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Archaeology

Medieval duke’s remains recount his grisly murder

In 1272, Hungary’s Béla of Macsó received over 23 sword gashes–and more.

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Birds

Woodpeckers grunt like tennis players

‘They take the pecking that we see all birds doing and take it to the extreme.’

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Endangered Species

These toads don’t start as tadpoles

They’re born as tiny ‘toadlets.’

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Mars

Meet Blue and Gold: NASA’s first twin satellites bound for Mars

The ESCAPADE mission will help predict space weather for future crewed missions to the Red Planet.

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Archaeology

Travel ancient Rome’s 186,000 miles of roads in new online atlas

Itiner-e suggests the empire’s routes were almost double previous estimates.

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Health

3 hair loss myths you probably believe

Baldness does not only come from your mother’s side—and other myths debunked.

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Whales

Ride on a humpback whale with little sucker fish

New POV video shows a mutually beneficial relationship between remoras and the gentle giants.

A warning sign is seen at the closed walking trail to the observatory in the Shirakawago district, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Bears

Japan deploys army to fight bears

After over 100 bear attacks this year, it’s time for reinforcements.

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Diseases

Centuries of Black Death misinformation started with a poem

A 14th century trickster tale was misread as fact.

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