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A DNA Discovery Shatters the Truth About Pompeii’s Famous Victims
Some of the victims of the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 A.D. in Pompeii were cast in plaster to preserve the scene. New DNA ...
A Legendary Missing World War II Destroyer Has Emerged From the Ocean After 82 Years
The “Dancing Mouse”—the Clemson-class destroyer more formally known as the USS Edsall— and its more-than-200 servicemen went ...
No Doctor Has Ever Performed a Human Head Transplant. This Neurosurgeon Says He’s Ready to Do It.
The Western medical establishment ousted him. China embraced him. Will the man on a mission to perform the first human head transplant ever pull it off?
A Secret Weapon Against Carbon Has Met Scientist’s Wildest Expectations
A Norwegian company developing a carbon capture technology known as Continuous Swing Adsorption Reactor (CSAR) tested its ...
Whoa, Scientists Made Animal Cells Do Photosynthesis
A first-of-its-kind achievement has implanted photosynthesizing cells in animal cells to make “planimals.” This feat could be ...
21 Holy Grail Materials Could Unleash Fusion Once and for All
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) will be relying on tungsten as its plasma-facing material, but a ...