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2000-year-old horse discovered in Pompeii’s volcanic rubble

May. 15, 2018
First carbon-rich asteroid found beyond Neptune

May. 11, 2018
Ebola is back in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

May. 8, 2018
Researchers ‘heard’ a twister 10 minutes before it formed

May. 8, 2018
Earthquake monitors could be used to detect elephant poachers

May. 7, 2018
Iraqi artifacts seized from Hobby Lobby return home

May. 3, 2018
Tick-borne and mosquito-borne illnesses are on the rise in the United States

May. 2, 2018
Nine in 10 people around the world breathe polluted air

May. 2, 2018
Vatican Secret Archives deciphered with artificial intelligence

May. 1, 2018
Largest mass sacrifice of children uncovered in Peru

Apr. 27, 2018
Thousands fewer children die in sub-Saharan Africa thanks to regular antibiotics

Apr. 27, 2018
Pacific atolls could become uninhabitable as soon as 2030

Apr. 26, 2018
Exploding ants sacrifice themselves to save their colony

Apr. 26, 2018
Gene therapy scores success at treating thalassemia

Apr. 19, 2018
Scientists accidentally found this octopus nursery deep in the Pacific Ocean

Apr. 18, 2018
Amateur mathematician cracks decades-old math problem

Apr. 18, 2018
Global trove of rare earth metals found in Japan’s deep-sea mud

Apr. 13, 2018
Humans may have developed flat foreheads to communicate with eyebrows

Apr. 10, 2018
Scientists say they’ve found a new human organ

Mar. 28, 2018
Satellites uncover 81 pre-Columbian settlements in the Amazon

Mar. 27, 2018
Arctic sea ice had second worst year on record

Mar. 23, 2018
Watch this ‘smoke-breathing’ elephant, which has puzzled scientists

Mar. 22, 2018
Prehistoric visit from nearby star disturbed comets in our solar system

Mar. 22, 2018
The North Aral Sea—once near death—is coming back to life

Mar. 19, 2018