Archaeologists Opened a Tomb Sealed for 600 Years—and Found Gold, Bones, and a Blood-Red Skull

Excavations at Peru’s well-studied Chan Chan uncovered a burial ground hidden for nearly 600 years. Archaeologists believe ...

Apple AirPods 5 Review: Apple’s Iconic Earbuds Offer Small Boosts and Cost a Little Less

When they were announced alongside the iPhone 18 Pro, Pro Max, new Apple Watches, and the iPhone Duo, the AirPods 5 felt like ...

Tech CEOs Say the AI Singularity May Have Already Begun—Here’s What Happens Next

This past summer was an AI reckoning, with multiple experts and CEOs boldly declaring that we’re living through the AI ...

Scientists Found a Lifeform That Endures Hell—and It May Not Be Alone

When not writing, she can be found drawing, playing the piano or shapeshifting. Surprise! You Have Two Brains.

Archaeologists Found 11 Silver Coins Buried 2,000 Years Ago—and an Unsolved Riddle

The 11 silver quinarii discovered in Singen represent the largest such collection ever found together. Experts believe the ...

An Alien Civilization Lived on Mars. But a Nuclear Disaster Wiped It Out, a Controversial Theory Claims.

The aliens were next door, and somebody killed them. That’s the story plasma physicist John Brandenburg, PhD, tells about ...

One of Earth’s Deadliest Supervolcanoes Is Hiding in America—What If It Finally Blew Its Top?

The slumbering Yellowstone caldera hasn’t erupted in more than 600,000 years, but if it decided to wake up, that’d be bad ...
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Entire Human Populations Vanished 3,000 Years Ago. Scientists Figured Out Where They Went.

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The famed neolithic decline that ...

We Didn’t Always Have Paris. Archaeologists Just Discovered the Lost City That Was There First.

Julius Caesar made mention of a fortress in writings from nearly 2,000 years ago. Its location had been a mystery—until now.

Scientists Say Earth Needs to Shrink by Billions of People By 2200. But I Think We’re Already Screwed.

The results of this mismatch could lead to food insecurity and an uncertain future unless we reduce Earth’s population by ...

An 80-Year-Old Grainy Photo Could Solve the Mystery of an Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh

Meretneith was a First Dynasty queen who may have briefly taken up the crook and flair to become the first female pharaoh in ...

Surprise! You Have Two Brains.

At least, sort of. Scientists found that brains are actually made up of two organs instead of one, upending our basic ...