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A Woman Just Found A Message In A Bottle From A World War 1 Soldier While Walking Along An Australian Beach

On August 15, 1916, Private Malcolm Alexander Neville penned this two-page note to his mother, reporting on his voyage toward Europe and asking whoever found the bottle to deliver it to her.

By Ainsley Brown • Nov 7, 2025

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A Woman Just Found A Message In A Bottle From A World War 1 Soldier While Walking Along An Australian Beach

On August 15, 1916, Private Malcolm Alexander Neville penned this two-page note to his mother, reporting on his voyage toward Europe and asking whoever found the bottle to deliver it to her.

By Ainsley Brown • November 7, 2025

Researchers Are Developing A Genetically Modified Fungus That Can Trap And Kill Mosquitoes

The genetically engineered Metarhizium fungus is just as attractive to mosquitoes as it is deadly.

By Kaleena Fraga • Nov 7, 2025

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Researchers Are Developing A Genetically Modified Fungus That Can Trap And Kill Mosquitoes

The genetically engineered Metarhizium fungus is just as attractive to mosquitoes as it is deadly.

By Kaleena Fraga • November 7, 2025

The Mystery Behind One Of Art History’s Most Scandalous Paintings Has Just Been Resolved

The decades-long debate on who's depicted in Gustave Courbet's 1866 painting The Origin of the World has seemingly come to an end.

By Bernadette Deron • Nov 7, 2025

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The Mystery Behind One Of Art History’s Most Scandalous Paintings Has Just Been Resolved

The decades-long debate on who's depicted in Gustave Courbet's 1866 painting The Origin of the World has seemingly come to an end.

By Bernadette Deron • November 7, 2025

Scientists Have Discovered The World’s Largest Spider Web That Covers 1,140 Square Feet

In a pitch-black cave along the border of Greek and Albania, researchers discovered a 1,140-square-foot spider web that houses two spider species — an unprecedented example of cohabitation.

By Austin Harvey • Nov 6, 2025

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Scientists Have Discovered The World’s Largest Spider Web That Covers 1,140 Square Feet

In a pitch-black cave along the border of Greek and Albania, researchers discovered a 1,140-square-foot spider web that houses two spider species — an unprecedented example of cohabitation.

By Austin Harvey • November 6, 2025

Researchers Just Identified A ‘Polar Rhino’ That Lived In The Canadian Arctic 23 Million Years Ago

Due to its small, pony-sized body and horn-less skull, researchers were initially baffled as to what Epiaceratherium itjilik was, calling the creature "a little bit of a weirdo."

By Ainsley Brown • Nov 6, 2025

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Researchers Just Identified A ‘Polar Rhino’ That Lived In The Canadian Arctic 23 Million Years Ago

Due to its small, pony-sized body and horn-less skull, researchers were initially baffled as to what Epiaceratherium itjilik was, calling the creature "a little bit of a weirdo."

By Ainsley Brown • November 6, 2025

A Man In Chile Just Returned A Stolen Piece Of The Parthenon — Only To Learn It Was Actually From An Even Older Greek Temple

Enrico Tosti-Croce long believed the piece of marble his father brought back from the Acropolis of Athens in the 1930s was from the Parthenon, but experts say it's part of the Hekatompedon, which was built a century earlier.

By Ainsley Brown • Nov 5, 2025

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A Man In Chile Just Returned A Stolen Piece Of The Parthenon — Only To Learn It Was Actually From An Even Older Greek Temple

Enrico Tosti-Croce long believed the piece of marble his father brought back from the Acropolis of Athens in the 1930s was from the Parthenon, but experts say it's part of the Hekatompedon, which was built a century earlier.

By Ainsley Brown • November 5, 2025

2,000-Year-Old Hercules Sculpture Found In An Ancient Roman Refuse Pit On The Spanish Island Of Ibiza

This astonishingly well-preserved Hercules relic was found 23 feet deep inside a Roman garbage dump, where the anaerobic environment allowed it to remain largely intact even after two millennia.

By Kaleena Fraga • Nov 5, 2025

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2,000-Year-Old Hercules Sculpture Found In An Ancient Roman Refuse Pit On The Spanish Island Of Ibiza

This astonishingly well-preserved Hercules relic was found 23 feet deep inside a Roman garbage dump, where the anaerobic environment allowed it to remain largely intact even after two millennia.

By Kaleena Fraga • November 5, 2025

In 1942, Paleontologists Uncovered What They Thought Was A Juvenile T. Rex. Now It’s Been Identified As An Entirely Different ‘Mini Tyrannosaur’ Species

Nanotyrannus lancensis was half the height of a Tyrannosaurus rex and just one-tenth of its body mass, leading it to be misidentified as a "teen rex" on multiple occasions.

By Ainsley Brown • Nov 4, 2025

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In 1942, Paleontologists Uncovered What They Thought Was A Juvenile T. Rex. Now It’s Been Identified As An Entirely Different ‘Mini Tyrannosaur’ Species

Nanotyrannus lancensis was half the height of a Tyrannosaurus rex and just one-tenth of its body mass, leading it to be misidentified as a "teen rex" on multiple occasions.

By Ainsley Brown • November 4, 2025

Archaeologists In England Just Unearthed The Remains Of An Iron Age Teenager Who Was Likely Sacrificed By Their Celtic Tribe

Researchers suspect that this victim was a girl who was between the ages of 15 and 17 when she was tied up, executed, and tossed face down into a pit sometime in the first century B.C.E.

By Austin Harvey • Nov 4, 2025

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Archaeologists In England Just Unearthed The Remains Of An Iron Age Teenager Who Was Likely Sacrificed By Their Celtic Tribe

Researchers suspect that this victim was a girl who was between the ages of 15 and 17 when she was tied up, executed, and tossed face down into a pit sometime in the first century B.C.E.

By Austin Harvey • November 4, 2025

A Sprawling Ancient Burial Ground Where The Dead Were Ritualistically Cremated Has Been Discovered In France

The site near the ancient city of Olbia in southern France contains evidence of funeral pyres, cremated remains, and a "libation" channel for liquid offerings to the dead.

By Kaleena Fraga • Nov 3, 2025

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A Sprawling Ancient Burial Ground Where The Dead Were Ritualistically Cremated Has Been Discovered In France

The site near the ancient city of Olbia in southern France contains evidence of funeral pyres, cremated remains, and a "libation" channel for liquid offerings to the dead.

By Kaleena Fraga • November 3, 2025