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Learn how experiments with homemade scrolls could help reveal lost writing in the Herculaneum library buried by Mount Vesuvius.

Human Waste Could Help Make Stronger, More Sustainable Concrete

Lasers Unveil Modern Blue Pigment in Mystery Renaissance Painting Potentially Made by Leonardo da Vinci

Strange Marks in a 1995 Photo Led Archaeologists to a Lost 18th-Century Building Beneath a Historic English Estate

The Elusive Anoa Is an Endangered Dwarf Buffalo That Stands Under 3 Feet Tall

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150-Million-Year-Old Tail Bones Found in Spain Reveal the First Diplodocus Outside North America

Illustration of AI microchip

First-Ever Single Brain Implant Can Translate Speech and Gestures at the Same Time

Bull elk bugling with two cows in the back ground

Elk, Not Bears, Accounted for Most Aggressive Wildlife Encounters in Canadian National Parks

assorted ancient tools such as sticks and spear heads

Flint Blades and Firedogs Unearthed in France Reveal 12,000 Years of Human History

Surface of the moon

Small Lunar Towns Could Sustain Themselves on the Moon's Water for Centuries

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First-Ever Adult T. rex Trackway Shows the Dinosaur Took 13-Foot Strides

2 Compsognathus dinosaur models at an exhibit

Small Dinosaurs May Have Had an Evolutionary Advantage Over Their Enormous Relatives

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First Diagnostic X-rays in Space Mark a New Era for Astronaut Health

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Devastating Volcanic Eruption Engulfed Part of Chile 21.9 Million Years Ago, Burying Evidence of Andes Uplift 

Long, curved teeth strung on a cord against a dark background, with small black markings on several teeth.

5,000-Year-Old Tooth Necklace, Stone Axe, and Two Human Skulls Found in a Nearly Overlooked Grave

Person getting eyelash extensions, close-up

Tiny Mites Found on Eyelash Extension Users Linked to Eye Irritation and Blocked Oil Glands

White tablets, green-and-white capsules, and golden softgels scattered beside medicine bottles and paperwork.

Older Adults May Be Prescribed New Medications to Treat Side Effects of Drugs They Already Take

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