3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (170+ words) The Bom Jesus set sail in March 1533, but it wrecked before it could return with its riches. Those riches took almost 500 years to resurface. “When I started, the artifacts were just sitting there collecting dust. They were deteriorating at a…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (104+ words) The painted creature inside an Etruscan tomb convinced mourners they were under its spell. A Bone Led to a Revolutionary War Mass Grave Why Scientists Buried Thousands of Undies in Soil Early Humans’ Brains Linked to Another Dimension Archaeologists Found…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (261+ words) Electrical activity that was fine-tuned in waking brains grew more chaotic under anesthesia. “The relationship between traveling waves and information transfer has been suggested previously,” the team writes in the study. “However, it has never been directly examined whether traveling…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (459+ words) Montbellant Hill was first home to a first-century B.C. city before Roman and medieval structures were built on top of it in the ensuing centuries. In a translated statement from the institute, the team wrote that they had discovered groupings of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (378+ words) The statue’s unique style hints at a vanished empire. “It is very rare to find such monumental sculpture of this period anywhere in the Mediterranean, and this exceptionally well-preserved, unique monument casts important new light on the major arts of…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (299+ words) Adding a whole new meaning to the phrase “soiled underwear.” Life begins with dirt. A vast majority of the food we eat originates with soil. Soil helps store carbon, acting as one of the largest carbon reservoirs on Earth. Soil…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (705+ words) New experiments raise important questions about what it means to die. Editor’s Note: This is one of Popular Mechanics’ greatest stories. It was initially published in December 2022. In 2018, Jahi’s family’s attorney announced that she had died of complications from liver…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (323+ words) A magnetized mix of oil, water, and nickel particles created a never-before-seen state. As Homer Simpson once famously phrased, “in this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics,” but a completely unexpected discovery by a student at the University of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (335+ words) What happened on Aloha Airlines Flight 243 was nothing short of miraculous. Panic took hold of the passengers and crew as Captain Bob Schornstheimer and first officer Mimi Tompkins realized they were suddenly losing air pressure. Stewardess Michelle Honda was slammed…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (405+ words) The largest hoard of its kind ever found may mark the moment an epidemic swept through town. Someone in medieval Kolomna, Russia, buried over 2,600 silver coins in a small ceramic jug and never came back for them. Archaeologists working in…...