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Jenna Dittmar Archaeologists Found a Medieval Skeleton With Something Strange in Its Jaws
A gold-wire dental repair found in Scotland suggests wealthy patients could get early bridge-like treatments centuries ago.
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Drew Angerer/Staff/Getty Images Someone Keeps Calling in Fake Bomb Threats to American Zoos. But Why?
Several zoos have been forced to evacuate families and school groups after hoax calls about bombs and active shooters.
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Getty Images How Bad Is Hantavirus, the Illness That’s Killed 3 Cruise Ship Passengers?
Three people have died, several passengers are sick, and officials are trying to evacuate patients while disinfecting the ship.
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Slim3D/Getty Images Researchers Think They Figured Out Why Neanderthals Went Extinct, and It’s the Wildest Theory Yet
New modeling suggests the real survival advantage wasn’t intelligence, but staying connected when things got rough.
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Jenna Dittmar Archaeologists Found a Medieval Skeleton With Something Strange in Its Jaws
A gold-wire dental repair found in Scotland suggests wealthy patients could get early bridge-like treatments centuries ago.
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Drew Angerer/Staff/Getty Images Someone Keeps Calling in Fake Bomb Threats to American Zoos. But Why?
Several zoos have been forced to evacuate families and school groups after hoax calls about bombs and active shooters.
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Getty Images How Bad Is Hantavirus, the Illness That’s Killed 3 Cruise Ship Passengers?
Three people have died, several passengers are sick, and officials are trying to evacuate patients while disinfecting the ship.
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Slim3D/Getty Images Researchers Think They Figured Out Why Neanderthals Went Extinct, and It’s the Wildest Theory Yet
New modeling suggests the real survival advantage wasn’t intelligence, but staying connected when things got rough.
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Olena Ruban/Getty Images These Birds Are Terrified of Women (and Scientists Can’t Explain Why)
Researchers found that urban birds flee sooner when approached by women, though the reason is still anyone’s guess.
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Fabio Bussalino/Contributor/Getty Images A Cruise Line Is Building a Floating Theme Park in the Middle of the Ocean
MSC World Asia will feature an open-air swing dangling passengers above the deck, because cruise ships apparently weren’t intense enough yet.
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BreakingTheWalls/Getty Images Inside Ballmaxxing, the Niche Practice of Inflating Your Balls to Cantaloupe Size
Ballmaxxing involves pumping fluid into the scrotum, which doctors warn can cause tissue damage, infertility, and worse.
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Luliia Bondar/Getty Images ‘Death Grip Syndrome’ in Women Is Real, Even If Nobody Calls It That
It’s not an official medical term, but experts say the body can get too used to one very specific kind of stimulation.
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Jim Dyson/Contributor/Getty Images Everything We Know About the New Banksy Statue That Appeared in London Overnight
The artist confirmed the London installation on Instagram, right as a recent investigation claimed to have finally identified him.