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Physicists prefer Roman-era lead ingots to recently mined metal for shielding particle experiments, but archaeologists want them preserved

The existence of the Higgs boson particle was confirmed, a strong case for human-caused climate change was released and scientists analyzed the oldest-known human DNA

Archaeologists found evidence of cat domestication in China dating back some 5,300 years. Cynthia Graber reports

This past summer, at a 3700-year-old Canaanite city called Tel Kabri in northern Israel, archaeologists found what appears to be the oldest known wine cellar. Cynthia Graber reports.

Analysis of oldest sequence from a human ancestor reveals close link with Denisovans

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Researchers have determined the recipe used to preserve meats that were buried along with Egyptian pharaohs. Cynthia Graber reports

The plant-eating dinosaur drowned 70 million years ago. Its fossilized remains are so well preserved that some of its skin left impressions in the nearby rock

The oldest known genome of a modern human solves long-standing puzzles about the New World's genetic heritage