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YouTube Video Here: https://www.youtube.com/embed/ru8ifph_q9o?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1 When "Lucy" the now-famous Australopithecine was discovered in Ethiopia in 1974 by paleoanthropologists, researcher's minds were full of questions, but the biggest question of all was: what did Lucy's ancestors look like? That question has now been answered, at least in part, thanks to the discovery...

YouTube Video Here: https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dfl4ZaiucpQ?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1 For those who follow the stories of the ancient Sumerian tablets first discovered in the 1800s, you know that gold is central to the story. The Anunnaki, extraterrestrials from another planet, mined for precious gold in southern Africa when they arrived on Earth. The element has...

YouTube Video Here: https://www.youtube.com/embed/no8wX_AWlW0?feature=oembed Crop circles, elaborate patterns found in farmer's fields, continue to fascinate people worldwide. Although some have been elaborate hoaxes, others remain a mystery, tangible and real yet unexplained. The first simple crop circles started to become a regular phenomenon when they appeared in the southern English...

Just as there are those who still believe the Earth is flat, there are those who refuse to acknowledge that climate change is real and that it will harm our modern society. But a new study of ancient climate change offers even more proof that we had better prepare...

YouTube Video Here: https://www.youtube.com/embed/2Z96z1JdXpA?feature=oembed Astronomers at Baylor University have just found something on the Moon's largest crater that has left them confused and wondering how exactly it got there in the first place. According to Futurism.com: "A team of astronomers found a 'large excess of mass' under the Moon’s largest crater, the...

YouTube Video Here: https://www.youtube.com/embed/M7cukSVCC-w?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1 Every time you take a sip of fine wine, you may very well be drinking the same wine that Roman emperors drank in ancient times. At least that's what a new analysis of grape DNA reveals. While wine has become more diverse in modern times, there are...

A group of people known as "Flat Earthers" actually believe that the Earth is flat, regardless of what science – or their eyes – tell them. They’ve grown so distrustful of science that they believe that planning and executing an expedition to Antarctica will help them prove that the...

In Brief: Earth's Atmosphere extends far beyond what was believed until now, according to a recent study by Russian researchers based on scientific observations that remained tucked away in archives for more than 20 years, waiting for the day someone would take a look at them. Not that we didn't...

Mars is one of the planets in our solar system that humans know most about, and for good reason. The "Red Planet" has been lauded by scientists because of its similarity to Earth. The similarity convinces many that humans may be able to fashion a second home out of it....

The Exclusion Zone at Chernobyl covers an area of approximately 2,600 km2 (1,000 sq mi)  immediately surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant where radioactive contamination from nuclear fallout is highest and public access and inhabitation are restricted. Despite that, life has found a way. A new study has found that Wildlife is proliferating in abundance in the area that has...