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Not the actual fence.

rites and rituals

Found: Mysterious, Maze-Like Neolithic Fences

They enclosed a huge area, but for what purpose?

Sarah Laskow February 27, 2017

Speed cop!

Some Scotland Villagers Are Trying to Slow Speeding Cars With Hair Dryers

They DO look suspiciously like speed guns.

Eric Grundhauser February 24, 2017

A red squirrel.

Prince Charles Is Behind a Plan to Use Nutella to Help Sterilize a Lot of Squirrels

The eastern gray squirrel is threatening the red squirrel's existence.

Erik Shilling February 24, 2017

crime and punishment

College Partiers Are Being Investigated for Forcing a Rooster to Smoke

Things got out of hand at Helshoogte Residence's annual "chicken day" celebration.

Cara Giaimo February 24, 2017

One of the memos found.

Found: Internal Apple Computer Memos From 1979, Left at a Seattle Goodwill

A local discovered them by chance.

Sarah Laskow February 24, 2017

Yeesh.

Wet Cement Perfectly Tells the Tale of a Faceplant

The victim appears to have been a child on a scooter.

Eric Grundhauser February 23, 2017

A WC-135 in air.

Why Is an American Nuclear 'Sniffer' Plane in Europe?

It's there days after a reported "spike" in radiation on the continent.

Erik Shilling February 23, 2017

Found: A Stray Chicken in a McDonald's Bathroom

A 5-year-old made the discovery.

Sarah Laskow February 23, 2017

An exorcism (artist's rendering).

A Small-Town Spanish Mayor is Being Asked to Exorcise a Government Building

Mayor Leandro Martín's office is being flooded with calls after a council member spotted a possible ghost in the town hall.

Cara Giaimo February 23, 2017

Albert Street today—the exact location of the mosque is being withheld at the request of the current occupants.

Found: The Location of London’s Oldest Mosque

It opened in 1895.

Sarah Laskow February 23, 2017

Just one example of the Virgin of Guadalupe. This one happens to be located in Sante Fe, New Mexico.

Found: A Secret Gas Pump Hidden by a Mexican Altar

The Virgin of Guadalupe had become a font of illegal fuel.

Eric Grundhauser February 22, 2017

An artist's rendering of the Trappist-1 system. Planets d through f are in the star's habitable zone.

A Newly Identified, Tightly Packed Solar System Harbors the Best-Ever Possibility For Alien Life

"Questions about 'are we alone?' are being answered as we speak," said one researcher this afternoon.

Cara Giaimo February 22, 2017

Help This Computer Program Draw the World's Freakiest Felines

This is what happens when you tell an AI bot that everything is cats.

Cara Giaimo February 22, 2017

Researchers in ICARDA's Beirut headquarters, harvesting seeds to ship back to Svalbard.

Seeds From Syria Are Returning to the Svalbard Vault

This marks the first successful use of the "doomsday" seed vault.

Cara Giaimo February 22, 2017

Found: Strange Graffiti on 4 of Washington's Most Famous Monuments

It referenced the JFK assassination and the 9/11 attacks.

Sarah Laskow February 22, 2017

Table for one, please.

A Waitress Casually Dragged a Massive Lizard Out of a Restaurant in Australia

Eric Grundhauser February 21, 2017

An artist's rendering of the worm.

Found: The Fossil of a Giant, Extinct, 400-Million-Year-Old Worm

It went unnoticed in a museum for years.

Erik Shilling February 21, 2017

Seattle's Jade Vine Is Almost as Cool as a Corpse Flower

It's the color of mint toothpaste, and will bloom through mid-March.

Cara Giaimo February 21, 2017