Cool Finds
Could a Morning-After Pill Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections?
San Francisco has formally recommended doxyPEP, which works like Plan B but targets STIs
Archaeologists Discover Lost 17th-Century Warship 'Äpplet' in Sweden
It is the sister ship to the famous 'Vasa,' which sank within minutes of setting sail
Lost Rubens Painting, Rediscovered After Two Centuries, Could Sell for $35 Million
A French family found the masterpiece in their collection in 1987
Unusual 120-Year-Old Whaleback Shipwreck Discovered in Lake Superior
"Barge 129" was the last undiscovered whaleback wreck in the Great Lakes
A Medieval Manuscript Has Revealed the Oldest Known Map of the Stars
Advanced imaging uncovered part of the Greek astronomer Hipparchus’ long-lost star catalog
Ancient DNA Reveals the First Known Neanderthal Family
The lived with a small community in a Siberian cave some 54,000 years ago
Human Remains May Have Revealed the Site of a Medieval Friary
Archaeologists uncovered nearly 300 skeletons and other artifacts from beneath an old Welsh department store
Ancient Maya Salt Makers Worked From Home, Too
Archaeologists in Belize have found 1,500-year-old salt kitchens attached to workers' homes
These Gold Coins Were Stashed in a Stone Wall Nearly 1,400 Years Ago
Archaeologists found the 44 Byzantine-era coins during excavations in the Golan Heights
The Ship That Tried to Warn the Titanic Has Been Found
Scientists discovered the S.S. Mesaba in the Irish Sea—with the help of multibeam sonar
Man Pays $75 for Medieval Text That Could Be Worth $10,000
He spotted the page from the 13th-century Beauvais Missal at an estate sale in Maine
Ancient Maya Cities Were Polluted With High Levels of Mercury
The concentrations at some dig sites could be hazardous for today's archaeologists
Sarcophagus of Ramses II's Chief Treasurer Discovered at Saqqara
Egyptian archaeologists unearthed the empty, 3,200-year-old coffin of Ptah-M-Wia, a high-ranking New Kingdom official
Archaeologists Discover Evidence of Earliest Known Opium Use
At a burial site in Israel, pottery from the 14th century B.C.E. contained traces of the drug
Palestinian Farmer Unearths Byzantine-Era Mosaic While Planting Olive Trees
The stunning, colorful flooring depicts 17 iconographies of birds and animals
The Remarkable Effort to Locate America's Lost Patents
An 1836 blaze destroyed thousands of records that catalogued the young nation's ingenuity, but recent discoveries indicate that originals may still exist
World's Oldest Vertebrate Fossil Heart Found in Australia
The 380-million-year-old heart came from a prehistoric fish that is our earliest jawed ancestor
Nine-Year-Old Finds a Three-Foot-Long Earthworm in His Backyard
The New Zealand boy named the creature “Dead Fred”
U.K. Couple Finds Rare Gold Coins During Home Renovations
The money pieces, which date from 1610 to 1727, are expected to fetch as much as $288,000 at auction next month
Portuguese Man Accidentally Finds 82-Foot-Long Dinosaur in His Backyard
Scientists say this could be the largest specimen ever discovered in Europe
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