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An Ancient Fingerprint Among Clues to a 2,000-year-old Invasion of Denmark

Previously unexamined, “remarkable” evidence could help scientists track down the unsuccessful attackers whose boat was thrown in a bog

December 16, 2025

Is Earth’s Core Like an Onion?

Chemical layering deep inside may explain weird seismic wave behavior

December 16, 2025

Can True Love Help to Heal a Diseased Heart?

How robust intimate relationships affect cardiac patients

December 16, 2025

The Psychedelic Scientist

High on ayahuasca, Bruce Damer saw how life on Earth began. He may very well be right.

December 16, 2025

The Fishy Inspiration Behind a Bold, Tandem Space Mission

Remarkable remoras get their time in the orbital spotlight

December 15, 2025

Ancient Math Hidden in Oldest Known Floral Pottery

Bowls from the Halafian culture of Mesopotamia suggest people used art to enumerate their rapidly changing world

December 15, 2025

The Emerging Science of Being Hangry

Your ability to tune into your body’s internal signals shapes hunger-driven mood swings

December 15, 2025

Astronomers Observe Spacetime Whirlpool for the First Time

This theoretical phenomenon was discovered after being predicted by Einstein more than a century ago

December 15, 2025

How Christianity Redrew Ancient Nubian Tattoos

Markings on remains unearthed from modern-day Sudan suggest that the religion’s rise influenced the design and application of body ink

December 15, 2025

Italian Bears Softened by Centuries of Human Proximity

In a hotbed of culture, the animals evolved to be less aggressive

December 15, 2025

Watch a Moth Drink Moose Tears

Researchers recorded the nocturnal insects sipping from the massive mammal’s ducts for the first time

December 12, 2025

A Warming Arctic May Be Changing Polar Bears’ DNA

Polar bears in a warmer region of Greenland have shown some surprising genetic changes that may help them adapt

December 12, 2025