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Archaeological artifacts should not be for sale in thrift shops. But putting them in a museum is harder than it sounds.
An unusual email arrived in the inbox of a faculty member at the department of archeology at Simon F ...View More
Science history: James Webb Space Telescope launches — and promptly cracks our view of the universe — Dec. 25, 2021
On a cloudy winter's day, in the Amazon jungle, a shuttle blasted off into space — and changed our v ...View More
'Gospel stories themselves tell of dislocation and danger': A historian describes the world Jesus was born into
Every year, millions of people sing the beautiful carol Silent Night, with its line “all is calm, al ...View More
'What the heck is this?' James Webb telescope spots inexplicable planet with diamonds and soot in its atmosphere
A distant exoplanet appears to sport a sooty atmosphere that is confusing the scientists who recentl ...View More
First-ever 'superkilonova' double star explosion puzzles astronomers
Scientists may have witnessed a massive, dying star split in two and then crash back together, trigg ...View More
We now know much more about how our ancestor 'Lucy' lived — and died
From a distance, it might have looked like a small child was wending her way through the waving gras ...View More
New tests could nearly halve the rate of late-stage cancers, some scientists say — is that true?
What if a single blood test could determine whether you had one of 14 types of cancer?That's the que ...View More
The 9 best things to see in the night sky with binoculars from November to January 2025 to 2026
Winter in the Northern Hemisphere is the best season for stargazing with binoculars. The nights are ...View More
Diagnostic dilemma: A man's bladder looked like a Christmas tree
The patient: A 30-year-old man in NigeriaThe symptoms: The man went to the urology unit of a hospita ...View More
Earth's seasons vary wildly, even at the same latitude, new research finds
Earth's seasonal cycles can vary dramatically across short distances, even at the same latitudes, a ...View More
