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Archaeology
New evidence suggests Ötzi the Iceman's tattoos were made using a single-pointed tool
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The sunken treasure of the San José shipwreck is contested—but its real riches go beyond coins and jewels
Archaeology
How the Tudors dealt with food waste
Archaeology
New framework embraces uncertainty to make sense of history
Archaeology
Manuports in the context of archaeology
Archaeology
Malaria, smallpox, polio: Here's how we know life in ancient Egypt was ravaged by disease
Archaeology
Bacterial diseases a lethal threat during the Stone Age
Archaeology
Ancient scrolls are being 'read' by machine learning—with human knowledge to detect language and make sense of them
Archaeology
Researchers locate cargo ship SS Hartdale, torpedoed in 1915
Archaeology
Migration of hominins out of Africa may have been driven by the first major glaciation of the Pleistocene
Archaeology
Human activity on Curaçao began centuries earlier than previously believed, study finds
Archaeology
Prehistoric piercings may have been coming-of-age ritual
Archaeology
Archeoastronomy uses the rare times and places of previous total solar eclipses to help us measure history
Archaeology
'Missing' houses offer a new perspective on Britain's Roman period
Archaeology
Nigeria's ancient Ilorin city: Archaeologist uncovers more than 1,000 years of history
Archaeology
A trip to the coast, a dip in the pool, and a snow-chilled drink: How ancient Romans kept cool in summer
Archaeology
The first Europeans reached Ukraine 1.4 million years ago, new study finds
Archaeology
Rabana-Merquly: Was the mountain fortress also a Parthian-era sanctuary?
Archaeology
Tracing the spread of cacao domestication
Archaeology
Ancient stone tools found in Ukraine date to over 1 million years ago, and may be oldest in Europe

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Condensed Matter
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Condensed Matter
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Astronomy
Three new millisecond pulsars detected with MeerKAT
Ecology
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Quantum Physics
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Plants & Animals
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Biochemistry
Biochemists discover first new antibacterial class in decades
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Faintest known star system orbiting the Milky Way discovered
Evolution
Comprehensive study explores influence of gene expression on primate brain evolution
Plants & Animals
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Social Sciences
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Plants & Animals
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Quantum Physics
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Earth Sciences
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Plants & Animals
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Condensed Matter
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Molecular & Computational biology
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