Not stone or dust: scientists explain how a hot ash cloud turned brain tissue into glass
Learn how the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79 transformed one unfortunate victim’s brain into organic glass.
Why Are Dolphins and Sea Lions Washing Up Dead on Southern California Beaches?
In recent weeks, hundreds of sea lions, dolphins and other animals have turned up in the sand dead or seriously ill, alarming ...
Stone tool discovery in China shows people in East Asia were innovating during the Middle Paleolithic, like in Europe and Middle East
Archaeologists have thought that ancient people in East Asia completely skipped the Middle Paleolithic. Our discovery challenges the long-standing notion that while ancient people in Europe and Africa ...
‘I Want to Live in a World Where There’s More Magic’: Inside the Making of ‘Sea Lion Cow’
And then the key crew members were also like, ‘Cool, we’re down to do something.’ The next person I called was Gideon.” Gideon Irving — a musician, performer, and self-styled “globetrotting house ...
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Deep Beneath The Pacific, Dozens Of Rare And Never-Seen-Before Species Have Been Discovered
D azzling octopuses, creepy deep-sea anglerfish, cusk eels, and crustaceans are just some of the deep-sea creatures that have been documented by a recent expedition off the Chilean coast. Dozens of ...
The tiny and pretty European village where houses are built into boulders
This stunning village tucked away in the countryside has been named "the most Portuguese village of Portugal" and boasts some very unusual architecture.
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Tool Use Is Widespread Among Fish, But Only In One Family
The fact that fish use tools at all was met with disbelief not that long ago, but we’re now learning it runs in a family.
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The Mesolithic Mermaid and the Welsh Utopia
A magical mermaid story extracted from the new book Welsh Folk Tales of Coast and Sea by Peter Stevenson. The shallow sea in ...