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FAA Training Records Detail Toxicology and Autopsy Procedures Following Fatal Aviation Accidents

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released 20 pages of training materials concerning the collection, processing, and analysis of biological evidence following fatal aviation accidents. The…

Larry W. Bryant and the CIA: UFO Investigations, FOIA Disputes, and Government Correspondence

Larry W. Bryant was a UFO researcher, writer, and government transparency advocate who pursued federal records through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). His work…

AI Is Designing Radio Chips That Humans Couldn’t Even Imagine

Sydnee June 26, 2026

SummaryRFIC design is a complex “dark art” that limits progress in wireless technologies like 5G, autonomous vehicles, and satellite communications.Princeton researchers use reinforcement learning and inverse design to rapidly create RFICs from scratch.Diffusion models rapidly generate novel or human-interpretable RF layouts, achieving record performance and drastically reducing design time.Future progress needs large, shared chip design…

After 70 years of excavation, ancient Sardis becomes a UNESCO World Heritage site

Kaylah June 26, 2026

After nearly seven decades of excavation, the legendary ancient city of Sardis has become a UNESCO World Heritage Site, celebrating years of discoveries that continue to reshape its history. Archaeologists say the biggest breakthroughs don't happen in a single season—they emerge as decades of evidence slowly come together.

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Viking Textile Center Excavated in Denmark

Kaylah June 26, 2026

SØFTEN, DENMARK—A Viking textile production site dated to more than 1,000 years ago has been discovered in eastern Jutland, according to an Associated Press report. Archaeologist Liv Stidsing Reher-Langberg of the Moesgaard Museum said that the site features an area where flax may have been processed and more than 80 pit houses where spindle whorls…

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Genomes of Europe’s Last Neanderthals Analyzed

Kaylah June 26, 2026

Neanderthal femur fragment from the Goyet Caves in Belgium LEIDEN, THE NETHERLANDS—According to a statement released by Leiden University, Marie Soressi of Leiden University and her colleagues analyzed the genomes of 27 Neanderthals who lived shortly before the species went extinct. These remains were recovered in France and Belgium, and included the bones of a…

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Genetic Material Recovered from 300,000-Year-Old Homo naledi Teeth

Kaylah June 26, 2026

Homo naledi fossil mandible in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa LEIPZIG, GERMANY—Live Science reports that proteomic analysis of 20 Homo naledi teeth determined that all of the individuals to whom they belonged were female, since they each lacked a gene variant found only in biological males. The 300,000-year-old hominin fossils were discovered in 2013…

Early humans were bringing fire into caves 1.8 million years ago

Kaylah June 25, 2026

A new study suggests early humans were using fire in South Africa’s Wonderwerk Cave as far back as 1.79 million years ago. Researchers found burned bones deep inside the cave, where natural wildfires could not have reached, indicating that fire was likely carried in and maintained by human ancestors. The discovery pushes back the timeline…

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Unusual Platform and Monolith Found in Eastern Mexico

Kaylah June 25, 2026

Monolithic sculpture at the Campo Viejo site, Veracruz, Mexico VERACRUZ, MEXICO—Excavations at the Campo Viejo site in eastern Mexico have uncovered a circular stone platform and a monolithic sculpture bearing potential Maya features, according to an Agence France-Presse report. The objects have been dated to the Early Classic period, between A.D. 200 and 600. Lino…

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Medieval Game Board Identified in Moroccan Bathhouse

Kaylah June 25, 2026

WALĪLA, MOROCCO—According to a Phys.org report, a possible game board has been identified at a medieval hammam, or public bathhouse, in Morocco by Tim Penn of the University of Reading and his colleagues. The hammam is thought to have been built in the late eighth or early ninth century and abandoned by the tenth or…

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Imperial-Era Villa Excavated Near Rome

Kaylah June 25, 2026

Fragments of a statue depicting a bearded man ROME, ITALY—CNN reports that a Roman villa has been discovered in the village of Castel di Guido, in what was a residential area outside Rome known as Lorium from 27 B.C. through the fifth century A.D. The emperors Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius are all known…

A Century and a Half After Custer’s Last Stand, the Battle of Little Bighorn Continues to Mystify

Abdul June 25, 2026

The June 1876 firefight resulted in the deaths of George Armstrong Custer and 267 of his men. Historians continue to debate exactly how the Lakota Sioux and the Northern Cheyenne secured their victory over the U.S. Army

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