You probably know Easter Island as “the place with the giant stone heads.” This remote island, 2,300 miles …
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Legendary Swedish Warship Gives Up More Secrets
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesCannons, hand grenades, and up to a thousand soldiers were on board the large Swedish warship when it …
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Even with a highly skilled neurosurgeon, the most effective anesthesia, and all the other advances of modern medicine, …
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Centuries ago, a ship sank in the Java Sea off the coast of Indonesia. The wooden hull of …
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Feel Good
Prehistoric Humans Survived Major Natural Disasters by Cooperating
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesTrade and social networking helped our Homo sapiens prehistoric humans survive a climate-changing volcanic eruption 40,000 years ago, giving …
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Wisdom
Hidden Medical Text Can Now Be Read for the First Time in a Thousand Years
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWith X-ray imaging at SLAC’s synchrotron, scientists uncovered a 6th century hidden medical text translation of a book …
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Mysteries
New Analysis Indicates Bones Are From American Pilot Amelia Earhart
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesBone measurement analysis indicates that the remains found on a remote island in the South Pacific were likely …
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This is the story of how pigs defeated elephants in battles. We know that animals such as horses, …
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When animals attack, there is no formal prosecution, no court, or even a defense attorney appointed. However, this …
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New archaeological evidence indicates that Pharaoh Ramses II may not have been the Ramses the Great we all …