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First Martian rock samples from Perseverance edge closer to settling water question
Sep 17, 2021 1:04 PM
This high-tech gunsight could allow soldiers to shoot around corners, Matrix-style
Sep 17, 2021 10:59 AM
This 120-million-year-old bird may have been one of the first to shake its tail feathers
Sep 17, 2021 8:00 AM
Beams of light—not cables—are carrying the internet across a river in the Congo
Sep 16, 2021 8:00 PM
Featured in skulls
Apr 19, 2018
Neolithic surgeons might have practiced their skull-drilling techniques on cows
Trepanation may not have been limited to humans.
Oct 26, 2017
This lonely human skull might belong to an ancient tsunami victim
The 6,000-year-old remains are still rather mysterious.
Jun 29, 2017
The skull cult at the world’s oldest temple probably isn’t quite what you think
But it’s hugely important all the same.
Jun 7, 2017
Scientists have a fascinating new way to determine the age of skeletal remains
Sinuses could give forensic anthropologists a hand.
May 16, 2016
Mar 27, 2014
Woman Has Her Skull Replaced With A 3-D-Printed Plastic One
The most significant skull prosthetic to date
Feb 18, 2014
Forensic Reconstruction Shows What A Skull-Shaped Vodka Bottle Looks Like With A Face
"Drink my brains, drink them all!" it maniacally cackles.
Jan 28, 2014
New Software Reads History From Skulls
Forensic anthropologists get some digital help for their work.
