Mysterious Engravings on Rare 9,000-Year-Old Projectiles May Reveal a Forgotten Symbolic Tradition in Ancient Anatolia
A collection of unusual 9,000-year-old engraved projectiles reveal the existence of a mysterious ancient symbolic tradition.
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New Report Reveals Why the U.S. Can’t End Its Allies’ Wars, Even When It Supplies Billions in Military Support
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2000-Acre Wildfire Near Famous ‘Area 51’ Rages on as Officials Work to Stall its Spread
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An Unexpected Transmissible Cancer Is Appearing in North American Waterways—Where Did It Come From?
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The small exoplanets of our Sun’s second-nearest neighbor, Barnard’s Star, are inhospitable wastelands, British astronomers say.
In One of Africa’s Deepest Lakes, Scientists Have Found a Species No One Expected Swimming at Incredible Depths
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NASA’s Bennu Samples Reveal Tiny Ancient Clues About the Asteroid’s Long-Lost Origins
Tiny ancient minerals inside Bennu reveal where its parent asteroid formed and how young Jupiter shaped the early Solar System.