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This Ancient Roman Game Board Was a Mystery. Researchers Used A.I. to Figure Out How to Play

The Berlin Cathedral Is Reopening Its Massive Crypt—Home to the Bones of One of Europe’s Most Powerful Dynasties

A Scholar Recognized the Inscriptions in the Margins of This Manuscript. The Scribbles Turned Out to Be Galileo's Handwritten Notes

The Eerie 'Blood' Moon Will Grace the Night Sky This Week, Thanks to a Total Lunar Eclipse

Nintendo Released Its First ‘Pokémon’ Games 30 Years Ago. Here’s How the Beloved Catchable ‘Pocket Monsters’ Became the World’s Biggest Media Franchise

Wild Chimpanzees Love to Eat Boozy Fruit. Scientists Say the Proof Is in Their Pee

Caribou Are the Only Deer Species in Which Females Grow Antlers. Scientists Just Figured Out Why

What Does This 150-Year-Old Bottle of Mystery Booze Taste Like? Fruity, With a Hint of Leather

Behold Belgium’s Beauty in These 15 Scenic Photographs

Needy Caterpillars Vibrate to Complex Rhythms to Communicate With Ants

Northern Elephant Seals Test Positive for Deadly, Highly Infectious H5N1 Bird Flu for the First Time

Astronomers Spotted a Galaxy That's Made Up Almost Entirely of Dark Matter

A Smashing New Proposal About Saturn's History Might Explain Its Iconic Rings and Some of Its Odd Moons

The Layered History of Koshary, Egypt's Most Beloved Street Food

A Woman Found a Folder in a Drawer. When She Opened It, She Discovered 35 Forgotten Rembrandt Etchings

Seventy-Two Captive Tigers in Thailand Die From Dangerous Infections, Sparking Concerns Over Animal Welfare

How to Fit 250 Years of American History and Culture Into One Map

Meet the ‘Bop Artist’ Who Was Inspired by Dreams and Hosted Some Surreal Salons in Her Chicago Brownstone

A Couple Walking Their Dogs Noticed 2,000-Year-Old Footprints on the Beach. They Were Visible for Just Days Before Waves Erased Them Forever

Humans May Have Used These Mysterious Symbols to Encode Information Tens of Thousands of Years Before the First Writing Systems

The Little-Known Story of the Enslaved Africans Who Found Freedom in the European Fight Over North America

This Nearly 50-Foot-Long Sock Monkey Sculpture Is the Largest on Earth, Guinness World Records Confirms

How Do Horses Whinny? Scientists Say They've Figured Out How the Majestic Animals Make This Distinctive Sound

This Famous 17th-Century Elephant Sculpture in Rome Keeps Losing the Tip of Its Tusk

After the 'King of the Underground Railroad' Escaped From Slavery, He Led 1,500 Others to Freedom