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Scientists Just Discovered a Lost Ancient Culture That Vanished
Plus: a surprising case of galactic eschatology, nematode cheerleading pyramids, ancient makeup kits, and more.
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The Entire Earth was Mysteriously Shaking Every 90 Seconds. Now, Scientists Know Why
For nine days in September 2023, the world was rocked by an “Unidentified Seismic Object.”
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Weird Signals from Space Are ‘Unlike Any Known Galactic Object’
A dead star 15,000 light years from Earth is pulsing every 44 minutes in both X-rays and radio waves.
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The Universe Will Decay a Lot Sooner than Expected
This week, we have stories about wild horses, wild chimps, and wild cosmic deaths.
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Ancient Poems Record the Decline of a Special Porpoise
The Yangtze finless porpoise is near extinction in the wild, but glimpses of its heyday can be found in centuries of Chinese poetry.
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These Tardigrades Have Tiny Tattoos
Tardigrades, tiny microscopic animals, woke up from suspended animation with body art.
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This Sicko Caterpillar Wears the Bones of Its Victims
Bite marks on the pelvis of a beheaded man provide the first direct physical evidence of human-animal gladiatorial combat.
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Behold, a Genuinely Promising Sign of Alien Life
One of the most compelling cases for extraterrestrial life has been found on K2-18b, a planet 124 light years from Earth.
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The Ocean Spectacle that Has Entranced Sailors for Centuries
“It was like we were in the ‘Twilight Zone’ and peering at a negative of the real world,” said one mariner.
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This Device Translates Thoughts into Real-Time Speech
A novel brain device allowed a woman who had suffered a stroke to speak full sentences for the first time since 2005.
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What’s in Your Head? A Plastic Spoon and Lost Baby Memories
This week, we journey into the human brain and find some disturbing stuff in there.