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spiders

This Arachnid in Illinois Had Armored Spikes on Its 8 Legs

The new species is too strange to be assigned a category.
May 30, 2024
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skeletons

Giant Kangaroos Once Towered Over Humans at 8 Feet Tall

New studies from a boneyard of fossilized skeletons may reveal why the 'roos grew and hopped the way they do.
April 17, 2024
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brain collections

The Mystery of 4,400 Preserved Brains—And One Scientist’s Quest to Solve It

The former undertaker collects human brains, talks to them, and hopes they won’t haunt her.
March 28, 2024
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amazon

It’s Official: There’s Another ‘World’s Largest Snake’

Even actor Will Smith saw it slither through the Amazon.
February 29, 2024
Gastro Obscura
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gum

Ancient Gum Reveals Stone-Age Teens Chewed on Bones and Made Poison

And had some pretty bad oral health.
January 24, 2024
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astrophysics

Scientists Finally Find Mysterious Mesospheric Ghosts

The midwest is particularly filled with them.
December 20, 2023
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disappearing world

An Entire Continent Went Missing—But Scientists Have Found It Again

Fear not, these geologists are good at their jobs.
November 2, 2023
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cursed objects

Impaled Horse Heads Are Appearing More and More Around Iceland

The rise of paganism in the country is reigniting a macabre ritual from the Viking Age.
October 25, 2023