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Exposure to nighttime artificial light linked to increased risk of cardiovascular diseases

Researchers suggest that avoiding light at night may be a useful strategy to reduce cardiovascular disease risk.

 Exposure to nighttime artificial light linked to increased risk of cardiovascular diseases.
 Ancient rice discovery in Guam reveals earliest evidence of rice in Pacific islands.

Ancient rice discovery in Guam reveals earliest evidence of rice in Pacific islands

 Scientists confirm Madagascar wreck is 300 year old treasure galleon Nossa Senhora do Cabo.

Scientists confirm Madagascar wreck is 300 year old treasure galleon Nossa Senhora do Cabo

 Colossal Biosciences launches project to revive the extinct giant bird.

Colossal Biosciences launches project to revive the extinct giant Moa Bird


Deep within Sky Place pyramid, Archaeologists find tomb of Maya ruler Te K'ab Chaak

Discovery sheds new light on early Maya history and Caracol's ties with Teotihuacan.

 Deep within Sky Place pyramid, Archaeologists find tomb of Maya ruler Te K'ab Chaak.

Museum finds 67.5-million-year-old dinosaur fossil beneath parking lot

The fossil vertebra, found 763 feet underground, offers a rare glimpse into the late Cretaceous period.

 Museum finds 67.5-million-year-old dinosaur fossil beneath parking lot.

Chinese media reports: Cloned yak born in Tibet, weighs 33.5 kilograms at birth

Cloned yak weighed 33.5 kilograms at birth, significantly more than most newborn yaks, according to researchers.

 Chinese media reports: Cloned yak born in Tibet, weighs 33.5 kilograms at birth.

Greenland's ancient sled dogs reveal unique genetic lineage

Despite historical accounts, study finds minimal wolf ancestry in Qimmeq sled dogs.

 Greenland's ancient sled dogs reveal unique genetic lineage.

Shiloh excavators zero in on gate they say could match the Ark-capture scene

The Associates for Biblical Research’s 2025 season is centred on an Iron Age gateway that team leaders claim aligns with the moment, recorded in 1 Samuel 4, when Israel lost the Ark of the Covenant.

 Biblical Shiloh ruins.

Lost Lemuria resurfaces: Indian-Ocean zircons revive legend of a sunken continent

Study finds 3-billion-year-old crystals on Mauritius tied to hidden microcontinent “Mauritia,” supporting 19th-century legends of a lost land beneath the Indian Ocean.

 Lost Lemuria resurfaces: Indian-Ocean zircons revive legend of a sunken continent. Illustration.

Not just a madman: Yale study reveals Caligula's medical expertise

Study suggests Caligula's medical knowledge influenced his actions as emperor.

 Bust of Emperor Caligula in the gallery park. Statue in the "Łazienki Królewskie" park. Warsaw, Poland.

X-Ray bombshell: Vienna’s ‘Spear of Longinus’ secrets revealed

Non-destructive scans released in late June show the Imperial‐Treasury spearhead is a Carolingian weapon later re-branded as the biblical Spear of Destiny.

 X-Ray bombshell: Vienna’s ‘Spear of Longinus’ secrets revealed.

Was Sodom destroyed by a comet? Journal pulls controversial study

Scientific Reports retracts 2021 Tall el-Hammam “airburst” paper after reviewers say the evidence does not add up.

 Was Sodom destroyed by a comet? Journal pulls controversial study.

Study: Body image on Shroud of Turin best explained by a burst of radiation

Image-analysis paper says pixel intensity encodes three-dimensional data that point to an energetic burst.

AI detects a radiation-like signal on the Shroud of Turin, new study claims.

DNA study: Modern Jews and Arabs retain more than half their ancestry from Bronze Age ‘Canaanites’

Genome-wide analysis of 93 skeletons from Israel, Jordan and Lebanon traces an unbroken genetic thread across three millennia.

 Excavation near Jerusalem.