The 12 creepiest archaeological discoveries this year, from a portal to the underworld to a 17th-century 'vampire child'

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Archeologists also found a collection of loose bones near the child's gravesite, as well as a pregnant woman.
Archeologists also found a collection of loose bones near the child's gravesite, as well as a pregnant woman.

Magdalena Zagrodzka

Zoom fatigue is real — and it's messing with more than just your head, study finds

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Videoconferencing may be more tiring than speaking face-to-face, a new study found.

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James Webb Telescope captures colorful, glittering image of the chaotic center of the Milky Way galaxy, revealing never-before-seen details

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured this photo of the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

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Scientists discovered a new way these bats with shockingly large penises mate, and it's unlike anything ever observed in mammals

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The serotine bat is found all over Europe.

Alona Shulenko

Orcas may have been part of the sperm whale attack that inspired 'Moby Dick'

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The crew of the whaleship Essex weren't just attacked by a sperm whale.

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'Alien tech' purportedly discovered by Harvard team might just be coal waste

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A Harvard professor and his team claim that tiny balls from the Pacific Ocean may be evidence of alien technology. A new report disputes the idea.

Be warned: Flights are getting bumpier

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Air turbulence is on the rise. And it's going to make flights a whole lot bumpier.

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A mysterious respiratory illness that infects dogs is spreading across the US. Here's how to protect your pooch, and what to do if you think they have it.

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One of the more severe symptoms to lookout for is lethargy.

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The USDA's new plant zone map shifts cities like Lansing and Omaha five degrees warmer and could change how you garden, including when and what you grow

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The 2023 USDA "plant hardiness" map shows some changed growing zones since the 2012 version.

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A supermassive black hole is actually losing energy instead of gobbling it all up, new research shows

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The first image of a black hole shows the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy M87.

Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

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