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The Last Time The Clock Read 23:59:60 Was On December 31, 2016. It Will Not Happen Again This June
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The Last Time The Clock Read 23:59:60 Was On December 31, 2016. It Will Not Happen Again This June

The next opportunity may come on New Year's Eve this year, but it all depends on the distribution of Earth's mass, and the Moon.

Scientists Found a Notebook in a Medieval Toilet, And It's Still Legible
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Scientists Found a Notebook in a Medieval Toilet, And It's Still Legible

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Almost 50% of Preventable Cancers Linked to Just Two Lifestyle Habits
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Almost 50% of Preventable Cancers Linked to Just Two Lifestyle Habits

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Ancient DNA Reveals How Farming Spread and Nearly Broke a Civilization
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Ancient DNA Reveals How Farming Spread and Nearly Broke a Civilization

Ancient DNA reveals how family bonds helped Andean communities survive climate crisis, disease, and the pressures of early farming. A recent study published in Nature reconstructs more than 2,000 years of population history in Argentina’s Uspallata Valley (UV), a region at the southern edge of ancient Andean farming expansion. The research sheds new light on [...]

Ancient Roman Gold Mines Discovered in Spain’s Pyrenees
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Ancient Roman Gold Mines Discovered in Spain’s Pyrenees

Luminescence dating has confirmed Roman exploitation of alluvial gold in the Eastern Pyrenees for the first time. For centuries, stories of gold hidden in the rivers of the Pyrenees have circulated across the Iberian Peninsula, with even medieval Islamic sources praising the quality of gold from the Segre River for minting coins. Now, researchers have [...]