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Invisible Light Reveals How an Ancient King’s Shrine Looked 2,700 Years Ago

Fri, 13 Nov 2026 23:00:00 GMT

Learn how invisible light, X-rays, and years of patient detective work are letting visitors watch an ancient king’s shrine turn from plain stone to blue, red, and yellow.

Dark Magic Mushroom Carries Both Psilocybin and Deadly Toxins, a Chemical Combo Unheard-Of in Fungi

Fri, 13 Nov 2026 22:26:00 GMT

Learn about the "dark magic mushroom" that contains both psilocybin and amatoxins, representing a first in fungal research.

Decades of Drinking Fluoridated Tap Water Showed No Impact on Cognitive Skills in Older Adults

Fri, 13 Nov 2026 22:10:00 GMT

Learn how an Irish study of over 2,500 older adults found no significant association between drinking fluoridated tap water and poorer thinking skills.

Antarctica's Skull-Shaped Island, Early Humans Collecting Souvenirs, and Cats Meow More With Humans in the Room

Fri, 13 Nov 2026 20:04:00 GMT

Discover the top stories from Nov. 7 to Nov. 13, 2026, including how Antarctica's skull-shaped island has changed over time and when early humans may have begun collecting items as souvenirs.

Dolly the Sheep Was the First Cloned Mammal After Hundreds of Failed Attempts — Here's What Happened 30 Years Ago

Fri, 13 Nov 2026 19:53:00 GMT

Learn how scientists were able to clone Dolly the sheep from an adult sheep cell in the U.K. on July 5, 1996.

Your Cat Is More Likely to Meow When You're in the Room — Especially for Food

Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how a new study identified that a cat’s meow is likely a social signal directed at humans rather than a generalized motivational response.

Rare Star Duo Flashes Radio Waves Every Eight Minutes, Shedding Light on Bright Space Phenomenon

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 23:45:00 GMT

Learn about a "dead" white dwarf star and a sun-like star orbiting each other, emitting radio signals that flash every eight minutes.

A Poppy Seed-Sized Beetle Locked in Amber 53 Million Years Ago Mirrors Its Modern Relatives

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 23:00:00 GMT

Learn how researchers used X-rays to build a 3D model of the beetle without cutting into the amber, identify a fossil that pushes its lineage's known history back by about 15 million years, and learn why they named it after Twenty One Pilots.

Traces of 125,000-Year-Old Glue Show How Early Humans May Have Assembled Hunting Weapons in Ancient Saudi Arabia

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 22:45:00 GMT

Learn how microscopic traces of resin, plant fiber, and possible poison are revealing how people hunted beside a lake in what is now a desert.

The Surprising Role Mice and Acorns Play In Predicting Lyme Disease

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 22:15:00 GMT

Learn how a 35-year-long study has upended what we know about ticks and the diseases they spread.

Excavations Around Toppled 1,200-Year-Old Scottish Monument Reveal Mysterious Carvings and Pictish Artifacts

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 21:15:00 GMT

Learn how the toppling of Aberlemno III during a storm revealed treasures not seen for 1,000 years.

Mysterious 200-Year-Old Human Remains in Antarctica Belong to a Woman and Are the Oldest Ever Found There

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Learn more about the oldest human remains ever found in Antarctica and why it's still a mystery as to how the woman got there.

Chester Zoo Used a Rubber Glove and a Foster Mother to Save Rare Malayan Peacock-Pheasant Chicks

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:02:00 GMT

Learn how Chester Zoo keepers helped two endangered Malay peacock-pheasant chicks survive, enlisting a foster mother from another species for one and warming the other until it could return to its nest.

This 34-MIllion-Year-Old Giant Rodent Relative Weighed 66 Pounds and May Have Looked Like a Capybara

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:45:00 GMT

Meet Yakamys sirindhornae, a new giant rodent species from Thailand that is changing the story of rodent evolution.

15,000 Years Ago, A Woman and Child May Have Left Overlapping Fingerprints on an Ancient Clay Figurine

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:30:00 GMT

Learn how two prints pressed into the same figurine hint that hunter-gatherers taught children to shape clay thousands of years before farming began.

Shells and Stone Tools Suggest Ice Age Hunter-Gatherers Rapidly Reached Italy Much Earlier Than Previously Thought

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:15:00 GMT

Learn how a culture of hunter-gatherers migrated from Spain to Italy at the onset of the Ice Age, using special tools along the way to survive.

Patient Drawings of Near-Death Experiences Revealed Unexpected Patterns

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 22:45:00 GMT

Learn the surprising similarities between different people’s experiences of death — and why there’s still so much we don’t know about it all.

Modern Humans Are the Only Human Species Left, and We May Have Driven Other Lineages to Extinction

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Our modern human ancestors may have been, at least in part, responsible for the eventual downfall of other human species.

Early Humans May Have Kept Colorful Stones and Fossils as Souvenirs Over 400,000 Years Ago

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 23:45:00 GMT

Learn how objects found at early human sites could point to the origins of collecting items to remember people, places, and life events.

Why Yellowstone's Hottest Pools Glow Blue While Cooler Waters Turn Orange and Green

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 23:30:00 GMT

Learn how heat, microbes, and sunlight shape Yellowstone’s hot spring colors, and how a computer model recreated Morning Glory Pool’s lost blue.