Want to Know Who Partied at Stonehenge? Look at the Pig Bones
Some 4,500 years ago, the ticket to a megalithic party was a pig from your local farm. Continue reading Want to Know Who Partied at Stonehenge? Look at the Pig Bones
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NASA Releases Opportunity Rover’s Final Panoramic View of Mars
Opportunity spent its final months building this panorama of its location, which is now its gravesite. Continue reading NASA Releases Opportunity Rover’s Final Panoramic View of Mars
Scientists Reawaken Cells From a 28,000-Year-Old Mammoth
Yuka the woolly mammoth died a long time ago, but scientists gave her cells a short second life in mouse egg cells. Continue reading Scientists Reawaken Cells From a 28,000-Year-Old Mammoth
Hubble Captures Image of Galaxies Colliding 230 Million Light Years Away
The picture is a preview of the impending collision between the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies in four billion years. Continue reading Hubble Captures Image of Galaxies Colliding 230 Million Light Years Away
Watch Rare Footage of the Mysterious ‘Type D’ Orca
A NOAA expedition filmed the orcas, which have distinctive small white eye patches, off of Cape Horn, Chile. Continue reading Watch Rare Footage of the Mysterious ‘Type D’ Orca
1,000-Year-Old Pristine Mayan Artifacts Found in Sealed ‘Jaguar God’ Cave
The cave was first discovered by local farmers in 1966, but was walled off until last year for unknown reasons. Continue reading 1,000-Year-Old Pristine Mayan Artifacts Found in Sealed ‘Jaguar God’ Cave
Elite Canadian Wolves Airdropped Into Michigan to Kill Moose and Have Babies
The new arrivals bring the total wolf population of Isle Royale National Park to eight. Continue reading Elite Canadian Wolves Airdropped Into Michigan to Kill Moose and Have Babies
This Jelly’s Butthole Only Appears When It Poops
“No anus or anal pore in any other animal is like this.” Continue reading This Jelly’s Butthole Only Appears When It Poops
NASA Captures Stunning Images of ‘Nuclear Superbubbles’ in an Alien Galaxy
NGC 3079 is spitting out particles that balloon across thousands of light years in space. Continue reading NASA Captures Stunning Images of ‘Nuclear Superbubbles’ in an Alien Galaxy
Watch a Massive Tarantula Drag an Opossum Around Like It’s Nothing
“A surprising amount of death of small vertebrates in the Amazon is likely due to arthropods such as big spiders and centipedes.” Continue reading Watch a Massive Tarantula Drag an Opossum Around Like It’s Nothing