4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1390+ words) One of the most popular explanations of human behavior has been that somewhere beneath our rational mind lurks an ancient “lizard brain”—a primitive evolutionary holdover responsible for instinct, emotion, fear, and aggression. There is just one problem. Neuroscientists have…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (370+ words) An important Egyptian tomb from the Fifth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom has been discovered in the Saqqara necropolis by a Spanish-Egyptian archaeological mission. Josep Cervelló, an Egyptology professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, led the work, which was…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (429+ words) The Debrief A New Organism’s “Alien” Reproduction, Levitation and Dark Matter, and Genetic Evidence of an Ancient Killer This week in stories we’re covering at The Debrief… Scientists say they have discovered an organism whose behavior mirrors the reproductive horror…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (587+ words) More than 4,000 years ago, an Egyptian official named Sekhentiu-Ptah held a collection of titles that placed him remarkably close to royal power. He oversaw the king’s works and documents, supervised scribes, and even served as the “Keeper of the Secrets…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (727+ words) Prehistoric art hidden in caves throughout southwestern Ireland for thousands of years could push back the timeline on the earliest human presence on the Emerald Isle by as much as 5,000 years, archaeologists say. The remarkable discoveries may reveal a previously…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (586+ words) An unexpected discovery by archaeologists has revealed an ancient cult object in the suddenly shallow waters of one of Europe’s longest rivers. The discovery involves a portion of a limestone altar found near Dunaújváros in Hungary, uncovered during surveys of…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (694+ words) Spanish archaeologists excavating an ancient Egyptian tomb in the Theban Necropolis opposite Luxor have discovered an unexpected order to how the 16 mummified human remains were placed within it over several centuries. The team studying chamber three of tomb TT 209 also…...