Scientists Find Billion-Year-Old Fossil Life, 'Something Which Has Never Been Described Before'

https://gizmodo.com/scientists-find-billion-year-old-fossil-life-something-1846792843

Watch This Disney Robot Make the Most Convincing Eye Contact Ever

https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/robots/a35765898/disney-develops-robot-with-realistic-human-gaze/

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: Archaeologists discover mysterious monument hidden in plain sight

Archaeologists discover mysterious monument hidden in plain sight
New find pries open an enduring question: why two ancient superpowers abruptly turned from diplomacy to brutality.

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Island gigantism and dwarfism the result of evolutionary island rule

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-island-gigantism-dwarfism-result-evolutionary.html

The Universe Is a Machine That Keeps Learning, Scientists Say

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a36112655/universe-is-self-learning-algorithm/

Ancient history sheds new light on connection between weather and war

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-ancient-history-weather-war.html

Neanderthal ancestry identifies oldest modern human genome

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-neanderthal-ancestry-oldest-modern-human.html

Neanderthal ancestry identifies oldest modern human genome

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-neanderthal-ancestry-oldest-modern-human.html

‘An escape from dark times’: how ancient history podcasts bring comfort and clarity

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/apr/05/an-escape-from-dark-times-how-ancient-history-podcasts-bring-comfort-and-clarity

‘An escape from dark times’: how ancient history podcasts bring comfort and clarity

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/apr/05/an-escape-from-dark-times-how-ancient-history-podcasts-bring-comfort-and-clarity

The Veluwemeer Aqueduct: Netherland's Unique Water Bridge

https://interestingengineering.com/the-netherlands-unique-water-bridge

The Veluwemeer Aqueduct: Netherland's Unique Water Bridge

https://interestingengineering.com/the-netherlands-unique-water-bridge

Real Life Resurrections: Worms Frozen for 42,000 Years Come Back to Life

https://interestingengineering.com/siberian-worms-buried-in-arctic-permafrost-for-42000-years-come-back-to-life

Your Guide to Products and Technologies That Are Pseudoscience

https://interestingengineering.com/your-guide-to-products-and-technologies-that-are-pseudoscience

Escape the City: Essentials to Build Your Way Into the Off-Grid Life

https://interestingengineering.com/escape-the-city-essentials-to-build-your-way-into-the-off-grid-life

THE GUARDIAN: String theorist Michio Kaku: 'Reaching out to aliens is a terrible idea'

String theorist Michio Kaku: 'Reaching out to aliens is a terrible idea'
The physicist on Newton finding inspiration amid the great plague, how the multiverse can unite religions, and why a 'theory of everything' is within our grasp

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Ancient genomes trace the origin and decline of the Scythians

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-ancient-genomes-decline-scythians.html

Your Brain Has 'Zombie' Cells That Actually Grow After You Die

https://interestingengineering.com/your-brain-has-zombie-cells-that-actually-grow-after-you-die

Scientists Might Have Just Stumbled Upon a New Kind of Physics

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a35917019/large-hadron-collider-new-physics/

The Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age | History | Air & Space Magazine

https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/wright-brothers-invention-aerial-age-180977308/

DAILY MAIL: Scientists discover details of vision vary from person to person

Scientists discover details of vision vary from person to person
Researchers at University of California Berkeley found natural variation in the inherent visual ability to our ability to pinpoint the exact location and size of objects.

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'Wild West' mentality lingers in modern populations of US mountain regions

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-wild-west-mentality-lingers-modern.html

National Geographic: Mysterious crocodile relative may have walked on two legs

Mysterious crocodile relative may have walked on two legs
Odd fossil footprints once attributed to a pterosaur seem to actually belong to a croc-like animal that lived more than 110 million years ago.

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Popular Mechanics: How the Obscure Science of Rubbing Built the Past and Will Shape the Future

How the Obscure Science of Rubbing Built the Past and Will Shape the Future
From plate tectonics to knee replacements, tribology plays a big part in our world—and barely anybody knows about it.

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The Ancient Greeks’ 6 Words for Love (And Why Knowing Them Can Change Your Life) - Yes! Magazine

https://www.yesmagazine.org/health-happiness/2013/12/28/the-ancient-greeks-6-words-for-love-and-why-knowing-them-can-change-your-life

The Ancient Greeks’ 6 Words for Love (And Why Knowing Them Can Change Your Life) - Yes! Magazine

https://www.yesmagazine.org/health-happiness/2013/12/28/the-ancient-greeks-6-words-for-love-and-why-knowing-them-can-change-your-life

Exercise Scientists Say One 23-Minute Workout a Week Is Nearly as Effective as Three--but There Is One Catch

https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/exercise-scientists-say-one-23-minute-workout-a-week-is-nearly-as-effective-as-three-but-there-is-one-catch.html


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Humanity's Origin Story Just Got More Complicated

https://gizmodo.com/humanitys-origin-story-just-got-more-complicated-1842616478

In Exactly A Year Our Knowledge Of The Cosmos Will Change Forever. This Is The $10 Billion Reason

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2020/03/29/in-exactly-a-year-our-knowledge-of-the-cosmos-will-change-forever-this-is-the-10-billion-reason/

Exercise Scientists Say One 23-Minute Workout a Week Is Nearly as Effective as Three--but There Is One Catch

https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/exercise-scientists-say-one-23-minute-workout-a-week-is-nearly-as-effective-as-three-but-there-is-one-catch.html


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Machine Design 101: Pulleys and Counterweights

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Machine Design 101: Pulleys and Counterweights

https://interestingengineering.com/machine-design-101-pulleys-and-counterweights

Two Famous Real-Life Treasure Hunts, One Is Still Waiting to be Found

https://interestingengineering.com/two-famous-real-life-treasure-hunts-one-is-still-waiting-to-be-found

Smithsonian Magazine: The Meanings Behind Words for Emotions Aren't Universal, Study Finds

The Meanings Behind Words for Emotions Aren't Universal, Study Finds
Certain emotions may be universal. But the way humans describe their feelings, it seems, is not

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Forbes: Stunning ‘Northern Lights’ Revealed In Final Images Of Saturn From NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft

Stunning 'Northern Lights' Revealed In Final Images Of Saturn From NASA's Cassini Spacecraft
Cassini plunged into Saturn's atmosphere in September 2017, but not before sending back high-resolution photos of the planet's ultraviolet aurorae.

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National Geographic: 'Extremely rare’ Assyrian carvings discovered in Iraq

'Extremely rare' Assyrian carvings discovered in Iraq
Stone reliefs more than 2,700 years old date to the reign of the mighty King Sargon II.

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Scientists discover whale which is 25 years OLDER than America

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7786559/Scientists-discover-whale-25-years-OLDER-America.html


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2,700-Year-Old Town From One of Ancient World's Major Powers Revealed by Archaeologists

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Grunge: The truth about the Sea Peoples who terrorized the ancient world

The truth about the Sea Peoples who terrorized the ancient world
The Sea Peoples would be a bit miffed to learn that today, thousands of years after they terrorized the ancient world, almost no one remembers them. But the Sea Peoples did exist, and yes their name sounds kind of stupid. Here's the truth about the Sea Peoples who terrorized the ancient world.

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Archaeologists find evidence of Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem -- as told in the Bible

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/jerusalem-mount-zion-babylonian-conquest-evidence-intl-scli/index.html


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Master plan of the universe revealed in new galaxy maps

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/master-plan-universe-revealed-new-galaxy-maps-ncna1040936

A Decades-Old Computer Science Puzzle Was Solved in Two Pages

https://www.wired.com/story/a-decades-old-computer-science-puzzle-was-solved-in-two-pages/

Mysterious medieval warrior found in Viking graveyard wasn't actually a Viking

https://www.foxnews.com/science/mysterious-medieval-warrior-viking-graveyard

Ancient Egypt: Underwater Archaeologists Uncover Destroyed Temple in the Sunken City of Heracleion

https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-egypt-underwater-cities-sunken-cities-temple-coins-jewelry-archaeology-1450695?utm_source=GoogleNewsstandTech&utm_medium=Feed&utm_campaign=Partnerships

Road-tripping couple was murdered near Canada's notorious "highway of tears"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/road-tripping-couple-was-murdered-near-canadas-notorious-highway-of-tears/