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Braving the cold weather in Northern Europe required Neanderthals to have robust bodies and a facility for making fire. But did they wear clothes? Indirect evidence suggests that Neanderthals living…
This sleek Dyson HP09 air purifier doesn’t just give you cleaner air, it cools and heats the room into the bargain. And, thanks to its October sale, the Dyson’s Hot+Cool…
Archaeologists in Turkey have unearthed a 1,800-year-old sarcophagus with inscriptions indicating it belonged to a Roman gladiator named Euphrates.But instead of finding the gladiator’s remains in the tomb, the team…
Modern humans and Neanderthals clearly interbred, genetic evidence shows, but exactly where and when has remained murky. Now, a new study pinpoints where one wave of those encounters occurred —…
Top executives at former President Donald Trump’s media company have reportedly been forced out of their jobs in retaliation for coming forward with complaints that CEO Devin Nunes was mismanaging…
The sun has unleashed its most powerful solar flare in 7 years, following another supercharged explosion earlier in the week. Both outbursts have launched coronal mass ejections (CMEs) at Earth,…
Scientists have discovered the “fossilized fingerprint” of a chunk of seafloor that was hiding beneath the Pacific Ocean in Earth’s mantle.A new study shows that this fingerprint corresponds to a…
QUICK FACTSName: Hranice AbyssLocation: Hranice, Czech RepublicCoordinates: 49.53214473576795, 17.750610529720298Why it’s incredible: The cave is so deep, the world’s tallest building could fit inside it.The Hranice Abyss — or “Hranická propast,”…
Scientists have recorded a significant uptick in earthquakes at the Mount Adams volcano — the largest active volcano in Washington state.Six earthquakes hit the “high threat” volcano in September, according…
Any day now, our night sky will host a guest star.Stargazers and astronomers around the world continue to gaze toward the Corona Borealis constellation 3,000 light-years from Earth, where a…