Hyenas devoured human corpses in an Arabian lava tube thousands of years ago
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In the Umm Jirsan lava tube, the longest such structure in Saudi Arabia, scientists discovered piles bones belonging to animals that hyenas devoured there for thousands of years.
Stinky 'mushball' hailstones on Uranus may explain an atmospheric anomaly there
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A recent discovery of giant ammonia-rich hailstones, dubbed mushballs, on Jupiter might explain why Uranus and Neptune seem to have no ammonia in their atmospheres.
Secret words exchanged between Marie Antoinette and rumored lover uncovered in redacted letters
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A group of French researchers has uncovered censored phrases in letters exchanged by Marie Antoinette and her close friend— and rumored lover — Swedish count Axel von Fersen.
Russian expedition finds evidence of northernmost Stone Age hunters above the Arctic Circle
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Ancient cut marks on mammoth bones unearthed on a remote island in the frozen extremes of Siberia are the northernmost evidence of Paleolithic humans ever found, according to archaeologists.
Louisiana's missing moon rock found in Florida thanks to broken gun
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A lost piece of the moon belonging to Louisiana may have remained missing, if not been discarded or destroyed, had the plaque on which it was mounted not attracted the eye of a Florida gun collector.
Canary islanders threatened by toxic gases from lava pouring into the sea
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More than a week after its volcano erupted in a spectacular display of molten lava, islanders on La Palma are threatened by a new hazard — the toxic gases and particles created as the volcanic flow spills into the sea.
Who was James Clerk Maxwell? The greatest physicist you've probably never heard of.
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James Clerk Maxwell is the scientist responsible for explaining the forces behind the radio in your car, the magnets on your fridge, the heat of a warm summer day and the charge on a battery.
Bright lava flows, smoke pour from La Palma volcano eruption in new Landsat photos
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New satellite images of an active volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma capture vivid streams of lava pouring down the coastal mountain range and nearing the Atlantic Ocean.
Secret cave chamber may be one of the last Neanderthal hideouts
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A cave chamber sealed off by sand for some 40,000 years has been discovered in Vanguard Cave in Gibraltar — a finding that could reveal more about the Neanderthals who lived in the area around that time.
Superbright aurora lights up Earth’s night side in incredible image from space
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An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) captured a stunning new photo of the luminous green and red lights of an aurora hugging clouds swirling around Earth's night side.
