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French police officers stand next to a furniture elevator used by robbers to enter the Louvre Museum, on Quai Francois Mitterrand, in Paris on October 19, 2025. Robbers broke in to the Louvre and fled with jewellery on October 19, 2025 morning, a source close to the case said, adding that its value was still being evaluated. A police source said an unknown number of thieves arrived on a scooter armed with small chainsaws and used a goods lift to reach the room they were targeting. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Dubai chocolate is a dessert prepared with milk and dark chocolate, roasted shredded wheat, pistachio paste and tahini.

Science

After Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii’s ruins housed survivors, wanderers, and treasure hunters

By Andrew Paul

Bow of the USS Preston shipwreck sunk in WWII

Navy

13 World War II shipwrecks captured in stunning detail

By Andrew Paul

Illustrations of Ice Age mummy tattoo restorations

Archaeology

Tattoo artists and scientists resurrect a 2,000-year-old mummy’s ink

By Andrew Paul

Loch Ness monster sculpture in lake with googly eyes

Biology

The Loch Ness Monster’s body is a ‘zoological impossibility’

By Andrew Paul

Technology

Missionaries accused of illegally giving gadgets to isolated Amazon tribe

By Andrew Paul

Limestone tomb marker of Polish medieval knight

Archaeology

Medieval knight’s grave discovered under ice cream shop

By Andrew Paul

Tibetan Buddhist pray scroll next to example of its X-ray scan

AI

X-ray scans reveal Buddhist prayers inside tiny Tibetan scrolls

By Andrew Paul

Internet

40 years ago, Andy Warhol helped debut the Commodore Amiga computer

By Andrew Paul

Office interior with white columns and panoramic windows in modern loft. Many green plants in pots in workroom with laptops on tables with chairs and cups at daylight, flat lay, nobody, free space

Science

Four-day work week benefits workers and employers, new study shows

By Andrew Paul

Mechanical computer device built from Knex parts

Engineering

Inventor builds mechanical computer with thousands of Knex pieces

By Andrew Paul

Robots

This robot scans rare library books at 2,500 pages per hour

By Andrew Paul

Rib fragment with flint arrowhead embedded in it

Archaeology

The 4,000-year-old mystery of a shepherd’s arrow to the back

By Andrew Paul

Medieval manuscripts like the Cotton MS Vitellius C III highlight uses for herbs that reflect modern-day wellness trends. Image Credit: The British Library.

Diseases

Dark Age detoxes sometimes resembled TikTok health trends

By Andrew Paul

$This artist’s concept visualizes a kilonova – an explosion that happens when two neutron stars or a neutron star and a black hole collide and merge. When these collisions happen, a fraction of the resulting debris is ejected as jets, which move near the speed of light. The remaining debris produces hot, glowing, neutron-rich clouds that forge heavy elements, like gold and platinum. Researchers will mine data from NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which will survey the same areas of the sky every few days, to identify kilonovae. Roman’s extensive data will help astronomers better identify how often these events occur, how much energy they give off, and how near or far they are.$