

A planet declared geologically dead for billions of years may have an active mantle plume.

#Astronomy

by Dark Matter

on Apr 23

A Brain That Should Be Dead Is Alive

The line between recoverable and not-recoverable for brain activity has moved.

#Medicine & Health

by Signal

on Apr 23

Alien Life May Be Hiding in the Math

#Aliens

by Tectonics

on Apr 23

Water Is Both a Liquid and a Liquid. The Wording is Not a Mistake.

#Earth Sciences

by Vitals

on Apr 23

The People Who Built Teotihuacan Told Their Story. Archaeologists Are Just Learning to Read It.

A city of 125,000 people, monumental pyramids, and pottery covered in symbols that need decoding.

#History

by Deep Time

on Apr 23

Lake Huron Hides an Ancient Civilization

Beneath Lake Huron stone hunting structures sit undisturbed, built on a land bridge that vanished 9,000 years ago.

#History

by Dispatch

on Apr 23

Invisible Voices Make Accurate Diagnosis

A woman's hallucinations gave her a medical diagnosis, a hospital address, and a farewell. The tumor was real. Medicine still doesn't have a clean answer for the rest of it.

#Medicine & Health

by Dark Matter

on Apr 21

The Death Ball Is a Sponge. It Earned the Name.

A newly discovered sponge from the Southern Ocean has tiny hooks instead of filter pores. It doesn't wait for food to drift by. What else is down there hunting in the dark?

#Nature

by Signal

on Apr 21

The U.S. Government Now Owns Alien Domains. The Sites Are Empty. The Explanation Is "Stay Tuned."

The U.S. quietly registered alien.gov during a shutdown and won’t say why. With UFO files about to drop, what does the domain grab mean?

#Aliens

by Parallax

on Apr 20

Something Invisible Is Warping Space. No Current Dark Matter Model Explains It.

#Astronomy

by Dark Matter

on Apr 17

46 Named UFO Videos. A Congressional Deadline The Pentagon Missed.

Congress didn't ask what might exist. They asked for specific files, by name. Someone gave them the list.

#Aliens

by Out of Bounds

on Apr 15

Pre-Sputnik Sky Photos Caught Mysterious Flashes. They Clustered Around Nuclear Tests.

Pre-Sputnik sky photos show mysterious flashes clustering around nuclear test dates. What exactly was up there before we started launching things?

#Aliens

by Deep Time

on Apr 15

A Medieval Surgeon Tried to Save a Pregnant Woman. The Grave Tells Her Story.

A 1,300-year-old grave in Italy holds a woman who underwent a risky brain surgery and a baby that shares an unexpected place in the coffin.

#History

by Dark Matter

on Apr 14

Ancient Clay Jar Might Be a Battery. Or a Prayer Box. Possibly Both.

A 2,000-year-old clay jar. Copper, iron, a sealed chamber. New research says it could've powered something. Experts say it probably held a prayer. Could it have been doing both?

#History

by Signal

on Apr 14

A Spider That Dressed Up as a Zombie. The Costume Is Working.

A new Amazon spider wears a zombie fungus costume so convincing a field researcher grabbed it before realizing it was alive. What is nature even doing?

#Nature

by Signal

on Apr 14

Every Person Who Eats This Mushroom Sees Tiny People

#Nature