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The last image Rosetta captured.
news

Found: The Last, Hidden Image That Rosetta Sent Back From a Comet's Surface

The data was waiting on the server, unnoticed.
Sarah Laskow September 29, 2017
Malta's Azure Window, featuring in the first season of Games of Thrones, collapsed into the sea after a storm last May.
art

Graffiti Has Long Had a Place in the Art World, But Probably Not the Natural One

An incident on Malta has locals angry about cliffside art.
Vittoria Traverso September 28, 2017
Two thylacines at the Washington, D.C., National Zoo around 1904.
islands

Why Did the Tasmanian Tiger Disappear From Mainland Australia 3,000 Years Ago?

Climate may have played a bigger role than previously thought.
Kelsey Kennedy September 28, 2017
A paleoartist's impression of saber-toothed cats.
science

Saber-Toothed Kittens Were Really, Really Strong

A new study sheds light on how these extinct felines attacked.
Natasha Frost September 28, 2017
news

Giant Goldfish Have Invaded the Canadian City of St. Albert

It has been trying to get rid of them for years, to no avail.
Cara Giaimo September 28, 2017
The graphite was found in this area of Labrador.
science

Found: Oldest Evidence of Life on Earth, Dating Back 3.95 Billion Years

The planet itself is 4.5 billion years old.
Sarah Laskow September 28, 2017
The view from the deck of the ship <em>JOIDES Resolution</em> while it drills a core sample.
science

Scientists Are Just Starting to Understand Earth's Eighth Continent, Zealandia

It wasn't always under all that water.
Kelsey Kennedy September 27, 2017
An illustration of the new species, named <em>Uromys vika</em> after its local name.
islands

A Giant, 'Coconut Eating' Rat Has Been Discovered in the Solomon Islands

Four times the size of the biggest subway-dweller.
Natasha Frost September 27, 2017
news

A Truck Spilled Nails All Over a Highway in Louisiana

It was as though it were seeking vengeance against cars.
Cara Giaimo September 27, 2017
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
Wildfire smoke obscures the sun in Oregon.
science

How Wildfire Smoke Affects the Flavor of Wine

It can make a Chardonnay taste like an ashtray, thanks to chemistry.
Kelsey Kennedy September 26, 2017
news

A Mysterious Newspaper Box 'Time Machine' Showed Up in Chicago

It's filled with old issues of the "Chicago Reader."
Cara Giaimo September 26, 2017
science

The Tiny Brazilian Frogs Who Can't Hear Each Other's Calls

A sad story from the leaf litter of the Atlantic Forest.
Natasha Frost September 26, 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
Yams for sale at a market.
science

Scientists Have a New Tool for Improving Food Security in West Africa

The white Guinea yam's genome could help researchers make a staple crop hardier.
Kelsey Kennedy September 25, 2017
animals

Fixing a Failed Whale Burial in Australia

After a beached humpback was buried in the sand, the sharks started coming.
Cara Giaimo September 25, 2017
Another, very similar, version of the portrait, from around 1625, was produced by Rubens's workshop.
paintings

A Portrait of James I's 'Husband' Has Reappeared in Glasgow

"I desire only to live in this world for your sake," the king wrote to him.
Natasha Frost September 25, 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