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Enlarge / Archaeologists have used cosmic rays to uncover a secret underground burial chamber from the Hellenistic period in Naples,…

Amazonian dark earth (ADE) soil profile. Note that there are black and yellow layers. ADE corresponds only to the black…

Inside a Siberian cave that has become an archeological treasure trove, an elk’s canine tooth — pierced to form a…

Crassigyrinus is well adapted for life as an aquatic predator. Credit: © Bob Nicholls 2018Researchers have digitally reconstructed the skull…

Less than a quarter of Earth’s entire ocean has been mapped, leaving gaping holes in our understanding of the underwater…