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NASA’s Antarctic Skull Is Real — and the Ice Loss Behind It Is Scarier
NASA released a genuine, unaltered satellite image of Antarctica's Vega Island forming a skull shape staring toward Devil Island — but the real story is the measurable ice loss visible between the 2025 and 2026 shots, linked to record-warm winters on Earth's fastest-warming peninsula.
Soft Tissue Found in a 68-Million-Year-Old T. Rex Bone—Here’s How
Mary Schweitzer's discovery of preserved soft tissue inside a 68-million-year-old T. rex femur defied everything paleontology assumed about fossil decay—forcing scientists to rethink how long organic material can actually survive in bone.
AI Is Mapping Pre-Inca Andean Empires No One Could Study Before
A $10 million AI-powered initiative co-led by a Brown University archaeologist is building the first comprehensive record of imperial architecture across three successive Andean empires — the Wari, the Inca, and Spanish colonial rule — revealing patterns no conventional fieldwork could uncover.
Oldest Mars Meteorite Reveals Ancient Crust — and 13 Places to Find More
A rose-colored rock pulled from the Sahara in 2022 turned out to be one of the oldest Mars meteorites ever found. A NASA-funded study of Teghaza 001 has now decoded its 4.1-billion-year-old chemistry — and pinpointed 13 locations on Mars where similar ancient crust may still exist.
Mars 1: The First Craft Aimed at the Red Planet Went Silent Forever
On November 1, 1962, the Soviet Union launched Mars 1 — the first spacecraft in history deliberately aimed at Mars. It transmitted data for months before going permanently silent 106 million kilometers from Earth, passing Mars in June 1963 without returning a single image.
17-Million-Year-Old Ape Skull in Egypt Upends Human Origins Story
A newly identified ancient ape species, Masripithecus moghraensis, discovered in northern Egypt's Moghra fossil site is challenging the long-held view that modern ape — and human — evolution was centered in East Africa, pointing instead to northern Africa as a potential cradle of hominoid origins.Load More
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