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Researchers Use Lasers To Map A Buried Roman City That Dates Back Over 2,300 Years

The city of Falerii Novi was abandoned in 700 A.D. and has been buried ever since.

By Marco Margaritoff • Feb 24, 2025

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Researchers Use Lasers To Map A Buried Roman City That Dates Back Over 2,300 Years

The city of Falerii Novi was abandoned in 700 A.D. and has been buried ever since.

By Marco Margaritoff • February 24, 2025

Archaeologists In Türkiye Just Unearthed A 1,600-Year-Old Drinking Filter Made Of Bronze

Researchers excavating the ruins of Hadrianopolis in western Türkiye discovered a bronze beverage filter that was used to strain impurities from drinks in the 5th century C.E.

By Amber Morgan • Feb 11, 2025

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Archaeologists In Türkiye Just Unearthed A 1,600-Year-Old Drinking Filter Made Of Bronze

Researchers excavating the ruins of Hadrianopolis in western Türkiye discovered a bronze beverage filter that was used to strain impurities from drinks in the 5th century C.E.

By Amber Morgan • February 11, 2025

33 Photos Of The Y2K Panic, When People Feared That Computers Would Fail At The Turn Of The Century

In 1999, many worried that the world's computers couldn't handle the change to the year 2000 — and some even thought that the apocalypse was near.

By Austin Harvey • Dec 31, 2024

33 Photos Of The Y2K Panic, When People Feared That Computers Would Fail At The Turn Of The Century

In 1999, many worried that the world's computers couldn't handle the change to the year 2000 — and some even thought that the apocalypse was near.

By Austin Harvey • December 31, 2024

The Incredible History Of The Concorde, The Jet That Could Fly From London To New York In Three Hours

Capable of flying 1,350 miles per hour at 60,000 feet, the Concorde was a supersonic marvel — so why was it discontinued?

By Kaleena Fraga • Dec 18, 2024

The Incredible History Of The Concorde, The Jet That Could Fly From London To New York In Three Hours

Capable of flying 1,350 miles per hour at 60,000 feet, the Concorde was a supersonic marvel — so why was it discontinued?

By Kaleena Fraga • December 18, 2024

28,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Cells Show Biological Signs Of Life

The 28,000-year-old woolly mammoth was dug out of Siberian permafrost in 2011. Now scientists have found that its DNA is partially intact.

By Marco Margaritoff • Dec 8, 2024

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28,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Cells Show Biological Signs Of Life

The 28,000-year-old woolly mammoth was dug out of Siberian permafrost in 2011. Now scientists have found that its DNA is partially intact.

By Marco Margaritoff • December 8, 2024

The Story Of Tsar Bomba, History’s Biggest Nuclear Weapon Which Created The Largest Man-Made Explosion The World Has Ever Seen

The largest nuclear bomb ever created, Tsar Bomba was detonated by the Soviet Union above the Arctic archipelago of Novaya Zemlya on October 31, 1961.

By Katie Serena • Dec 1, 2024

The Story Of Tsar Bomba, History’s Biggest Nuclear Weapon Which Created The Largest Man-Made Explosion The World Has Ever Seen

The largest nuclear bomb ever created, Tsar Bomba was detonated by the Soviet Union above the Arctic archipelago of Novaya Zemlya on October 31, 1961.

By Katie Serena • December 1, 2024

Inside 13 Of The Most Terrifying Video Games Ever Made

From Resident Evil to Five Nights at Freddy's, these scary video games left players horrified by their eerie settings and haunting characters.

By Amber Morgan • Oct 24, 2024

Inside 13 Of The Most Terrifying Video Games Ever Made

From Resident Evil to Five Nights at Freddy's, these scary video games left players horrified by their eerie settings and haunting characters.

By Amber Morgan • October 24, 2024

An A.I.-Powered Survey Of Peru’s Deserts Just Identified 303 More Nazca Line Drawings

The newly-discovered drawings include a decapitated head, a llama, and even a knife-wielding orca.

By Amber Morgan • Sep 25, 2024

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An A.I.-Powered Survey Of Peru’s Deserts Just Identified 303 More Nazca Line Drawings

The newly-discovered drawings include a decapitated head, a llama, and even a knife-wielding orca.

By Amber Morgan • September 25, 2024

More Than 1,000 Unexploded 18th-Century Rockets Were Just Discovered In India

The rockets are believed to have belonged to the 18th-century warrior king Tipu Sultan, who used them to fight the British East India Company.

By Bernadette Deron • Sep 14, 2024

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More Than 1,000 Unexploded 18th-Century Rockets Were Just Discovered In India

The rockets are believed to have belonged to the 18th-century warrior king Tipu Sultan, who used them to fight the British East India Company.

By Bernadette Deron • September 14, 2024

The Hughes H-4 Hercules, The All-Wood Flying Boat Known As The ‘Spruce Goose’

Measuring 218 feet long and weighing a quarter of a million pounds, the Spruce Goose was designed to transport military materiel across the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.

By Katie Serena • Jul 22, 2024

The Hughes H-4 Hercules, The All-Wood Flying Boat Known As The ‘Spruce Goose’

Measuring 218 feet long and weighing a quarter of a million pounds, the Spruce Goose was designed to transport military materiel across the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.

By Katie Serena • July 22, 2024