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Science Big if true: the boldest scientific discoveries of 2021 David Pescovitz

oceans Ancient mammoth tusk found on the deep ocean floor David Pescovitz
discoveries 41,000+ year old string may have been made by Neanderthals Gareth Branwyn
Science The first integrated circuit Maggie Koerth
Science Everything you thought you knew is wrong Maggie Koerth
Science The binary stars of Alpha Centauri, as seen from Saturn Maggie Koerth
Science Why you should care about the planet found orbiting Alpha Centauri, even though it's not a good place to live Maggie Koerth
Science New monkey isn't so much "new" as "newly documented in a scientific journal" Maggie Koerth
Science Scientists might have found the Higgs Boson Maggie Koerth
Science Potentially habitable exoplanet: The fine print Maggie Koerth
Science One of 2009's hot, new species Maggie Koerth
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Science NASA reveals asteroid sample contains building blocks of life David Pescovitz
religion Biblical city of Sodom was possibly destroyed by an asteroid David Pescovitz
Science Evidence of hominins building wooden structures half a million years ago Ruben Bolling
thrifting Share your old furniture and more via stooping-focused social media Jennifer Sandlin
Science "Cave of Bones" scientist Lee Berger talks about extinct apes that buried their dead and created art Ruben Bolling
Science Superconductor claim debunked — more likely "a type of magnet" Ruben Bolling
Science On the anniversary of the first moon landing: The case for building a settlement on the moon Ruben Bolling
vaccines New disinformation series promotes terrain theory pseudoscience Jennifer Sandlin