Harrison Okene was working as a ship's cook off the coast of Nigeria on May 26, 2013 when his tugboat overturned, trapping him underwater for 60 hours before he was rescued.

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12.04.2025

Scientists Study Prehistoric Rhino Herd Found In Nebraska

A new study has shed light on the Teleoceras major rhinos buried under volcanic ash at Nebraska's Ashfall Fossil Beds 12 million years ago.

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09.04.2025

Tree In Panama Uses Lightning To Eliminate Its Enemies

The "Dipteryx oleifera" tree in the rainforests of Panama can withstand lightning strikes and even use them to kill parasites and neighboring trees.

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07.04.2025

Scientists Reconstruct The Face Of A 1,000-Year-Old Viking Woman

The remains were found buried with an arsenal of weaponry, which was arguably enough to suggest she was a warrior. Now we know for sure.

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05.04.2025

A Dying Star In A Nearby Nebula May Have Shattered A Planet

New observations of X-ray images of the Helix Nebula suggest that the nebula's dying central star could have shattered a Jupiter-sized planet.

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01.04.2025

Shadow People: The Eerie Figures Seen Around The World

Some believe shadow people are ghosts or demons, while science attributes sightings of these disturbing entities to sleep deprivation or psychotic disorders.

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29.03.2025

Prehistoric 'Venus Flytrap' Wasp Found Preserved In Amber

Sirenobethylus charybdis was a parasitic wasp that lived about 99 million years ago — and boasted a terrifying "grasping apparatus."

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28.03.2025

'Ancestor Of All Animals' Found In 555-Million-Year-Old Australian Fossils

Finding and preserving the fossilized remains of these tiny creatures was thought to be nearly impossible — until 3D scans allowed it.

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27.03.2025

Do Sharks Make Noise? Scientists Record First-Ever Shark Sounds

For years, scientists believed sharks were mute — but groundbreaking recordings have now proven that sharks do make noise.

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25.03.2025

Quantum Immortality: The Theory That Consciousness Lives Forever

Quantum immortality is a quantum mechanics theory that suggests when someone dies in one reality, their consciousness continues to survive in another one.

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22.03.2025

25,000-Year-Old Mammoth Bone Site Unearthed In Austria

Archaeologists have found the remains of five mammoths dating back 25,000 years at the Langmannersdorf an der Perschling site in Austria.

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20.03.2025

Hundreds Of Fossils Dumped In Landfill Due To University Error

Paleontologist Martin Becker of New Jersey's William Paterson University had his prehistoric fossil collection dumped in a Tennessee landfill.

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20.03.2025

Study Suggests Iguanas Sailed 5,000 Miles To 'Colonize' Fiji

A new study theorizes that Fiji's iguanas made their way to the island nation 34 million years ago by "rafting" 5,000 miles from North America.

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20.03.2025

'Extinct' Species Rediscovered In Honduras' 'Lost City Of The Monkey God'

The "White City" has been so inaccessible for so long, this discovery is not only a stunning achievement, but has been a long time coming.

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16.03.2025

The Coldest Places On Earth, From Russia To The South Pole

Where is the coldest place on Earth? These 11 sites from Russia and Greenland to Antarctica and Alaska have reported the lowest temperatures on record.

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14.03.2025

'Ocean Census' Project Discovers 866 New Marine Species

The "Ocean Census" project's 800 researchers conducted 10 expeditions and found everything from a guitar shark to a water bear to a mud dragon.

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14.03.2025

200-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Prints Found In Australian School

A stone slab with 66 dinosaur footprints from the early Jurassic period was discovered sitting in plain sight at a high school in Queensland, Australia.

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06.03.2025

Lost Continent Of Greater Adria Found Beneath Southern Europe

A team of geologists from the Netherlands have discovered a large landmass called Greater Adria under the Mediterranean that's been lost for 140 million years.

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02.03.2025

Pieces Of The Grand Canyon Were Just Discovered In Tasmania

Although they are 8,500 miles apart today, new evidence suggests that Australia and North America were connected over a billion years ago.

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28.02.2025

Indian Teenager Undergoes Surgery To Remove Parasitic Twin

Surgeons in Delhi successfully removed the legs, buttocks, and genitalia of a parasitic twin from the chest of a 17-year-old boy.

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26.02.2025

Researchers Uncover A 4-Billion-Year-Old Beach On Mars

Data from China's Zhurong rover revealed similarities between features on Mars' surface and Earth's beaches, suggesting an ocean once covered the planet.

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25.02.2025

Africa Is Splitting In Two: Why And How It's Happening

Africa is splitting as three tectonic plates — the Nubian, Somali, and Arabian — pull apart along the Great Rift Valley, which will likely one day divide the continent and create a sixth ocean.

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25.02.2025

Prehistoric Beetle Trapped In Amber Was Among First Insects To Pollinate

Discovered by scientists in Myanmar in 2012, this 99-million-year-old specimen is related to a modern species of flower-loving beetles.

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21.02.2025

A New Fungus Is Creating 'Zombie Spiders' In Irish Caves

Scientists recently discovered the "Gibellula attenboroughii" fungus, which infects cave-dwelling spiders across Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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17.02.2025

Siberian Unicorn, The Massive Prehistoric Rhinoceros Of Eurasia

Commonly known as the Siberian unicorn, Elasmotherium sibiricum was a prehistoric rhinoceros that roamed the grasslands of Eurasia until 39,000 years ago.

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17.02.2025

Mummified Wolf-Dog Found Underneath Siberian Permafrost Dating Back To 18,000 Years Ago

"The fact that we can't [determine whether it's wolf or dog] might suggest that it's from a population that was ancestral to both — to dogs and wolves."

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17.02.2025

'Pale Blue Dot': The Story Behind The Iconic Photo

On February 14, 1990, the NASA space probe Voyager 1 took a photo of Earth from over 3 billion miles away that's known as the "Pale Blue Dot."

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17.02.2025

Scientist Collects 4,500-Year-Old Yeast To Make Ancient Bread

"The aroma and flavor are incredible. I’m emotional," tweeted Seamus Blackley about his baking experiment with the ancient Egyptian yeast.

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17.02.2025

Oldest Modern Bird Fossil Discovered In Antarctica

A 69-million-year-old skull fossil of Vegavis iaai, a prehistoric bird from the Cretaceous Period, suggests modern birds co-existed with dinosaurs.

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31.01.2025

Earth's Magnetic North Pole Is Quickly Shifting Toward Russia

Scientists tracking the movement of Earth's magnetic north pole have discovered a dramatic shift in its location away from Canada and toward Siberia.

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31.01.2025

The Mount Lyell Shrew Is Captured On Camera For The First Time

A team of young scientists in California has taken the first known photos of the Mount Lyell shrew, an elusive species that lives in the Sierra Nevadas.

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27.01.2025

Antarctica Was A Lush Rainforest 90 Million Years Ago, Study Says

Soil samples in western Antarctica revealed roots, pollen, and spores, providing evidence of a prehistoric rainforest from the Cretaceous era.

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17.01.2025

Giant 40,000-Year-Old Head Of Ancient Wolf Found In Siberian Permafrost

The head of the wolf features perfectly-preserved shaggy hair, soft-tissue, and a still-snarling mouth. Researchers hope to analyze its DNA.

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17.01.2025

A New Supergiant Sea Bug Was Just Discovered In Vietnam

Scientists identified "Bathynomus vaderi," which can weigh up to two pounds, while studying sea bugs sold in Vietnamese markets as delicacies.

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15.01.2025

Melting Ice Reveals 5,900-Year-Old Trees In Wyoming

A melting ice patch on Beartooth Plateau in the Rocky Mountains revealed a prehistoric forest containing more than 30 dead whitebark pine trees.

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07.01.2025

Albert Hofmann And The Accidental Origins Of LSD

Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide in 1938 — then had the first intentional acid trip on April 19, 1943 while bicycling home.

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21.12.2024

Professor Says Octopuses Could Dominate Earth After Humans

University of Oxford researcher Tim Coulson claimed that octopuses are the animals most likely to build civilizations if humans disappear.

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21.12.2024

'Alien Plant' With No Known Relative Discovered In Utah

Fossils of the "alien plant" Othniophyton elongatum found in Utah revealed that the prehistoric species isn't part of any known modern or extinct family.

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11.12.2024

New Study Shows How The Nebra Sky Disk Was Made

Researchers created a replica of the Nebra Sky Disk using a "hot forging" process, illustrating how advanced Early Bronze Age smithing techniques were.

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06.12.2024

Feeding Cows Seaweed May Cut Drastically Methane Emissions

A recent study found that feeding cows seaweed supplements reduced their methane emissions by nearly 40 percent without harming the animals.

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How Harrison Okene Survived 60 Hours In A Submerged Boat

Scientists Study Prehistoric Rhino Herd Found In Nebraska

Tree In Panama Uses Lightning To Eliminate Its Enemies

Scientists Reconstruct The Face Of A 1,000-Year-Old Viking Woman

A Dying Star In A Nearby Nebula May Have Shattered A Planet

Shadow People: The Eerie Figures Seen Around The World

Prehistoric 'Venus Flytrap' Wasp Found Preserved In Amber

'Ancestor Of All Animals' Found In 555-Million-Year-Old Australian Fossils

Do Sharks Make Noise? Scientists Record First-Ever Shark Sounds

Quantum Immortality: The Theory That Consciousness Lives Forever

25,000-Year-Old Mammoth Bone Site Unearthed In Austria

Hundreds Of Fossils Dumped In Landfill Due To University Error

Study Suggests Iguanas Sailed 5,000 Miles To 'Colonize' Fiji

'Extinct' Species Rediscovered In Honduras' 'Lost City Of The Monkey God'

The Coldest Places On Earth, From Russia To The South Pole

'Ocean Census' Project Discovers 866 New Marine Species

200-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Prints Found In Australian School

Lost Continent Of Greater Adria Found Beneath Southern Europe

Pieces Of The Grand Canyon Were Just Discovered In Tasmania

Indian Teenager Undergoes Surgery To Remove Parasitic Twin

Researchers Uncover A 4-Billion-Year-Old Beach On Mars

Africa Is Splitting In Two: Why And How It's Happening

Prehistoric Beetle Trapped In Amber Was Among First Insects To Pollinate

A New Fungus Is Creating 'Zombie Spiders' In Irish Caves

Siberian Unicorn, The Massive Prehistoric Rhinoceros Of Eurasia

Mummified Wolf-Dog Found Underneath Siberian Permafrost Dating Back To 18,000 Years Ago

'Pale Blue Dot': The Story Behind The Iconic Photo

Scientist Collects 4,500-Year-Old Yeast To Make Ancient Bread

Oldest Modern Bird Fossil Discovered In Antarctica

Earth's Magnetic North Pole Is Quickly Shifting Toward Russia

The Mount Lyell Shrew Is Captured On Camera For The First Time

Antarctica Was A Lush Rainforest 90 Million Years Ago, Study Says

Giant 40,000-Year-Old Head Of Ancient Wolf Found In Siberian Permafrost

A New Supergiant Sea Bug Was Just Discovered In Vietnam

Melting Ice Reveals 5,900-Year-Old Trees In Wyoming

Albert Hofmann And The Accidental Origins Of LSD

Professor Says Octopuses Could Dominate Earth After Humans

'Alien Plant' With No Known Relative Discovered In Utah

New Study Shows How The Nebra Sky Disk Was Made

Feeding Cows Seaweed May Cut Drastically Methane Emissions

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