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During the Cretaceous Period, a genus of sharks roamed the sea with rows of unusual teeth. Mostly large and rounded, these chompers were not meant to slice through their prey, but to grind and crush ...

Researchers had been hoping to take advantage of an opening in the Arctic sea ice to explore a northern area where one of Sir John Franklin's lost ships is believed to have sunk. But a shift in the ...

A recent archaeological discovery in Israel has unearthed a 5,500-year-old factory, unraveling a long-standing biblical mystery. This find provides new insights into ancient manufacturing practices ...

1. In 79 A.D., the eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii and other Roman towns in Italy’s Campania region. A pyroclastic flow of superhot gas, ash and lava buried the seaside resort of ...

For 5,000 years scholars, generals, and mystics have been fascinated by the Egyptian pyramids. That obsession persists in the ...

Reconstructing pathogen's genome showed that this strain not only gave rise to the one that caused the Black Death that mauled Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North Africa but also to most plague ...

A 50 year old mystery involving ancient dinosaur bones and the very strange creature they belonged to, has finally been solved. Philip Currie is one of the most respected paleontologists in the world.