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The well-preserved remains of 14,000-year-old wolf cub siblings were found in northern Siberia in 2011 and 2015.

Sergey Fedorov, North-Eastern Federal University

14,000-year-old mummified ‘puppies’ weren’t dogs at all, new research shows

Archbishop’s letters

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Reopening a 688-year-old murder case reveals a tangled web of adultery and extortion in medieval England

12/11/24 - BOSTON, MA. - Northeastern chair and professor of biology James Monaghan works with axolotls in his lab in the Mugar Life Sciences on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University

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Glow-in-the-dark axolotls reveal a clue in the mystery of limb regeneration

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‘Dragon prince’ dinosaur discovery is changing how scientists understand T. rex

Cobs in the San José Galleon shipwreck in the Colombian Caribbean.

Daniela Vargas Ariza, Antonio Jaramillo Arango, Jesús Alberto Aldana Mendoza, Carlos Del Cairo Hurtado, Juan David Sarmiento Rodriguez/ARC-DIMAR 2022

New images reveal treasures aboard ‘holy grail’ shipwreck

Aerial view of the Serrania de Chiribiquete, located in the Amazonian jungle departments of Caqueta and Guaviare, Colombia, on June 7, 2018. - The 2,782,353-hectare Chiribiquete National Park, the largest of Colombia's protected natural parks, is included on the list of 30 proposals from around the world that will be examined at the forty-second session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in late June. The Serranias of Chiribiquete and La Lindosa are among the areas in Colombia that were closed to outsiders during the armed conflict and are now opening up to scientific researchers. (Photo by GUILLERMO LEGARIA / AFP) (Photo by GUILLERMO LEGARIA/AFP via Getty Images)

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6,000-year-old skeletons found in Colombia have unique DNA

Our Oort cloud (center), a shell of icy bodies that surrounds the solar system and extends one-and-a-half light years in every direction, is shown in this scene from Encounters in the Milky Way along with the Oort clouds of neighboring stars. The more massive the star, the larger its Oort cloud.

Accidental find in planetarium show could shift scientists’ understanding of our solar system

FOSTER CITY, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 22: A passenger plane flies in front of the full 'strawberry' moon over San Francisco Bay as seen from Foster City in California, United States on June 22, 2024. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Look up to see June’s full strawberry moon, the Milky Way and multiple planets

This artist's concept shows what exoplanet K2-18 b could look like based on science data. K2-18 b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as Earth, orbits the cool dwarf star K2-18 in the habitable zone and lies 120 light-years from Earth. A new investigation with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope into K2-18 b has revealed the presence of carbon-bearing molecules including methane and carbon dioxide. The abundance of methane and carbon dioxide, and shortage of ammonia, support the hypothesis that there may be a water ocean underneath a hydrogen-rich atmosphere in K2-18 b.

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A surprising study found hints of biological activity on a distant planet. Now, scientists say there’s more to the story

In this screengrab from video posted to social media on June 3, ispace's Resilience lunar lander orbits the moon.

‘Never quit the lunar quest’ was this moon mission’s motto. Here’s its tragic tale

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In 1922, American chemist, Thomas Midgley, Jr. discovered tetraethyl, an antiknock agent in gasoline, which led to the establishment of the ethyl gasoline industry. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Once celebrated, an inventor’s breakthroughs are now viewed as disasters — and the world is still recovering

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‘Dyson spheres’ were theorized as a way to detect alien life. Scientists say they’ve found potential evidence

KARS, TURKIYE - MAY 18: A view of moon, appearing in the sky in the evening hours in Kars, Turkey, on May 18, 2024. (Photo by Omer Tarsuslu/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Why scientists say we need to send clocks to the moon — soon

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Why axolotls seem to be everywhere — except in the one lake they call home

Space

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rendering of the ispace Resilience lunar lander and rover on the moon

Spacecraft set for a high-stakes lunar landing attempt this week took months to reach the moon. Here’s why

Popular theory about our galaxy’s fate might be wrong, astronomers say

China mission lifts off to explore two unusual objects that haven’t been visited by spacecraft before

Pulsing object in space is ‘unlike anything we have seen before,’ astronomers say

Archaeology

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A nearly 3,000-year-old Mayan village was discovered in northern Guatemala

Guatemalan Ministry of Culture and Sports

Nearly 3,000-year-old Mayan complex discovered, featuring pyramids and canals

Archaeologists found a strange red mark on rock. Forensic police helped them unravel who made it

How 2,300-year-old gold rings bring an ancient chapter of Jerusalem’s history to life

Ancient tombs more than 3,000 years old unearthed in Egypt

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The San Diego Humane Society took in a 2-month-old black bear cub after it was discovered alone in Los Padres National Forest. Caretakers at the wildlife center are dressing in bear costumes to prevent the bear from bonding with humans so it can ultimately be returned to the wild.

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Orphaned bear cub cared for by humans dressed up as bears

First evidence of ‘living towers’ made of worms discovered in nature

One of the world’s most notorious pathogens has survived for centuries. Scientists say they now know why

A reservoir of gold lies hidden in Earth’s core. Scientists say it’s leaking

Paleontology

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An impression of what the Amniote(early reptile) would look like from 350 million years ago.

Martin Ambrozik

Tiny clawed tracks left in ancient mud are the oldest reptile footprints

A rare Archaeopteryx fossil was kept from scientists for decades. Its first-ever analysis reveals ‘one wow after another’

Bumps on ancient, armored fish may have given rise to teeth in animals, study finds

Ancient three-eyed predator was ‘unlike any living animal’