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These microbes are waiting for you to drop dead

These microbes are waiting for you to drop dead

How did the Maya choose sacrifice victims? DNA yields new clues.

History & Culture

How did the Maya choose sacrifice victims? DNA yields new clues.

How did the Maya choose sacrifice victims? DNA yields new clues.

Would your dog eat you if you died? Get the facts.

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Would your dog eat you if you died? Get the facts.

Would your dog eat you if you died? Get the facts.

These green books are literally poisonous

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These green books are literally poisonous

These green books are literally poisonous

This man drowned 5,000 years ago. How do we know that?

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This man drowned 5,000 years ago. How do we know that?

This man drowned 5,000 years ago. How do we know that?

How bodies tell stories centuries after death

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How bodies tell stories centuries after death

How bodies tell stories centuries after death

These 12 tools help solve avian mysteries

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These 12 tools help solve avian mysteries

These 12 tools help solve avian mysteries

Why are feet washing ashore in the Pacific Northwest?

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Why are feet washing ashore in the Pacific Northwest?

Why are feet washing ashore in the Pacific Northwest?

Ancient empire collapse seen in violent injuries in nomad graveyard

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Ancient empire collapse seen in violent injuries in nomad graveyard

Ancient empire collapse seen in violent injuries in nomad graveyard

The cold cases of Guatemala’s civil war were impossible to identify—until now

Culture

The cold cases of Guatemala’s civil war were impossible to identify—until now

The cold cases of Guatemala’s civil war were impossible to identify—until now

Pangolin scales are not a party drug, say researchers

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Pangolin scales are not a party drug, say researchers

Pangolin scales are not a party drug, say researchers

These facial reconstructions reveal 40,000 years of English ancestry

Culture

These facial reconstructions reveal 40,000 years of English ancestry

These facial reconstructions reveal 40,000 years of English ancestry

How sniffer dogs find cremated human remains after wildfires

Animals

How sniffer dogs find cremated human remains after wildfires

How sniffer dogs find cremated human remains after wildfires

Did Vesuvius vaporize its victims? Get the facts.

Science

Did Vesuvius vaporize its victims? Get the facts.

Did Vesuvius vaporize its victims? Get the facts.

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