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At an Iron Age cemetery in Sweden, archaeologists discovered an unusual grave of a woman interred with an iron folding knife stuck into her burial.

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spiral galaxy under the “ram pressure” inside a massive cluster of galaxies.

The Vikings’ reputation for bloodlust compared to other medieval fighters may have been exaggerated over the years.

On a young Earth, giant meteors might have been a harbinger of life, not death.

Researchers have discovered a new extinct species of coelacanth that lived 380 million years ago.

A new type of ultrafast memory uses optical signals and magnets to efficiently process and store data.

The northern sea robin is a strange-looking fish with legs that it uses to “taste” the seafloor.

Nevada is becoming a major producer of lithium, thanks to topography, climate, and geologic serendipity.

Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses efforts of Indigenous people in British Columbia to preserve ancient trails.

Icy moves Stonehenge’s central stone, known as the Altar Stone, may have had Scottish and not Welsh origins, researchers say. The finding suggests that Late Neolithic groups had long-distance connections, Bruce Bower reported in “Stonehenge’s roots extend to Scotland” (SN:…