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The Milky Way as observed from the Chilean desert.
space exploration

Found: First Evidence of Planets Outside the Milky Way

3.8 billion light-years is really, really far away.
Vittoria Traverso February 5, 2018
The remains in a burial under Mexico City appear to have been arranged in a spiral.
bones

Found: A Spiral Mass Grave in Mexico City

Evidence of an elaborate ritual 2,400 years ago.
Vittoria Traverso February 2, 2018
The two sides of a 90-million-year-old fossilized fish found in the flagstones at a Colombian monastery.
fossils

Found: A Fossilized Fish in a Monastery Flagstone

A 10-year-old boy on a tour spotted the fossil and reported it to a local museum.
Vittoria Traverso February 1, 2018
A medieval depiction of scribe holding a quill pen and a knife, from Canterbury, England.
medieval

Found: A Medieval Knife That Was Used Like an Eraser

It was probably some scribe's best friend.
Vittoria Traverso January 31, 2018
A hammerhead shark nursery in the Galápagos Islands.
underwater

Found: A Hammerhead Shark Nursery

Another natural wonder in the Galápagos Islands.
Vittoria Traverso January 30, 2018
The prehistoric artistic implement.
art

Found: A Mesolithic Crayon

Ochre red was a popular color choice in prehistoric England.
Vittoria Traverso January 30, 2018
Archaeologists discovered a medieval chess piece in Norway's oldest city.
medieval

Found: An 800-Year-Old Chess Piece

A medieval knight from Norway with Islamic-inspired patterns.
Vittoria Traverso January 29, 2018
There are 47 samples in total, scanning almost the entire globe.
news

A Cache of Historical Sugar Samples Seeks a New Home

A very sweet find.
Natasha Frost January 29, 2018
Other fragments of the Berlin Wall are prominently on display, and often decorated with graffiti art.
news

A Forgotten Portion of the Berlin Wall Has Been Found in the Woods

A German historian stumbled upon the chunk in 1999, but kept it a secret until now.
Natasha Frost January 25, 2018
The red handfish uses its fins to walk across coral reefs.
coral reefs

Found: A New Population of One of the World's Rarest Fish

Citizen science helps double the known population of red handfish.
Vittoria Traverso January 24, 2018
Another masterpiece of insect architecture.
architecture

Found: A Spiraling Bees' Nest

And they're stingless!
Vittoria Traverso January 23, 2018
The front of the document.
bookstores

The Mystery Manuscript Found in a Used Copy of 'Alice in Wonderland'

When a strange document appeared in her shop, an Australian bookseller turned detective.
Sarah Laskow January 23, 2018
Many arrows and throwing darts were lost during caribou hunts in Yukon.
hunting

Found: A Rare, 1,000-Year-Old Copper Arrowhead

It is one of the earliest examples of copper metallurgy ever found in Yukon.
Vittoria Traverso January 22, 2018
The rare Ackaringa daisy.
deserts

Found: New Hope for an Endangered Desert Flower

Scientists and volunteers spent more than 100 hours scouring the Australian outback for the rare daisy.
Vittoria Traverso January 19, 2018
Meet the newly identified Waorani dog-faced bat.
animals

Found: Two New Species of Dog-Faced Bats

No, they won't make good pets.
Vittoria Traverso January 18, 2018
Some chameleons fluoresce under ultraviolet light.
animals

Found: Fluorescent Patterns on Chameleons' Heads

A rare example of biofluorescence that isn't in the ocean.
Vittoria Traverso January 17, 2018
Experts confirmed that <em>Hill of Montmartre with Stone Quarry</em> (1886) was sketched by Vincent van Gogh.
paintings

Found: Two New Drawings by Vincent van Gogh

Sketches of Montmartre by the elusive Dutch Postimpressionist.
Vittoria Traverso January 16, 2018
This Viking comb had the word "comb" inscribed on it.
vikings

Found: A Viking Comb That Says 'Comb'

It is helping researchers understand runic inscriptions, so maybe we should all start labeling our stuff.
Vittoria Traverso January 15, 2018