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Archaeologists Found a Skeleton Wearing a Silver Amulet. It Rewrote the History of Christianity. Original

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By Tim Newcomb , Tanya Basu 
| Popular Mechanics
AT FIRST, THE skeleton in grave 134 seemed unremarkable. In 2018, archaeologists in Germany descended upon the ancient town of Nida, about a mile and a half outside Frankfurt. The archaeologists focused their attention on excavating a cemetery. Here they would look at more than 100 plots where people had been buried, often with objects. So when the archaeologists came upon grave 134 and saw what appeared to be a necklace resting below the skeleton’s chin, they weren’t shocked or overly curious.
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A verdadeira história do Krampus, a criatura nataliana meio bode, meio demônio

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By Tanya Basu 
| nationalgeographicbrasil.com
Essa espécie de monstro mítico nasceu de uma antiga (e ultrapassada) tradição alemã de castigar crianças malcomportadas e é considerado o “o anti-São Nicolau”. Publicado 16 de dez. de 2025, 20:01 BRT Por mais estranho que pareça, em alguns lugares do mundo o mês de dezembro é o momento no qual uma canção natalina exaltando o Krampus passa a ser ouvida nas rádios.
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China Claims It Uploaded a Monkey Brain to a Supercomputer—Possibly Bringing Us Closer to the Singularity

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By Tanya Basu 
| Popular Mechanics
Researchers in China recently made an astonishing announcement: They’d created a supercomputer modeled on a monkey’s brain. Researchers at the National Key Laboratory of Brain-Computer Intelligence at Zhejiang University dubbed the supercomputer Darwin Monkey, or “Wukong,” after the mythological primate that was one of the chief inspirations behind the Dragon Ball Z character, Goku.
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