Getting Drunk on Chocolate in 1100 B.C.
04.07.2008 Ancient pottery shows traces of a chemical found in cacao.
by Clara Moskowitz
From Haitian Zombie Poison to Inuit Knives Made of Feces
Wade Davis, a real-life Indiana Jones, chronicles cultures at the brink. 03.27.2008
The Extinct Human Species That Was Smarter Than Us
The superintelligent Boskops had small, childlike faces and huge melon heads. 03.21.2008
The Most Famous Ghost Town in America
Like a zombie, Bodie is in a permanent state of “arrested decay.” 03.17.2008
Has Science Found a Way to End All Wars?
Given adequate food, fuel, and gender equality, mass conflict just might disappear. 03.13.2008
Giant Mound Is Like an Underground Stonehenge
Radar and sonar reveal sarsen stones buried under Silbury Hill. 02.13.2008
Ancient Finns Saved Energy by Skating
4,000 years before Nokia, Finnish folks created ice skates. 02.07.2008
Did Life Evolve in Ice?
Funky properties of frozen water may have made life possible. 02.01.2008
If Osama's Only 6 Degrees Away, Why Can't We Find Him?
The famous 6 degrees of separation theory fades under scrutiny. 01.28.2008
93. Andean Crops Cultivated Almost 10,000 Years Ago
01.15.2008
96. And Here's Why You Have an Appendix:
When you're sick, it re-boots your gut with good bacteria. 01.15.2008
90. Angkor Was a Vast City
01.15.2008
78. Tablets Of Unknown Ancient Script Surface
01.14.2008
75. Were the First Americans Wiped Out By an Asteroid?
Giant explosion may have caused continent-wide fires and a 1,000-year cold spell 01.14.2008
71. Tooth IDs Famed Egyptian Queen
01.14.2008
61. Unsustainable Soil Use Can Cause Civilizations to Collapse
01.11.2008
63. The First Robot That Walks Like a Human: Lazily
RunBot falls forward and reacts rather than computing every variable. 01.11.2008
66. Great Ancient City Unearthed in Syria
01.11.2008
59. Medieval Mosque Shows Amazing Math Discovery
The never-repeating geometry of quasi crystals, revealed 500 years early 01.09.2008
54. High Altitude Determines Who Survives in Tibet
01.09.2008
49. Chilies Domesticated 6,000 Years Ago in the Americas
01.04.2008
