How Scotland forged a rare alliance between amateur treasure hunters and archaeologists By Andrew Curry
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Biology An extinct 10-foot-long eagle could pick up kangaroos with its terrifying talons By Laura Baisas
Biology Poisonous animals probably took their sweet time developing unappetizing bright colors By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira
Biology Horny male fruit flies plunge into chaos when exposed to air pollution By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira
Dinosaurs An extinct 10-foot-long eagle could pick up kangaroos with its terrifying talons By Laura Baisas
Dinosaurs A gator-faced fish shaped like a torpedo stalked rivers 360 million years ago By Laura Baisas
Dinosaurs Newly found titanosaur eggs reveal dino nurseries once teemed with baby giants By Laura Baisas
Dinosaurs Millions of years ago, marine reptiles may have used Nevada as a birthing ground By Laura Baisas
Science Fiction Ancient frozen viruses don’t pose a threat to your health—yet By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira
Science Fiction ‘The Memory of Tomatoes,’ a short story from an alternate future By Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam
Get a high-tech tour of the long-lost Ironton shipwreck discovered in the Great Lakes By Andrew Paul / Mar 7, 2023
Details of life in Bronze Age Mycenae could lie at the bottom of a well By Laura Baisas / Mar 2, 2023
Scientists tracked the plague’s journey through Denmark using really old teeth By Laura Baisas / Feb 24, 2023
Scientists think they found a 2,000-year-old dildo in ancient Roman ruins By Laura Baisas / Feb 21, 2023
2.9 million-year-old tools found in Kenya stir up a ‘fascinating whodunnit’ By Laura Baisas / Feb 10, 2023
Codebreakers have finally deciphered the lost letters of Mary, Queen of Scots By Laura Baisas / Feb 8, 2023
This is the best look yet into ancient Egyptians’ mummy-making chemicals By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira / Feb 1, 2023
Inside the project to bring ‘self-healing’ Roman concrete to American shorelines By Ben Guarino / Jan 31, 2023
A gold-laced mummy could be the ‘oldest and most complete’ specimen found in Egypt By Laura Baisas / Jan 26, 2023