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- Scientists accidentally discover gold can be chemically reactive by creating gold hydride, and the experiment cracks the myth that gold is always inert
- Scientists find the skeleton of a killer crocodile that hunted dinosaurs 70 million years ago, and its anatomy tells the story of predators that ruled without permission
- What started as a routine highway survey near Hradec Králové turned into one of Bohemia’s biggest Celtic finds, a 62-acre settlement where archaeologists pulled up gold and silver coins, Baltic amber, and workshops that suggest a production center, not just a stopover
- Millions of bees are found nesting underground in a massive colony, and the scale forces a rethink of how we protect pollinators beyond hives
- In 1982 the Soviet Venera 13 lander survived 127 minutes on Venus in about 855°F heat and pressure comparable to roughly 2,950 feet underwater, long enough to beam back two panoramas of basaltic rock under an orange sky
- Archaeologists rediscover Egypt’s 2,500-year-old “ghost city” of Imet, and the find brings streets and buildings back from under the desert
- NASA astronauts capture rare red “sprites” above storms from the space station, and the scene reveals a kind of lightning so high and elusive we usually miss it
