Cool Finds
New Spider Species Discovered In Indiana Cave
The translucent sheet-weaving spider shows that scientists haven't yet found everything in our own backyard
New Evidence Smashes Assumptions of Crushing Death for Pompeii Skeleton
Researchers found the intact skull of the skeleton that made headlines for being pinned beneath a giant stone block
Now That the Smog Has Lifted, Astronomy Returns to London's Royal Observatory
A new telescope that filters out light pollution and interference will watch the stars from the site constructed in 1675
Take a 3D Tour Through Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West
New state-of-the-art scans allow virtual visits to the architect's winter home and gives conservators detailed blueprints
Museum Ties Portraits of the Wealthy to Their Slaveholding Pasts
New signs at the Worcester Art Museum illuminate how wealthy New Englanders benefitted from the slave trade
Teeming Manta Ray Nursery Discovered in the Gulf of Mexico
Almost all of the rays in the area are rarely seen juveniles, which can reach wingspans of 23 feet when they grow up
Construction Workers Find Rare Intact Roman Tomb
'The Tomb of the Athlete' includes four bodies, a coin, offerings of chicken, rabbit and lamb and strigils, the symbol of Roman sportsmen
The Odyssey of the World's Largest Freshwater Pearl
The gem, which was was recently bought at auction, was likely found in China in the 1700s and was once owned by Russia's Catherine the Great
Oldest Footprints Show When Life On Earth Got Legs
Tiny fossil tracks found in South China firmly date appendages back to the Ediacaran period
High-Tech Scanning Shows Picasso's Blue Period Evolution
A new study of "La Soupe" reveals it underwent as many as 13 layers of revision
"Lost" John Coltrane Album to Be Released
<i>Both Directions At Once</i> was recorded in 1963 by the classic quartet and reveals Coltrane's journey from melodic standards to avant-garde jazz
This 4,000-Year-Old Jar Contains Italy's Oldest Olive Oil
Traces of oleic and linoleic acid found on a central Italy jar pushes the timeline of the substance in the region back an estimated 700 years
Oldest Lizard Fossil Shows These Reptiles Are The Ultimate Survivors
The 250-million-year-old specimen from the Alps suggests that lizards evolved before Earth's largest mass extinction—and thrived after it
Archaeologists Uncover 20,000-Year-Old Kangaroo Cook Out
The site in Pilbara is one of many helping to define human movements in Australia
"Holy Grail" of Spanish Treasure Galleons Found Off Colombia
The <i>San José</i> went down in 1708 filled with gold, silver and gems now worth billions of dollars
Astronomers Find Signature From the Universe's Earliest Known Stars
The first lights may have winked to life just 250 million years after the Big Bang
Is This Backwards-Orbiting Asteroid an Interstellar Visitor?
The space rock could have been captured from another star system during the early days of our solar system
The Case for Charles Dickens, the Science Communicator
A new exhibition dives into the Victorian novelist's passion for science
Archaeologists Discover They've Been Excavating Lost Assyrian City
Cuneiform tablets revealed the site in Iraqi Kurdistan is the legendary city of Mardaman
People Lived in This Cave for 78,000 Years
Excavations in Panga ya Saidi suggest technological and cultural change came slowly over time and show early humans weren't reliant on coastal resources
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