Massive Lava Tubes on Mars and the Moon Could Shelter Astronauts
Lava tubes on Mars could provide shelter for astronauts, according to a new study. Earlier studies have suggested the same could apply to the Moon....
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Mermaids and Mermen: Are Ancient Legends of Sea Goddesses in Alaska True?
Are legends of mermaids and mermen based on something real? If so, stories dating back to the first writings are nothing like the Little Mermaid. ...
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Megaflood on Mars: Another Sign of Life on the Red Planet
Today, we learn about a megaflood on Mars; just the latest evidence life existed there in the past. Furthermore, chances are, it could live there...
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Ancient Drepanosaur – A Mix of Anteater, Bird, and Chameleon Found in Petrified Forest
During an internship at the Petrified Forest in Arizona, Idaho State University Ph.D. student Xavier Jenkins and a group of National Park Service interns made a spectacular...
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5,000-Year-Old Penguin ‘Mummies’ Found in Antarctica
Penguin mummies dating back thousands of years have been discovered in Antarctica. An ornithologist from the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, Steven Emslie, has studied penguins in...
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An Ancient Tablet’s Clue to Immortality Sounds Like One Scientists Study Now
A strange alien-looking creature spreading across the world’s oceans is practically immortal. It’s Turritopsis dohrnii, the “immortal jellyfish” that can avoid death when stressed. In a manner that’s similar...
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Researchers Stunned by ‘Plausible’ Sign of Life on Venus
Venus is often the subject of stories about Venusians and extraterrestrial life. However, the idea of life on Venus seems crazy. After all, temperatures on...
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Ancient Dogs that Sing Like Whales Rediscovered in the Wild
Wild dogs among those thought to be “the most ancient domestic dogs on earth” have been rediscovered in Papua New Guinea after half a century....
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Study finds that inbreeding and other demographic problems alone could have wiped out Neanderthals
Humans may not have been responsible for the ultimate extinction of the Neanderthals according to a new study by Dutch researchers who wanted to know...
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Mass extinction saw an invasion of giant-headed Komodo Dragon-like Triassic predators
Today, we marvel at creatures such as crocodiles and Komodo Dragons, but they would be even more fearsome if they had giant heads. And it...
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Researchers discover new 91-million-year-old giant shark species in Kansas
Deep in the heart of northern Kansas, researchers excavated farmland that used to be under the ocean and ended up finding a brand new species...
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Study suggests Neanderthals were wiped out by a common childhood ear infection
Of all the possible ways the Neanderthals may have gone extinct, it turns out that it may have been as simple as a common childhood...
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New study reveals what brought down the powerful Assyrian empire
For 1,400 years, the ancient Assyrian empire dominated the Middle East ruling an area stretching from Turkey to Egypt and east to Iran through what...
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Scientists genetically link orangutans to giant ape thought to be Bigfoot
Bigfoot may or may not be real, but there is a living relative of the giant ape thought to be Bigfoot already living among us...
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Archaeologists apply radar tech to study ‘ghost footprints’ of ancient humans and animals
Unbeknownst to most of us, there are ancient footprints right under our feet beneath the ground we continue to walk on today, and now scientists...
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Are billionaires buying up land away from the coasts based on prophecies or inside information?
These days, life on our fragile planet seems to be under threat on numerous fronts, from climate change to pollution, to overpopulation, to nuclear war....
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Scientists confirm legends, revealing the face of Viking warrior woman with battle wound
For fans of the “Vikings” series on the History Channel, the idea of shield-maidens, strong woman warriors are welcomed and unsurprising. However, in the real...
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Study reveals ancient humans migrated to the Levant from Europe 40,000 years ago
A study of ancient teeth belonging to modern humans and Neanderthals of the Aurignacian culture at Manot Cave in Israel is shedding new light on...
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Could an increase in Antarctic ice levels trigger a new ice age and help reverse global warming?
Scientists studying the causes of ice ages say that an increase in Antarctic ice levels could be enough to trigger a new ice age that...
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Scientists trace modern human lineage to Botswana in Africa, disappointing racists everywhere
It is generally accepted by scientists that modern humans, also known as Homo sapiens, migrated out of eastern Africa around 200,000 years ago. But a...
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Ancient astronaut theorists take note as scientists trace ancestral home of all humans to southern Africa
Mainstream scientists seem to have inadvertently given some support to the ancient astronaut theory again. Recently, we wrote about a “new” scientific discovery that unlocked...
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Archaeologists confirm that dogs can successfully sniff out ancient tombs from 800 BC
In a new effort to find ancient tombs and burials, archaeologists are turning to the oldest form of detection technology that humans have been using...
