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Five views of the Eagle diamondDiscoveries

The Wild Story of the Eagle Diamond (And How It Was Stolen)

Sam Watanuki · March 17, 2024
A meteor falls in the night sky.Discoveries

Study Casts Doubt on Strange Alien-like Objects Found From Meteor

Alex Trent · March 16, 2024
A clear freshwater lake surrounded by lush greeneryDiscoveries

According to Experts, We Are Not in the Human Age

Georgia McKoy · March 16, 2024
Painting of Leda and the Swan found in the House of Leda in PompeiiDiscoveries

2,000-Year-Old Pristine Painting Discovered in the Volcanic Rubble of Pompeii

Lauren Fokas · March 15, 2024
A chipped stone used in a tool by ancient humans.Discoveries

Scientists Have Identified Ancient Stone Tools Found In Ukraine As Possibly the Oldest in Europe

Alex Trent · March 15, 2024
Exceptionally well preserved wooden cellar found in the ancient city of Nida in Frankfurt, GermanyDiscoveries

Exceptionally Preserved Wooden Structure From the Roman Age Discovered After House Fire

Lauren Fokas · March 15, 2024
Burial remains of a human skeleton seen at the El Caño Archaeological Park in Panama.Discoveries

Ancient Gold Artifacts in Tomb Are of Enormous Monetary Value

Lauren Fokas · March 14, 2024
Digital illustration of ocean currents on planet Earth/Digital illustration of a frozen globeDiscoveries

Study Shows the Atlantic Ocean's Current Is at Risk of Collapse and It Could Make the World Colder

Lauren Fokas · March 13, 2024
Researchers with the New England Aquarium said a gray whale that was spotted south of Nantucket, Mass., last week is the same one that was observed off the Florida coast in December.Discoveries

Rare Whale Thought to Be Extinct for 200 Years Spotted Swimming in Atlantic Ocean

Alyssa Miller · March 13, 2024
A crowd of people in India.Discoveries

New DNA Study Provides Clues for Where the People of India Originally Came From

Alex Trent · March 13, 2024
Skeleton replica of a Frenguellisaurus ischigualastensis displayed at a museumDiscoveries

New Study Claims That Dinosaurs Were Doomed to Be Wiped Out Even if the Asteroid Hadn't Hit Earth

Lauren Fokas · March 13, 2024
1708 Shipwreck Could Hold $20B of Treasure and the Colombian Government Is SearchingDiscoveries

1708 Shipwreck Could Hold $20B of Treasure and the Colombian Government Is Searching

Alyssa Miller · March 11, 2024
A gray scale image of the S.S. Nemesis in the seaDiscoveries

Mystery Solved: Shipwreck Appears 120 Years After the Crew Washed Ashore

Alyssa Miller · March 11, 2024
An artistic model of a Homo neanderthalensis child in The Natural History Museum, Vienna.Discoveries

Archeologist Believes Mating Between Neanderthals and Modern Humans Was the Result of 'Failed Alliances'

Julia Mehalko · March 11, 2024
An in-progress archeological dig at Beaumount Abbey in Tours, France.Discoveries

1,000 Burials Found Among Ruins From the French Revolution

Julia Mehalko · March 11, 2024
Five views of the Eagle diamondDiscoveries

The Wild Story of the Eagle Diamond (And How It Was Stolen)

Sam Watanuki · March 11, 2024
Four versions of humans from the beginning to what we look like today, in black silhouette form. The first version is hunched over and has a little bit of a tail and as the human progresses, it is stood up straight and has no tail.Discoveries

Scientists Finally Answer the Question: Why Don't Humans Have Tails?

Beth Moreton · March 10, 2024
Moroccan sand dunes at sunset.Discoveries

Scientists Find Missing Evidence That Helps Solve Ancient Mystery Surrounding Earth’s ‘Star Dunes’

Alex Trent · March 10, 2024
An expansive flooded area under a clear blue sky, with partially submerged streetlights and electrical poles arranged in rowsDiscoveries

Underwater Discovery Points to Historical Slave Practices in North Carolina

Georgia McKoy · March 10, 2024
Photograph of the Irulegi amulet on the right, and a scanned outline of the amulet on the left with a clearer view of its inscription.Discoveries

Recently Discovered Ancient Language Predates Romans

Chris Gorrie · March 9, 2024
A Titanosaurus pictured among other dinosaurs.Discoveries

Man Stumbles Across Almost Entirely Intact Dinosaur Skeleton While Walking His Dog

Alex Trent · March 9, 2024
A painting of a Spanish Galleon.Discoveries

U.S., Colombia, and Spain All Fight for Ownership of the Sunken Caribbean Treasure Worth $20B

Alex Trent · March 9, 2024
A photograph taken underwater showing a diver's arm reaching out towards a small, pyramid-like stone structure covered in marine growth. The pyramid, with a central doorway and steps leading up to it, sits on the ocean floorDiscoveries

What's the Whole Story Behind This Sunken City off Cuba?

Georgia McKoy · March 8, 2024
A three-part image displaying a fossilized creature. On the left, a traditional photograph of a fossil with various points of interest labeled from S1 to S12, indicating scientific annotations. The center image shows a colorful, topographical representation of the fossil, with varying heights depicted in a spectrum from blue to red. On the right, an ultraviolet light image reveals different details of the same fossil, with areas of interest glowing in shades of purple and brown against a dark backgroundDiscoveries

Fossil That Scientists Have Studied Since 1931 Turns Out to Be a Fake

Georgia McKoy · March 8, 2024
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