In a cave in southern Italy in 1963, archaeologists found two skeletons buried in an embrace 12,000 years earlier, one of them long assumed…
By Lab Report · Aug 18, 2026
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In 1984, peat cutters in Cheshire hit something rubbery with a mechanical shovel and pulled up a man who had been strangled, struck on the…
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By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 29, 2026
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By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 23, 2026
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In 1932 Australia sent a small artillery detachment with machine guns to cull thousands of emus damaging Western Australia’s wheat fields…
By Mal James · Jul 23, 2026
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By Mal James · Jul 22, 2026
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By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 21, 2026
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