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Ancient slaughter of 140 children marks largest child sacrifice in the Americas

Mar. 6, 2019
This is one of the oldest tattooing needles in North America

Mar. 1, 2019
A dead whale makes the ocean’s abyss come alive

Feb. 26, 2019
The physics of why packing tape is such a pain to use

Feb. 25, 2019
Scientists bust ‘beer before wine’ folk wisdom

Feb. 11, 2019
Diet pills make mosquitoes skip meals, potentially reducing the spread of disease

Feb. 8, 2019
Deadly human bone cancer found in 240-million-year-old turtle

Feb. 7, 2019
High blood pressure treatment could stall dementia

Jan. 31, 2019
Lakes freeze less and melt faster thanks to climate change

Jan. 31, 2019
New extinct shark species named for ’80s arcade game Galaga

Jan. 23, 2019
A factory for pain in the brain

Jan. 18, 2019
The loneliest frog on Earth finds love—and perhaps his species’s salvation

Jan. 16, 2019
China sprouts cotton plants on the moon

Jan. 15, 2019
Protecting extinct woolly mammoths could help save elephants

Jan. 14, 2019
Statues of Easter Island may have marked fresh water

Jan. 11, 2019
Star-shredding, supermassive black hole spins at half the speed of light

Jan. 10, 2019
Genetic engineering could create spicy tomatoes

Jan. 9, 2019
Archaeologists have found a temple to the ‘Flayed Lord’ in Mexico

Jan. 4, 2019
One-quarter of Nazi Holocaust murders may have happened in just 3 months

Jan. 2, 2019
100-million-year-old dinosaur footprints discovered in southern United Kingdom

Dec. 20, 2018
Houseplant with hint of rabbit purifies indoor air

Dec. 20, 2018
E. coli outbreak traced to California farm

Dec. 13, 2018
Modern humanity’s legacy might be all the chicken bones we leave behind

Dec. 12, 2018
Scientists uncover massive, diverse ecosystem deep beneath Earth’s surface

Dec. 11, 2018