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libraries

Found: A Forgotten Copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio

It was sitting in a library in a Scottish mansion.
Sarah Laskow April 7, 2016
spies

Found: Unseen Film of Britain's Most Notorious Spy Explaining His Betrayal

Kim Philby spent decades inside MI6, spying for the KGB.
Sarah Laskow April 6, 2016
news

Found: A New State of Matter

Quantum spin liquid is seen for the first time.
Sarah Laskow April 5, 2016
libraries

Found: The Wright Brothers' Lost 'Flying Machine' Patent

Misplaced for 36 years, the patent was in a cave in Missouri all along.
Sarah Laskow April 4, 2016
vikings

Found: A Second North American Settlement That Was Likely Vikings

Satellite imagery led archeologists to a site that shows Viking-like activity.
Sarah Laskow April 1, 2016
food

Found: Ancient Non-Stick Pans

A pottery dump at Cumae reveals that red-slip pottery is the best to cook chicken in.
Sarah Laskow March 31, 2016
nuclear

Found: Faulty Bolts at a Nuclear Plant

An inspection at Indian Point revealed 220 faulty bolts.
Sarah Laskow March 30, 2016
news

Found: The Universal Expression for 'Yeeeeah…No'

This is the "not face."
Sarah Laskow March 29, 2016
snakes

Found: 68,000 Smuggled Python Skins

They are worth around $48 million.
Sarah Laskow March 28, 2016
cemeteries

Lost: The Mystery of Shakespeare's Skull

There's an "odd disturbance" at one end of the Bard's grave.
Sarah Laskow March 25, 2016
shipwrecks

Found: A Shipwreck That Solved a Decades-Old Maritime Mystery

The "mystery tug boat" was a U.S. Navy ship that had disappeared without a trace in 1921.
Sarah Laskow March 24, 2016
space exploration

Found: A Lake of Frozen Nitrogen on Pluto

At least, it looks an awful lot like a lake.
Sarah Laskow March 23, 2016
space exploration

Found: Supermassive Black Holes' Superfast Space Winds

The equivalent of a Category 77 hurricane.
Sarah Laskow March 22, 2016
cars

Found: 30,000 Cars in One House

One man's collection included teeny models and full-sized classic cars.
Sarah Laskow March 21, 2016
sacred spaces

Found: A Crucifix That Could Change Christian History

It's dated to the early 900s.
Sarah Laskow March 18, 2016
mummies

Found: Two Secret Rooms in King Tut's Tomb

After new scans, researchers are 90 percent sure they're there.
Sarah Laskow March 17, 2016
notes from the field

Found: A Creepy Note From a House's Former Inhabitant

"I WILL ALWAYS BE WATCHING YOU," the 15-year-old note read.
Sarah Laskow March 16, 2016
caves

Found: Oldest Neanderthal DNA Ever

Scientists solved a case of missing identity: who were these 430,000-year-old hominins?
Sarah Laskow March 16, 2016