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Mummies and More Than 1,000 Statues Found in Egyptian Tomb
The treasure was buried near Luxor
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Builders Find Remains of Five Archbishops of Canterbury
Turns out the vault in which they were buried wasn’t destroyed by flood after all
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Dingo Wins Competition for World’s Most Interesting Genome
The desert dingo beat out an explosive beetle, a pit viper and pink pigeon to win a grant to have its genome sequenced
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Thousands of Lego Daffodils Are Blooming in Britain
The brick-built botanicals celebrate the UK’s 2017 City of Culture
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This Free Laundromat Has a Famous Sponsor: the Pope
Rome’s homeless people will be able to do their laundry on the Vatican’s dime
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Black Marble Photo Shows Off Earth’s Darker Side
The composite shot could one day help scientists make the most of the night sky
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Fashion Made From Cow Poo Wins Innovation Award
Mestic looks to manure to produce bioplastic, paper and fashion-forward textiles
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Digital Tombstone Brings the Dead Back to Life
Death is eternal—but cemeteries are changing with the times
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Take a Peek at the Auroras on Uranus
This composite image gives the best view yet of the seventh planet’s atmospheric lights and ring
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13,000-Year-Old Fillings Were “Drilled” With Stone and Packed With Tar
You can’t handle the tooth
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Huge New Spider Species Discovered in Mexican Cave
Califorctenus cacachilensis is the width of a softball and represents a new genus of arachnids
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This 3,500-Year-Old Statue of a Syrian Refugee Remains One of Archaeology’s Most Important Finds
King Idrimi is getting digitized and his autobiography is as relevant as ever
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New Survey Estimates Earth Has 60,065 Tree Species
Researchers from Botanic Gardens Conservation International compiled the list, finding that at least 10,000 tree species are at risk of extinction
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Hubble Snags Splendid Snapshot of Jupiter
The perfect photographic conditions make for a grand view of the gas giant
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Atmosphere Detected Around an Earth(ish)-Sized Planet
Just 39 light years away, GJ 1132b is 1.4 times the Earth’s radius and has an atmosphere that may be composed of steam or methane
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New Pyramid Discovered in Egypt
Earlier this week the interior structure of pyramid was uncovered at the Dahshur Necropolis, home to some of Egypt’s earliest pyramids
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Smithsonian and Library of Congress Purchase Rare 1860s Photo of Harriet Tubman
Part of an album of 44 photos of prominent abolitionists, the unique photo was recently acquired at auction
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Artifacts Found in Indonesian Cave Show Complexities of Ice Age Culture
Pendants and buttons as well as carvings suggest the inhabitants of Wallacea were as advanced as Europeans during the Ice Age
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Slo-Mo Footage Shows How Scorpions Strike
Using high speed cameras, researchers uncovered the defensive patterns used by scorpions, including the super-fast death stalker
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