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The <em>Stickleback</em>'s stern, resting two miles under the sea.
shipwrecks

Found: The Cold War Wreck of a World War II Submarine

A training exercise in 1958 sent the USS Stickleback to the ocean floor.
Isaac Schultz March 26, 2020
Cookie or fruit bun? Tell us what you see.
libraries

Found: A Greasy Leftover Snack Inside a Rare Book

Whether a cookie or a fruit bun, the "offending object" has been discarded.
Matthew Taub March 11, 2020
When a church becomes a laboratory.
saints

Has the Case of the Missing Princess-Saint Been Solved?

Scientific evidence suggests that her bones had been hidden behind a church wall for a millennium.
Matthew Taub March 11, 2020
Border Cave, between South Africa and Swaziland.
caves

Found: The Charred Remains of a 170,000-Year-Old Meal in a South African Cave

It doesn't look like much, but it's a key step in the development of human diets.
Isaac Schultz January 7, 2020
The team found smashed bottles of Bear's oil, which was often advertised as making thin hair fuzzier.
archaeology

Found: Bottles of Hair Dye From a Civil War Photography Studio

When soldiers posed for portraits, they wanted to look their best.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 10, 2019
The kiln was demolished, but its chambers were still obvious.
infrastructure

A Kiln That Fired Millions of Clay Pipes Was Unearthed Under a Montreal Bridge

Archaeologists recently dug it up—but now they're putting an end to its brief affair with open air.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 2, 2019
A contemporary reported that Queen Elizabeth I translated Boethius, Plutarch, and more.
libraries

Found: A Manuscript Sloppily Edited by Queen Elizabeth I

Her Latin was impressive, but her cursive wasn't.
Isaac Schultz December 2, 2019
This ancient shark may have been slow-moving, but it was still pretty pointy.
farms

Found: A Sluggish Ancestor of the Great White Shark, in Kansas

A relic of North America’s shallow sea.
Isaac Schultz November 25, 2019
The Viking graveyard, with the modern town of Vinjeøra and Vinje Fjord in the background.
cemeteries

Found: An Elaborate Viking Graveyard at the End of a Fjord

They buried people, boats, and even a house.
Isaac Schultz October 1, 2019
Part of the Victoria Fossil Cave network, where the prehistoric marsupials were found.
extinct animals

Ice Age Australia Had Giant, Clawed, Swole Marsupials in Its Trees

Something like a koala, except the size of a rhino.
Isaac Schultz September 18, 2019
One lobster, two colors.
oceans

Found: A Fantastically Two-Toned Lobster Off the Coast of Maine

A little speckled, a little orange, a little mysterious.
Jessica Leigh Hester September 16, 2019
At fossil identification days, such as this one at the American Museum of Natural History in 2018, kids can bring in their finds for an expert opinion.
archaeology

Why Kids Find the Darndest Prehistoric Things

It helps to be curious, low to the ground, and not afraid to look a little silly.
Jessica Leigh Hester September 16, 2019
One of the jawbones came from the Corinium Museum in Cirencester, England.
science

Found: The Earliest Direct Evidence of Milk Consumption

Lactose intolerance was no match for a prehistoric desire for dairy.
Anne Ewbank September 10, 2019
In a matter of months, Cobain wouldn't need the $26.57 anyway.
music

Found in a Record Store: Kurt Cobain's Royalty Check

He never even cashed it.
Matthew Taub September 3, 2019
The notebooks had been hidden in a basement for decades.
food

Found: Slime-Covered Notebooks Full of Conservation Data and Fish Scales

Century-old data paints a grim picture of salmon populations in British Columbia.
Reina Gattuso August 28, 2019
Whoever buried it didn't come back for it.
medieval

Found: 2,500 Medieval Coins, and Evidence of Tax Evasion

Making heads or tails of a discovery in southwestern England.
Matthew Taub August 28, 2019
The Neanderthal premolar unearthed in Wezmeh Cave.
caves

An Iranian Cave, a Neanderthal Tooth, And an Ice-Age Murder Mystery 

Lions, cave bears, and leopards, oh my!
Isaac Schultz August 27, 2019
paintings

Found: Hidden Sketches Underneath a da Vinci Painting

Glimpses of a master revising, changing, and editing.
Matthew Taub August 15, 2019