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Hundreds of Easter Island Moai Statues Can Now Be Explored in Unprecedented Detail, Thanks to This Interactive 3D Model

Christopher Plain·November 28, 2025

Binghamton University archaeologists have released a new interactive, 3D model of the Moai statue quarry on Rapa Nui (Easter Island).

Real-world experiments and computer simulations support the controversial idea that the Moai statues on Rapa Nui were walked into place.

Christopher Plain·September 18, 2024

This scuba diving lizard creates an air bubble to breathe underwater just like Fleur Delacour in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

New research in entomology shows that ticks now live for 27 years, not needing food and even reproducing later in life.