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Two daggers were found among the objects wrapped with Tutankhamun's mummy in Tutankhamun's tomb. One blade gleamed with the familiar lustre of gold, but it was the second, simple iron blade that quietly ignited a historical debate that lasted a century.

If you thought Triceratops had awesome headgear, wait until you hear about his older, weirder cousin. In 2024, scientists discovered a new species of dinosaur in the badlands of northern Montana, not far from the Canadian border.

For decades, dinosaurs like Velociraptor have dominated our imagination as fast-moving predators that chased prey across dusty landscapes. But deep in the fossil-rich rocks of southern Patagonia, scientists have uncovered a very different kind of raptor, one that may have spent much of its life standing quietly beside rivers, waiting for fish.

Somewhere beneath the frozen soils of the Arctic, life has been waiting patiently for millennia. Long before the rise of modern civilisation, before the construction of the Great Pyramids, and even before many of today's ecosystems existed in their current form, microscopic organisms became trapped within layers of permafrost.

For decades, Neanderthals were thought to be our less sophisticated cousins who communicated through basic sounds and simple gestures. Yet, a fresh scientific review is shaking things up, arguing that Neanderthals might've had a language almost as complex as ours.

Climate scientists are increasingly studying the possibility of an Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) collapse, a major climate tipping point that could reshape weather patterns across the globe. Research on ocean currents, climate change, global cooling, abrupt climate shifts and AMOC weakening suggests that some regions could experience severe temperature drops even as the planet continues to warm overall.

People have always looked to nature for ideas, whether observing how lotus leaves repel water or the sleek shape of kingfishers. Now, scientists are checking on how polar animals handle the cold, as these survival methods might help us.

Almost two thousand years after Herculaneum was buried under the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, scientists say that a mysterious black matter found inside a victim's skull may represent one of the most unusual forms of preservation in history.