Cool Finds
DNA Shows Ethnically Diverse Crew Sailed Henry VIII's Flagship
The research on the skeletons found near the wreck suggests there were sailors and marines on board who came from North Africa and the Mediterranean
Birds and Humans Are Depicted Together in This Rare Scene From 12,000 Years Ago
Researchers believe the discovery, detailed in a new study, represent an "exceptional milestone in European Paleolithic rock art"
NASA Releases Opportunity Rover's Final Panorama Photograph
The little Mars explorer was hit by a duststorm in June, 2018 and never recovered, but it did send back 354 images from on its final days
Could This Work Be Leonardo da Vinci's Only Known Sculpture?
An art scholar argues "Virgin with the Laughing Child" held in a U.K. museum bears the hallmark smile and other techniques of the polymath's other works
Radar Scans Reveal Traces of 19th-Century Fort Beneath Alcatraz
Before Capone took up residence, the island was home to military installation that guarded San Francisco Bay
Beer Yeast Is a True International Collaboration
A new study looking at the genomics of brewer's yeast indicates it's a combination of European grape wine and Asian rice wine strains
How Much Does the Milky Way Weigh?
Measurements from the Gaia satellite and Hubble Space Telescope show our galaxy tips the scales at about 1.5 trillion solar masses
Experts Think This 'Nude Mona Lisa' Could Have Been Drawn by Leonardo da Vinci
Previously attributed to his students, close examination of the charcoal drawing shows a left-handed artist created most of the artwork
The City of Chicago Is Sinking. Here's Why
Ice sheets that receded 10,000 years ago are responsible for the Windy City dropping at least four inches over the last century
Cave Full of Untouched Maya Artifacts Found at Chichén Itzá
The intact offerings will allow researchers to understand changes over time at the site
You Can Now Apply to Be a Cadbury Chocolate Taster
A “passion for confectionary” is required
Houston's Rothko Chapel Casts a New Light
When the meditative space reopens, a new skylight will filter the right amount of light on the 14 canvasses installed in the artist's octagonal masterpiece
Using Landmine Detectors, Meteorite Hunt Turns Up 36 Space Rocks in Antarctica
The scientists had a hunch that more meteorites were hidden a foot below the ice—they were right
Secrets of Stonehenge Found in Quarries 180 Miles Away
Archaeologists believe the builders popped out "ready-made" bluestones at a quarry in Wales and dragged them overland to Salisbury
Museum of the Dog Takes Manhattan
After 30 years in St. Louis, the American Kennel Club museum is back in the Big Apple, with artifacts, portraits and a kiosk that matches people to dogs
Southern California Will Soon See Another Booming Superbloom
If the rain keeps up, the deserts and burn scars will soon explode with acres of colorful poppies, lupines, lilies and other ephemeral flowers
Feeding Mosquitoes Diet Drugs Makes Them Stop Biting
The drugs—which block hunger signals in humans and the insects—keep the bugs from bloodsucking for a few days
The Father of American Pizza Is Not Who We Thought He Was
New research suggests pizza came to the U.S. earlier than 1905, spread by pizza evangelist Filippo Milone
Planetary Smash-Up May Have Produced This Distant Iron Exoplanet
Computer simulations suggest Kepler 107c could have been formed when two rocky planets collided, stripping it down to its metal core
Drone Captures Thousands of Years of Archaeology on Remote Scottish Islands
A drone survey of Canna and Sanday Islands collected 420 million data points, creating what may be the most detailed 3-D map of islands yet
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