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If you ever wanted to earn a solid wage by living and working on another world, now's your chance. NASA has put out a call for a new generation of ast...
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This tiny inkwell contains an alphabetic inscription in ancient Etruscan, a language that has never been fully decoded.
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A massive sandstone pediment weighing five metric tons that once topped the entrance to the 18th century plague hospital in Rotterdam is returning to its original site after 115 years in storage. The triangular tympanum is 9.4 meters (31…
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New on our YouTube channel, RPJ and I discuss the controversial new documentary Capturing Bigfoot – check it out! Quote of the Day What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out. William Wordsworth The post News Briefs…
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It seems as if every single time Sam Altman opens his mouth, out of it only comes despicable things, which would label him as an unredeemable villain. Like when he showed his anger for the fact that average citizens like you and I get to…
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On November 23, 1953, an Air Force F-89 sent to intercept an unknown radar target over Lake Superior vanished with its pilot and radar operator. The official account and the UFO story differ. The post The Kinross Incident: What Happened…
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The last known thylacine died in Hobart in 1936, but reports of striped animals in the Tasmanian bush have never stopped. Researchers have now tried to put numbers on those sightings. The post Thylacine Sightings: Could the Tasmanian…
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Archaeologists found a small cemetery full of high-status burials, two of which may be the graves of Germanic chieftains.
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A fragment of the Red Planet found in the desert sands could offer a unique glimpse into Mars' distant past. The history of Mars - a planet that was o...
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NASA's Swift Observatory went out in a blaze of glory this week, but it left behind millions of images of the universe that could fuel discoveries for decades.
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Eight loaves of bread that were baked 5,000 years ago found at Seyitömer Mound in Turkey’s northwestern province of Kütahya have gone on display to the public for the first time. The bread barely even looks stale, preserved in excellent…
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In January 1954 a run of dead dogs and newspaper talk of a 'vampire' beast brought up to 1,000 armed hunters to the swamps around Bladenboro, North Carolina. A bobcat was trapped and put on show, but even the mayor was not sure it was the…
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Since December 1981 people in a small Norwegian valley have reported lights that hover, flash and race away. Radar, cameras and a university observatory have measured them, yet plasma, ball lightning and a valley-sized battery all remain…
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The brass padlock, which came from a centuries-old shipwreck, had been puzzling researchers for years. Originally discovered in the sands of Port Talb...
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A 5th century funerary complex featuring rich warrior and equine burials has been discovered in Horbourg-Wihr, near Colmar, in Alsace. France’s National Institute for Preventative Archaeology (INRAP) has been excavating the site on the…
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Live Science readers respond to a recent poll about whether they'd visit the Red Planet even with potential health risks.
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A comprehensive investigation of the sandstone megalith’s "geological fingerprint" suggests it did not originate in northeast Scotland, as a surprising study concluded in 2024, sending scientists back into the field to track down the…
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The Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans is on a mission to retrieve hundreds of missing artworks from its collections. It recently tracked down a 17th-century painting by Dutch artist Willem Cornelisz Duyster right before it went to auction in…
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The ancient cabinet held a pair of tweezers, a perfume bottle, an incense burner and ceramic vessels. But the most impressive find was a necklace sporting at least 24 amulets shaped like deities, plants and body parts
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Framed by traditional black wrought ironwork, the Fuente de los Niños Miones delights passersby in Guadalajara's Historic Center, right in the Plaza Tapatía. This sculptural gem attracts curious travelers with its peculiar charm and a…
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