Archaeologists discover remains of vast Mayan palace in Mexico

How This Abandoned Mining Town in Greenland Helped Win World War II

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Information teleported between two computer chips for the first time

Rotting-fruit art points up plants in peril

You can still buy $1 homes all over Italy

Antimatter Mystery Likely Due To Pulsars, Not Dark Matter

Scientists attempt to recreate ‘Overview effect’ from Earth

‘This is the farming of the future’: the rise of hydroponic food labs

‘I’m still scared’ – Asia remembers tsunami that killed 230,000

The South Pointing Spoon

Can the swastika ever reclaim its original meaning?

Scientists Have Officially Found a Mineral Never Before Seen in Nature

The Joy of Cosmic Mediocrity

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Journey through National Geographic’s most powerful photographs of the decade

Colleges are turning students’ phones into surveillance machines, tracking the locations of hundreds of thousands

New engine tech could get us to Mars faster

Hackers Are Breaking Into Websites And Adding Links To Game Google

Breakthroughs in exoplanet discovery tech mean we could find proof of extraterrestrials in our lifetime

Scientists chilled Lego bricks to near absolute zero and discovered something cool

The lost portrait of Charles Dickens

36 Corvettes, Hidden for Years in a Garage, Will Be Given Away

Science Confirms That the Vagus Nerve Is Key to Well-being

The Field Guide to Tyranny

Supertrees: Meet the Amazonian giant that helps the rainforest make its own rain

How Santa Survived the Soviet Era

Why the Next Lunar Astronauts May Have to Worry About Electric Shocks

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The Secret Afterlife of Lost German Luggage

First active fault zone found on Mars

Sleuths Are Haunted by the Cold Case of Julie Doe

The story of the world’s loneliest tree

What Happens to Meat When You Freeze It for 35,000 Years

Scientists Gene-Edited Tomatoes to Make Them Grow Like Grapes

Building a rocket is hard. But building a parachute is boggling

Don’t panic! Betelgeuse is (almost certainly) not about to explode

Researchers make new discoveries set to reveal the geology of planets outside our solar system

Uncovering of cathedral’s spectacular murals reveals Halifax’s tragic past

The Human Brain Evolved When Carbon Dioxide Was Lower

The Pull Of The Past: How We All Got Hooked On Nostalgia In The 2010s

Will the United States Lose the Universe?

‘Advertising breaks your spirit’: the French cities trying to ban public adverts

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Is Nuclear Power Worth the Risk?

Why so many Japanese children refuse to go to school

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The Termite Mounds of Okavango Delta

Inside the Plot to Murder Honduran Activist Berta Cáceres

The Dying American Prisoner

‘The closest thing on Earth to interplanetary travel’

It Seemed Like a Popular Chat App. It’s Secretly a Spy Tool.

In a first, scientists use CRISPR to disrupt both latent and active herpes virus in human cells

Black Holes Were Already Feasting Just 1.5 Billion Years After the Big Bang

At a holiday feast, remember the foods we lost, from extinct animals to fleshy pears

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