Cool Finds
Beer Fueled Diplomacy in This Ancient Empire
Analysis shows a brewery at a Wari outpost in the mountains of southern Peru strengthened bonds with friends and neighbors
Ring Containing Charlotte Brontë's Hair Discovered in Attic
The piece of mourning jewelry includes an inscription and a little door covering a plaited lock of the <i>Jane Eyre</i> author's hair
Scientists Find a Tiny Speck of Comet Inside a Meteorite
The little fragment found in Antarctica was protected from the elements and preserves the chemical signature of the early solar system
New Analysis of Depression-Era Fossil Hunt Shows Texas Coast Was Once a 'Serengeti'
Over 11 million years ago, the area was full of animals
Bonn Library Recovers More Than 600 Books Looted After World War II
The trove was flagged after a Belgian woman unwittingly tried to auction the stolen books
Book of Lost Books Discovered in Danish Archive
The index is part of the Libro de los Epítomes, an effort by Christopher Columbus' illegitimate son to create a searchable index of the world's knowledge
These Ecologists Borrowed Tricks From Astrophysicists to Count Endangered Orangutans
The thermal-imaging expertise of astronomers helped researchers find the great apes in the hot, humid jungles of Borneo
U-2 Spy Plane Images Reveal Ancient Archaeological Sites in the Middle East
Two patient archaeologists organized and scanned the images to find structures destroyed or covered up over the last 60 years
This Is the World's Tallest Tropical Tree
The yellow meranti in Malaysia's Sabah state is 330 feet tall and weighs more than a jetliner
Exoplanet Core Orbiting a Dying Star May Help Astronomers Understand What Lies in Store for Our Solar System
It's likely the planetesimal orbiting a white dwarf 410 light years away was the core of a minor planet caught in its immense gravity
Researcher Identifies the Last Living Survivor of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Redoshi was 12 when she was kidnapped and sold to the crew of the <i>Clotilda</i>
New Type of Arctic Dinosaur Discovered in Alaska
The duck-billed, crested lambeosaurine shows that a diverse array of dinos lived in the warmer but still harsh Arctic 70 million years ago
819-Year-Old Royal Charter Issued by King John Found in University Archives
A visiting historian happened upon the medieval document while conducting research in Durham, England
There's a Dark and Stormy Vortex Brewing on Neptune
It is the sixth massive dark and stormy vortex found on the planet since 1989 and the only one astronomers have watched develop
Photographer Captures Stunning Images of Ice Shards Along Lake Michigan
As the lakes melts, glassy sheets of ice are piling up along another along parts of the Michigan shoreline
How Much Electricity Can Thunderstorms Produce?
Researchers used a cosmic ray detector to clock one storm in at a shocking 1.3 billion volts
First-Ever Fossilized Mother Bird Found With Unlaid Egg
The rare 110-million-year-old bits of shell shine light on the reproduction during the age of dinosaurs
Wreck of Unusual Ship Described by Herodotus Recovered From Nile Delta
The Greek chronicler dedicated 23 lines of his <em>Histories</em> to the construction of a Nile cargo boat known by locals as a baris
Mariner's Astrolabe Recovered From Shipwreck Is the World's Oldest
The navigational gadget comes from the wreck of the <i>Esmerelda</i>, part of Vasco da Gama's fleet that sunk off the coast of Oman in 1503
Newly Discovered Papers Found in Vincent van Gogh's London Lodging
The cache includes insurance records signed by his landlady, a volume of prayers and hymns, and watercolors possibly painted by an unrequited love interest
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