A Crater Hidden Beneath the Ice
A Crater Hidden Beneath the Ice Greenland’s ice sheet looks quiet from above. Vast white surfaces stretch toward the horizon,…
Stone Spirals Rising Through the Hills
Stone Spirals Rising Through the Hills In the late nineteenth century, scientists examining fossil-rich land in Nebraska encountered structures that…
The Skeleton That Changed the Human Story
The Skeleton That Changed the Human Story In 2003, researchers excavating Liang Bua cave on the Indonesian island of Flores…
The Fossil Claw That Suggested a Monster
The Fossil Claw That Suggested a Monster A single fossil can change the scale of an extinct animal. In the…
The Dinosaur That Keeps Changing Shape
The Dinosaur That Keeps Changing Shape Few dinosaurs have been reconstructed as dramatically as Spinosaurus. For decades, it was often…
A Shape With No Instruction Manual
A Shape With No Instruction Manual Archaeologists regularly recover ancient objects whose purpose is clear. Coins carried value and imagery….
The Star That Refused to Behave Normally
The Star That Refused to Behave Normally Most stars do not become internet mysteries. Astronomers observe them, measure their brightness,…
A Corroded Object From the Sea
A Corroded Object From the Sea In 1900, sponge divers discovered an ancient shipwreck near the Greek island of Antikythera….
A Fossil That Looked Almost Impossible
A Fossil That Looked Almost Impossible The Cambrian Period produced some of the strangest animals ever preserved in rock. More…
The Dinosaur That Looked Like a Weapon
The Dinosaur That Looked Like a Weapon Some dinosaurs are easy to understand at first glance. Tyrannosaurus rex had a…