The marble bust sheds new light on the layered history of a 2,000-year-old Greek city. bit.ly/4cOBkEe

The Scablands were formed by tremendous and rapid change, and may have something to teach us about geological processes on Mars. bit.ly/3TVOB5f

Rabbits on Skokholm Island discovered Stone Age tools and fragments of a Bronze Age cremation urn. smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pre…

Two biologists discovered the prints while strolling along the beach at Matalascañas, in Doñana National Park. bit.ly/4aA4hlJ

Black-capped chickadees' ability to remember where they've stashed food helps them survive barren winters. bit.ly/4aQ51D9

Thank outdated fashion statements and swordfights for the odd switch. bit.ly/442KoRV

Sarah Winchester inherited a fortune and used it to construct a mysterious mansion in northern California. bit.ly/3vJ4ofU

Despite standing over a quarter-mile tall, the building is just 60 feet wide—the same measurement as the length of a standard bowling alley. bit.ly/4ayBiio

Have you finished your taxes yet? bit.ly/4aUjLB6

The largest 3D map of the universe ever made hints that dark energy might not be a constant, though the findings must be backed up with more data. bit.ly/49Al4nA

Around too briefly to have a name, this iceberg was more than two miles wide and one hundred feet tall at its birth, big enough to dwarf the Colosseum in Rome and all the pyramids put together, at least before it started melting. bit.ly/4azNLSL

Research details how this Japanese water beetle travels through the bowels of its predator to emerge out the other end, alive and unharmed. bit.ly/4d7AO4y

In order to recover a sunken Soviet submarine, the CIA hatched an ambitious plan to build a ship with a powerful hydraulic system and a claw that could lift the wreckage from the depths. bit.ly/4aOgLql

Researchers have excavated the ruins of a medieval castle buried beneath a French hotel. bit.ly/3xES7K4

P.T. Barnum's path to fame and notoriety began by exploiting an enslaved woman, in life and in death, as entertainment for the masses. bit.ly/4aXhmFP

These docile, nocturnal animals have large eyes and round faces, which also makes them a “big target” for wildlife trafficking and the pet trade. bit.ly/43U772J

The multimedia collection includes thousands of hours of audio and video, transcripts, and hundreds of photographs, all synchronized and running continuously to recreate the Apollo 13 flight as it happened, from start to finish. bit.ly/4cX4lgZ

Cicadas are delightfully weird, and researchers across the sciences are studying these creatures to answer big human challenges. bit.ly/49CxCe0

For the first time, the U.S. federal government has set national limits on levels of harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water. bit.ly/3UhuWyf

The world’s largest book repository has expanded far beyond its original scope to include sound recordings and digitized collections. bit.ly/3JgI0xl