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800-year-old Feldioara Fortress belonged to Teutonic Knights, confirms new study
A team of Romanian researchers applied radiocarbon dating to lime mortars at the oldest sections of the fortress.
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2,500-year-old rare rings discovered at ‘unique’ Late Bronze Age site in Sweden
A routine excavation in Sweden has revealed a unique Late Bronze Age burial site featuring rare neck rings.
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8 ancient technologies that were far more advanced than we realized
We often picture ancient civilizations with simple tools. Then you stumble upon self-healing concrete, precision metallurgy, and earthquake detectors.
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6,000-year-old ‘megastructure’ found in Romania challenges views on ancient governance
Archaeologists explored yet another mysterious megastructure of the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture, a society without a centralized government.
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Massive cyberattack botnet powered by 17 million devices dismantled in Dutch raid
Dutch investigators say the botnet supported phishing, spam campaigns, and DDoS attacks worldwide.
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Excelsior! Legend Stan Lee resurrected digitally for audiobooks and Marvel cameos
Nearly eight years after his death, Stan Lee is returning through a digital resurrection project.
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Multiple dead, several injured after chemical tank implodes at paper mill in Washington
Tank rupture at Washington’s Nippon Dynawave mill leaves fatalities, critical injuries and missing workers.
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Dinosaur in China walked at just 0.6 mph in newly studied footprint field
We usually picture carnivorous dinosaurs sprinting. This one appears to have wandered through its environment at little more than tortoise pace.
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4,000-year-old city actually became more equal as it became more successful: Study
The bigger they got, the fairer they became, even resembling the earliest communities.
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Secret Service fatally shoots suspect after attack near White House checkpoint
President Trump was inside the White House during the shooting.
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100,000-year-old burned bones at famed Afar Rift might be the oldest cremation on Earth
Groundbreaking human remains were discovered at a site of unparalleled geological significance—the Afar Rift in Ethiopia.
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Rare 19th-century dental prosthetic that a wealthy person wore found in Portugal
Researchers found a 19th century dental prosthetic in the skull of an unknown wealthy individual.
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First physical evidence of legendary Peruvian hairless dogs found in Wari tombs
Isotopic analysis and studies are shedding light on the “Peruvian Incan Orchid.”
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Project Glasswing: Anthropic says Claude found 10,000 critical software flaws in a month
Anthropic reports 10,000 critical software vulnerabilities found as patching struggles to keep pace.
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Google rolls out Gemini Omni Flash for autonomous video creation across apps
Google rolls out Gemini Omni Flash, enabling autonomous video creation and editing through conversational prompts.
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Pentagon’s second UFO files reveal aerial sightings over conflict zones, witness accounts
Second UAP file release adds videos and testimony but no proof of alien life, Pentagon says.
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Rapidly reproducing mutant ‘super pigs’ found in Fukushima nuclear disaster zone
DNA analysis found Fukushima pig-boar hybrids inherited rapid breeding traits after nuclear incident.
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Meta settles major Kentucky school lawsuit over alleged teen social media addiction
School districts across the US continue suing Meta and other tech firms over rising student mental health costs.
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US: Contaminated nuclear site threatened by fast-moving California wildfire
The Sandy Fire has burned nearly 1,700 acres and forced mass evacuations as crews work to keep flames away from SSFL.
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80-year-old geometry mystery cracked by OpenAI using deep number theory
A longstanding Paul Erdős conjecture has fallen after OpenAI connected the problem with deep algebraic number theory.
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