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Laser Scans Reveal 60,000 Hidden Maya Structures in Guatemala

Houses, fortifications, pyramids and causeways were among the discoveries

The Museum at FIT tweeted about its "Black Fashion Designers" exhibition drawn from its permanent collection.

In Honor of Black History Month, Cultural Institutions Are Sharing Archival Treasures

The best of the U.S. National Archive’s #ArchivesBlackHistory

Young Tourist Finds 90-Million-Year-Old Fish Fossil at Colombian Monastery

Palaeontologists were first alerted to the fossil by a 10-year-old tourist

Perhaps all this little bug needs is a few good swats.

New Research

Swatting May Teach Mosquitoes to Avoid Your Scent

Though it won’t work for all species, Aedes aegypti mosquitos seem to have a memory for near-death experiences

Photojournalist Christopher Michel captured this mesmerizing scene just a half mile from the South Pole.

Art Meets Science

How the Antarctic Sun Creates Breathtaking Optical Effects

A fine haze of ice particles transformed this landscape into an otherworldly scene

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Cool Finds

Dinosaur and Ancient Mammal Stomping Ground Found in NASA Parking Lot

The slab is covered in 70 foot prints and is one of the best collections of animal traces yet found

Stone Tool Discovery in India Raises Questions About Spread of Ancient Technology

The tools may suggest that humans dispersed from Africa earlier than previously believed. But not all experts agree

Truck tracks on the Nasca lines

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Truck Driver Leaves Tire Tracks Over Peru’s Ancient Nasca Lines

Three of the Unesco World Heritage site’s enigmatic glyphs were harmed, but authorities believe they can repair the damage

Emery Walker photograph of damage to the painting of Thomas Carlyle by Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt, 1877.

See the Portrait Slashed by a Butcher’s Cleaver During Height of Women’s Suffrage Movement

In an act of protest, the London National Portrait Gallery work was damaged in 1914. It returns to mark 100 years of the Representation of the People Act

In Nilsson’s reconstruction, the teenager looks skeptical—and steely.

Experts Reconstruct the Face of a Mesolithic-Era Teenager

She was buried in a cave in central Greece around 9,000 years ago

Battle of Clontarf, Hugh Frazer, 1826

New Research

Social Network Analysis Weighs in on Debate Surrounding One of Ireland’s Most Famous Battles

Researchers test it out on a medieval epic to investigate whether the Battle of Clontarf was fought against the Vikings or was part of an Irish civil war

Peacocks can fly, but not on planes.

Emotional Support Peacock Barred From Flying on United Airlines

The incident comes as airlines have implementing stricter rules for emotional support animals

The ochre "crayon"

Cool Finds

One of the World’s Oldest “Crayons” Colors in Details of the Mesolithic World

An interdisciplinary team of archaeologists and physicists came together to discover the purpose of the ancient bit of sharpened red ochre

Trending Today

Hong Kong Will Phase Out Ivory Trade by 2021

Conservationists hope the ban will help preserve the dwindling elephant populations

The "Saucy Jacky" postcard

New Research

Were the Jack the Ripper Letters Fabricated by Journalists?

Linguistic analysis indicates at least two of the most infamous letters were likely written by the same person—and that person was not the Ripper

New Research

Whale Talk Pretty One Day: Listen to an Orca Mimic Human Words

Though it’s fun to hear an orca say “Hello” and “Amy,” the new study could provide clues to how whale dialects change over time

New Research

Artificial Intelligence Takes a Crack at Decoding the Mysterious Voynich Manuscript

But medieval scholars are skeptical about this latest attempt to decipher the world’s “most mysterious book”

Artist concept of Mansourasaurus shahinae on a lush coastline of what is now the Western Desert of Egypt approximately 80 million years ago.

African Titanosaur Discovery Helps Untangle Dinosaur Evolution

The creature reveals ancient connection between Africa, Europe, and Asia after the great Pangea broke apart

The most detailed image ever taken of Lupus 3, a dense cloud of gas and dust that collapses to create new stars. This image is a compilation of data from the VLT Survey Telescope and the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope.

Dark Nebula Hides a Brilliant Streak of Baby Stars

South American observatory captures most detailed peek yet at Lupus Clouds stellar nursery

AP file photo of musician Coco Schumann taken on August 16, 1997.

Coco Schumann, the Holocaust Survivor who Played Jazz at Auschwitz, Dies at 93

The Berlin native returned to the city after the war and became renowned for playing the electric guitar

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