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QUICK FACTSWhere is it? Moab, Utah [38.47920940, -109.68412599]What’s in the photo? Dozens of vibrant solar evaporation ponds along the Colorado RiverWho took the photo? An unnamed…
Archaeologists excavating an unusual “death jar” in Laos have discovered that it was used to collect the partly decomposed remains of multiple generations of people around…
A man who died in Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 had a medical kit with him when he perished, a new…
A 950-year-old dingo burial in Australia has produced the first clear archaeological evidence of humans ritually “feeding” a grave anywhere in the world, a new study…
An Ebola epidemic in Africa has become a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Sunday (May 17).The Democratic Republic…
Astronomers have reconstructed the “skeleton” of the cosmos in unprecedented detail, thanks to the largest-ever survey conducted by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The resulting…
An ancient ceramic vessel, possibly a wine ladle, from southern Italy.(Image credit: Getty Images)QUICK FACTSName: Daunian kyathosWhat it is: A painted, one-handled ceramic cup or ladleWhere…
Gigantic fossils discovered in Thailand reveal the “last titan,” a long-necked dinosaur that lived up to 120 million years ago when the region was semi-arid, a…
We have been on a years-long campaign of satellite remote sensing of the vast desert landscapes in Eastern Sudan.This involved using satellite aerial imagery to systematically…
Quick factsWhat it is: A spiral arm of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)Where it is: 31 million light-years away in the constellation Canes VenaticiWhen it was shared:…
