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Scientists Recovered the Cargo of a 146-Year-Old Shipwreck. Now, They Want to Turn It Into Whiskey.
Researchers from Michigan State University are working to extract DNA from an variety of rye found on a shipwreck from the ...
This Aztec Death Whistle Will Chill You to the Bone—and Mess With Your Mind
Sound has the incredible ability to instill a certain kind of emotion into whoever hears it. The soulful call of a loon feels ...
A Plumber Tugged on a Mysterious Rope He Found in a Basement. Now He’s a Millionaire.
It is merely human nature to wonder what’s at the other end of any mysterious rope or cable one might encounter in the world, ...
The 7 Best Thermal Curtains to Keep Your Space Extra Toasty
Thermal curtains come in many colors and patterns to suit plenty of aesthetics. For an elevated texture, I recommend curtains made of satin, linen, or velvet. Out of these three options, velvet is the ...
A Woman Went for a Hike—and Accidentally Discovered a 280-Million-Year-Old Lost World
A stunning fossilized world containing remnants of amphibians, skin prints, plants, and seeds was discovered in the melting ...
A Bewildering New Form of Matter Could Redefine What’s Possible in Computers
“Non-Abelian anyons have the bewildering capacity of ‘remembering’ their spacetime trajectories; this memory effect can be ...
Will AI Help Terrorists Build Weapons of Mass Destruction? It’s Complicated, Study Says.
The study examined AI’s potential to enable would-be bioterrorists that would otherwise lack the skill and confidence to plan ...
Russian Jamming Is a Real Threat to Military Aircraft—But America's New Quantum Tech Can Defeat It
The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command, which operates transport and tanker planes, deployed AQNav on C-17A cargo jets twice ...
Upgrade Your Living Room With This DIY Mid-Century Coffee Table
Create the top and bottom of the coffee table by cutting the three 7¼"-wide boards in half [1], giving you six 48"-long ...
Scientists Discovered Two New Stonehenge-like Structures. They Might Help Form a ‘Sacred Arc.’
The Guardian reported that two neolithic stone circles were discovered within Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England. The ...
Archaeologists Just Dug Up a Tiny 3/4-Inch Fossil. It May Be a Major Missing Link in Our Evolution.
The 500-million-year-old primitive fish without bones or teeth has surprisingly advanced anatomical features. “Based on the ...