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The blue hole.
sinkhole

Found: A Vivid Blue Hole in the Great Barrier Reef

Look what Google Maps can reveal.
Sarah Laskow September 27, 2017
Wolf puppies!
animals

Found: Wolf Puppies Born Outside of Rome for the First Time in Decades

The animals are part of the city's founding mythology.
Sarah Laskow September 26, 2017
Alexander the Great, in battle with Darius III, in a mosaic from Pompeii.
archaeology

Found: An Iraqi City, Established by Alexander the Great and Forgotten for Millennia

Satellite and drone photos clued archaeologists to its existence.
Sarah Laskow September 25, 2017
A 3D images of a medieval shipwreck, the first example of this kind of boat known outside of historical records.
shipwrecks

Found: An Incredibly Well-Preserved Medieval Shipwreck, Among Many More

The Black Sea wreck is the first of its kind ever discovered.
Sarah Laskow September 22, 2017
The porpoise grave. The two holes on top of the skull may have been made by rats.
archaeology

Found: A Mysterious Medieval Grave Full of Porpoise Bones

It was found on a tiny island with a shrouded past.
Sarah Laskow September 20, 2017
An engraving of the 1755 earthquake.
disasters

A 1755 Earthquake in Portugal Left Behind a Scar on a Caribbean Island

Researchers recently discovered evidence of a historic tsunami's true extent.
Sarah Laskow September 19, 2017
Beeeeer.
beer

Found: The Earliest Evidence of Lager Yeast Being Used to Make Alcohol

South Americans were brewing booze with cold-resistant yeast at least 200 years before Europeans.
Sarah Laskow September 19, 2017
The rain forest in Brazil.
collections

There Are Definitely at Least 14,003 Plant Species in the Amazon Rain Forest

Including 6,727 different kinds of tree.
Sarah Laskow September 18, 2017
Samuel Johnson, published an English dictionary in 1755.
news

Found: 30 Lost English Words That May Deserve a Comeback

A treat for all you snout-fair wordsmiths.
Sarah Laskow September 15, 2017
The Bakhshali manuscript.
science

Found: The Oldest Example of the Symbol for 'Zero'

A manuscript full of nothings dates back to the 3rd or 4th century.
Sarah Laskow September 14, 2017
What's left of a 1932 MG J2.
cars

Gaze Upon the Skeleton of a Rare 1932 Sports Car

Archaeologists were surprised to find a vintage MG roadster at an old artillery installation.
Sarah Laskow September 14, 2017
A cosmic dust particle with branching crystals.
cliffs

Found: Fossil Space Dust Hidden in the White Cliffs of Dover

Micrometeorites are surprisingly beautiful up close.
Sarah Laskow September 12, 2017
sacred spaces

Found: The Hidden Message in a 1676 Letter Allegedly Dictated by the Devil

Code-breaking software deciphers a strange missive penned by a 17th-century nun.
Sarah Laskow September 11, 2017
The death of a (mythical) Viking warrior woman.
vikings

Found: Evidence That a Lavish Burial Honored a Viking Warrior Woman

Turns out they weren't just myths.
Sarah Laskow September 8, 2017
William S. Cooper in Glacier Bay.
science

Found: The Forgotten Metal Markers of a 100-Year-Old Ecology Study

Eight plots in Alaska are now the longest-running study of plant succession in the world.
Sarah Laskow September 7, 2017
The Ohio's pilot house.
shipwrecks

Found: Two Shipwrecks Deep in a Shipwreck Graveyard

The Ohio and Choctaw sank in "Shipwreck Alley."
Sarah Laskow September 6, 2017
archaeology

Found: 1,600-Year-Old Mosaic, By Amateur Archaeologists

Experts are calling it the most exciting British mosaic discovery in fifty years.
Natasha Frost September 5, 2017
Divers exploring the lost city.
disasters

Found: Underwater Ruins Hidden off the Coast of Tunisia

The city of Neapolis was destroyed by a tsunami in 365 A.D.
Sarah Laskow September 1, 2017