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Brain removal likely used in Iron Age Scottish burial
A woman’s 2,000-year-old skeleton also shows signs of limb sharpening.
745-mile whale graveyard found at the bottom of Indian Ocean
A 5.3-million-year old fossil was lurking inside this extensive whale fall.
Jackie and Shadow’s chicks’ genders revealed: It’s a boy…and a girl!
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Giant 120-sided ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ dice highlights every element
The chunky aluminum die is perfect for roleplaying games and chemistry class.
Can stimulating the sense of smell be beneficial for the brain?
Passive olfactory stimulation involves exposing the brain to a variety of smells on a continuous basis, even while sleeping.
Odd-shaped vessel hints at alchemy in medieval German castle
The tall container was almost certainly used for distillation experiments.
Astronaut who nearly drowned in space selected for Artemis III crew
Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano will serve as the mission’s pilot.
Sex jumpstarted Earth’s animal biodiversity
Many species didn’t have much sex for millions of years. They didn’t need it.
700,000-year-old squirrel poop helps scientist recreate an ancient world
Descendants of these rodents are still alive today and are ‘like tiny Arctic pack rats.’
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