vikings
Found: Viking Clothes With 'Allah' Embroidered in Silk
The designs were overlooked by researchers in the 1940s.
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archaeology
Found: The Elaborate Coal Belt Buckles of First-Century Women Warriors
Only 10 examples of these type of accessories are known in the world.
sewers
There's Gold in Switzerland's Sewage
Also, a whole lot of silver.
genetics
Found: The Cause of Durian’s Oh-So-Unique Smell
The fruit's genes work overtime to pump out sulphuric compounds.
volcanoes
Found: Evidence the Moon Had an Atmosphere for 70 Million Years
It would have been at its thickest about 3.5 billon years ago.
disasters
Help Puerto Rico Recover by Mapping Damaged Areas
Response workers need the best possible information to direct aid.
floods
New Orleans Has Been Using the Same Technology to Drain the City Since the 1910s
The Wood screw pumps are mechanical marvels, but the turbines that power them are another story.
television
Found: Long-Lost Footage of Selena, the Pioneering Tejano Singer
A project documenting the overlooked history of Spanish-language TV turned up this haunting tape.
boats
Florida Has More Archaeological Canoes Than Anywhere Else in the World
The oldest dugout ever found there is almost 7,000 years old.
shipwrecks
Found: The Wreck of the Very First Ship Sunk in World War II
The Athenia was torpedoed the day England and Germany went to war.
shipwrecks
Found: A Giant Bronze Arm From the Antikythera Shipwreck
The world's most intriguing shipwreck keeps giving up more secrets.
news
Found: An Orchid With Large Flowers and a Scent Like Champagne
What a beaut!
31 days of halloween
The Gruesome History of Making Human Skeletons
From quicklime to boiling to bugs.
monsters
A Legendary Fish Named ‘Pig Nose’ Was Caught for the Second Year in a Row
He had gained about 50 pounds.
books
Found: The Earliest Known Work of Fiction by Ernest Hemingway
Two researchers discovered a story written by the author when he was just 10 years old.
news
Found: The Last, Hidden Image That Rosetta Sent Back From a Comet's Surface
The data was waiting on the server, unnoticed.
abandoned
Forgotten Notebooks Chronicled the Lives of Congolese Trees for 20 Years
The data could help biologists understand how climate change is affecting forests.
science
Found: Oldest Evidence of Life on Earth, Dating Back 3.95 Billion Years
The planet itself is 4.5 billion years old.
sinkhole
Found: A Vivid Blue Hole in the Great Barrier Reef
Look what Google Maps can reveal.
animals
Found: Wolf Puppies Born Outside of Rome for the First Time in Decades
The animals are part of the city's founding mythology.
feminism
What Planned Parenthood Taught WWII Veterans About Birth Control
“The step-up in your pulse when a nifty number looks your way isn’t love. That’s sex, mister.”
archaeology
Found: An Iraqi City, Established by Alexander the Great and Forgotten for Millennia
Satellite and drone photos clued archaeologists to its existence.
natural history museums
See the World’s Most Ordinary Animals as You Never Have Before
Inside a new exhibit that gives dogs, cats, and chickens the full-on natural history museum treatment.
shipwrecks
Found: An Incredibly Well-Preserved Medieval Shipwreck, Among Many More
The Black Sea wreck is the first of its kind ever discovered.
