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While excavating at an ancient castle in Turkey, archaeologists unearthed several martial artifacts: three bronze shields and a bronze helmet dating to 2,700 years ago, back…
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been no stranger to taking things to the extreme since its launch on Christmas day 2021, observing early galaxies…
What it is: Arp 107, a pair of interacting galaxiesWhere it is: 465 million light-years away, in the constellation Leo MinorWhen it was shared: Sept. 18,…
Popular media, such as the 2000 film “Gladiator,” often depict Roman gladiators in gory battles that don’t end until at least one of the fighters is…
A mysterious animal painted on a cave wall in South Africa’s Free State Province has long baffled scientists. Is it a walrus? It looks like one,…
Antechinus: The tiny marsupials where males have sex until they die — then females eat their corpses
Name: Antechinus (Antechinus)Where it lives: AustraliaWhat it eats: Insects, spiders, centipedes and sometimes frogs and small reptilesWhy it’s awesome: Antechinuses are little marsupials about the size…
There are an estimated 50,000 species of spider living on Earth, from behemoths like the giant huntsman and goliath birdeater, down to the tiniest, the dwarf…
Steel is the backbone of the modern world and used in houses, skyscrapers, automobiles and more. But steel isn’t found in nature, so when did humans…
Rarely do we get the opportunity to hum a classic David Bowie song while thumbing through the latest science news, but this week we saw the…
Timothy Morton is an enigmatic character. An English professor at Rice University, but one that specializes in ecology and the way it interacts with cultural issues,…