Cool Finds
This Iron Age Celtic Woman Was Buried in a Hollowed-Out Tree Trunk
The woman performed little physical labor during her lifetime and enjoyed a rich diet of starchy and sweetened foods
Family Realizes Long-Forgotten Portrait Was Painted by Famed Nigerian Artist Ben Enwonwu
Last year, a similarly rediscovered portrait by Enwonwu sold for $1.6 million, setting an auction record for Nigerian Modernist art
Swarms of Grasshoppers Invading Las Vegas Are Visible on Radar
Experts say the insects are migrating north in response to unusually heavy rainfall in the region
Traces of WWII Veteran’s Doomed Final Flight May Have Been Located in the Chesapeake Bay
Few definitive traces of either the pilot or his plane have materialized since the 1945 crash
Apollo 11 Mission Memorialized With 2,200 Pounds of Butter
A buttery Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, along with a couple cows, are on display at the Ohio State Fair
Viking Woman Warrior May Have Been Slavic
A new analysis of female Viking warriors suggests one found in Denmark was actually from the area of present-day Poland
Robotic Hand Restores Wearer’s Sense of Touch
The prosthetic enabled a test subject to pick up an egg without cracking it, send a text message, peel a banana and hold his wife's hand
Empty-Nester Loons Adopt a Mallard Chick in Northern Wisconsin
For two months the duckling has learned to eat fish, dive and just hang out on on mom and dad's backs
Laugh Tracks Make Bad Jokes Funnier, According to Science
The bursts of audience laughter hated by TV critics do induce laughter, meaning the sit-com giggles are here to stay
Why Florida Crocs Are Thriving Outside a Nuclear Power Plant
But is the Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station the reptilian utopia that it seems?
Unhatched Bird Embryos Communicate With Siblings by Vibrating Their Shells
Baby seabirds exposed to nestmates' warnings exhibit behavioral and physiological adaptations designed to help avoid predators
It Took Two Years for Global Experts to ID This Little Shard of Roman Glass
The rare blue-green glass was unearthed at the Chedworth Roman Villa in the U.K.
New Species of Giant Flying Squirrel Discovered in China
Weighing 3 to 4 pounds, the Mount Gaoligong flying squirrel was recently found in Yunnan province
The First Investigation Into the Allied Waterloo Field Hospital Is Unearthing Cannonballs—and Limbs
The dig, conducted by military veterans and service members, suggests just how close Napoleon's forces might have come to victory in the epic battle
First Moon-Forming Disk Detected Swirling Around an Exoplanet
Telescope observations suggest that a cloud of gas and dust around a planet 370 light-years away may be coalescing into planet-sized moons
Mussels' Sticky Threads Could Inspire Ways to Clean Up Oil Spills, Purify Water and More
A new review shows the sticky threads the bivalves used to cling to rocks could have lot of potential engineering applications
Little, Transparent Fish Show Sleep Is at Least 450 Million Years Old
Imaging of sleeping zebrafish reveal their pattern of Zzz's is similar to that of mammals and other animals, meaning snoozing has been around a long time
Remains of Napoleonic General Believed to Have Been Found in Russian Park
Charles Étienne Gudin, whose name appears on the Arc de Triomphe, was hit by a cannonball during the Battle of Valutino
Rare Lava Lake Found on Top of Sub-Antarctic Volcano
Satellite data located the persistent pool of liquid rock on top of Mt. Michael on Saunders Island, part of the South Sandwich Islands
A Young Arctic Fox Traveled From Norway to Canada in 76 Days
The animal trekked an average of 28 miles per day, covering a distance of 2,175 miles during her journey from Spitsbergen to Ellesmere Island
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