Scientists Found Miraculously-Preserved Tattoos on the Hands of 1,000-Year-Old Mummies
One of the first applications of laser-stimulated fluorescence in anthropology, the tattoos contain lines only 0.1 millimeter ...
Archaeologists Discovered a Hoard of Roman Coins Hidden in a WWII Minefield
Amateur archaeologists discovered a gold coin in a field, leading to a full-fledged search that revealed 141 Roman-era gold ...
Archaeologists Just Found a ‘Treasure Trove’ of Era-Spanning Artifacts
Archaeologists with the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) made a series of discoveries ...
Scientists Have Proven It’s Possible to Bring a Dead Brain ‘Back to Life’—But There’s a Catch
They removed a slaughterhouse pig’s brain from its head and deprived it of oxygen at room temperature for four hours. Then, ...
Scientists Think Ancient ‘Sun Stones’ May Have Been Volcanic Sacrifices
Located on the southern end of the Danish island of Bornholm, these stones are flat pieces of shale featuring intricately ...
After 15 Years, Scientists Finally Opened This Mysterious Ancient Vessel
The vessel, which dates back to the Shang dynasty, contained a liquid that (upon analysis) was revealed to be distilled ...
Archaeologists Just Uncovered A One-Of-A-Kind Ancient Ritual Site
Archaeologists believe they’ve fully excavated eight rooms carved from stone, which were used for ritual practices during the ...
The Cascade Mountains Have Been Hiding a Precious Natural Resource. A Research Team Just Found It.
The American West is hungry for water, and scientists just found a previously unmapped aquifer three times the size of Lake ...
A Farmer Was Working In His Field—and Found a 1,700-Year-Old Roman Mosaic
A farmer discovered a 900-square-foot mosaic from the third century in his field in Turkey. Covered by a thin layer of soil, ...
Drones Uncovered a 3,000-Year-Old Hidden Mega-Fortress in the Mountains
Researchers used drone imagery to analyze the full scope of a massive, 3,000-year-old fortress in the Caucasus mountains.
50,000 Scientists Beg Congress to Protect Science As Trump Prepares to Take Office
Project 2025 and growing anti-science sentiment threaten to undermine several critical scientific institutions.
Scientists Used a 1.7-Mile-Long ‘Time Machine’ to See Into Earth’s Climate Past
“We have a strong indication that the uppermost 2,480 meters contain a climate record that goes back to 1.2 million years in ...