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This silver llama figurine reveals the animal’s importance in the Inca Empire. (Image credit: Gift and Bequest of Alice K. Bache, 1974, 1977; Metropolitan Museum of Art (Public Domain))QUICK FACTSName:…
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Something strange has been swirling in the waters around Antarctica. From the 1970s until a decade ago, the floating sea ice that radiates from the continent had been expanding, even…
Recently, a cheerful 100-year-old message in a bottle was found on the south-west coast of Australia. In it, a world war one soldier proclaimed to be “as happy as Larry.”If…
Astronomers have finally mapped out a mysterious galactic “supercluster” that has been almost completely hidden from Earth since it was discovered 10 years ago. The results reveal that the structure…
Hubble revisited the aquatic-looking Trifid Nebula 30 years after its original observations. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, STScI. Image processing: J. DePasquale (STScI))Quick factsWhat it is: Trifid Nebula (Messier 20)Where it…
Most cat owners are familiar with the funny head shake their pets do, often after eating, drinking or enjoying a nice cheek scratch — they flick their head back and…
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist, WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station; and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region.When most people think about national…
Imagine getting a knee replacement made of living materials rather than metal and plastic.Researchers at Columbia University and the University of Missouri are working to make that vision a reality.…
It’s now clear. Scientists predict that humanity will miss its target of keeping atmospheric warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times, with the globe sailing into an even warmer…