Cool Finds
Is This Chess Piece Unearthed in Jordan the World's Oldest?
The two-pronged rook, found in a seventh-century trading post, shows how quickly the game spread across the Islamic world
Elizabeth I's 'Idiosyncratic' Handwriting Identifies Her as the Scribe Behind a Long Overlooked Translation
The Tudor queen wrote in an "extremely distinctive, disjointed hand," says scholar John-Mark Philo
Archaeologists Use Georadar Tech to Find Buried Viking Ship in Norway
Researchers say the vessel is probably more than 1,000 years old
Scientists Show Humans May Share a 'Musical Grammar'
Across 60 cultures, songs sung in similar social contexts have shared musical features
Archaeologists Reveal Rare Mummified Lion Cubs Unearthed in Egypt
CT scans identified two of five mummified big cats as young lions, but the remaining animals' identities remain unclear
Unusual Viking Grave Includes Nested Boats Buried 100 Years Apart
Archaeologists don't know why the two vessels were buried on top of one another, but the practice may be linked with property rights
Researchers Discover Secret Breeding Ground of World's Most Endangered Crocodile
Over 100 recently-hatched gharials were found deep in Nepal's Bardia National Park
New Fossils Unlock Evolutionary Secrets of Two-Legged Snakes
Scientists have known about the ancient snake group Najash for years, but were not able to gain a thorough understanding of its skull until now
Archaeologists Identify 143 New Nazca Lines
The trove of newly documented geoglyphs includes a humanoid figure identified by artificial intelligence
Archaeologists Unearth Remains of Infants Wearing 'Helmets' Made From the Skulls of Other Children
Members of Ecuador's Guangala culture may have outfitted the infants in skulls as a protective measure
Calculate Your Dog's Age With This New, Improved Formula
A study of the epigenetic clock in Labradors shows calculating a dog's age is much more complicated than just multiplying by seven
Art Detective Tracks Down Oscar Wilde's Stolen Friendship Ring
Authorities previously believed the ring, taken from Oxford in 2002, was melted down by an individual unaware of its true significance
An Unidentified Botticelli Painting Spent Decades Hidden in Welsh Museum's Storeroom
The newly attributed masterpiece was previously believed to be a crude copy of the artist's work
Meet the ‘Unicorn Puppy’ With an Extra Tail on His Head
Narwhal’s unique appendage may be the remnant of his parasitic twin
Three Cows Swept Away by Hurricane Dorian Have Been Found Alive
Officials think the brave bovines swam between four and five miles to the Cape Lookout National Seashore
Tsar Nicholas II's Last Shipment of Booze Recovered From the Baltic Sea
Salvagers hope that some of the 900 bottles of cognac and Benedictine are still drinkable
Birds Sniff Each Other's Bacteria to Help Choose a Mate
A new study finds the microbiome in a bird's preen oil determines its scent, which can impact its reproductive success
This Wreck May Be the Sister Ship of Sweden's Ill-Fated 'Vasa' Warship
Divers discovered the wreckage of two 17th-century warships off the coast of an island near Stockholm
Archaeologists Unearth Hollowed-Out Whale Vertebra Containing Human Jawbone, Remains of Newborn Lambs
Iron Age Scots made the unusual vessel with the bone of a fin whale, Earth's second largest whale species
How to Watch Mercury’s Rare Transit Across the Sun
Step one: Protect your eyes
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