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Chimps Steal Less Often From Their Friends, Even When Offered Pineapple
Chimps Steal Less Often From Their Friends, Even When Offered Pineapple - The New York Times
Egypt's first female king revealed by long-lost royal seals
Ancient Egypt's first female ruler lived centuries before Nefertiti or Cleopatra Around 5,000 years ago a mysterious ancient Egyptian woman was given a burial worthy of kings. Her tomb was decorated with splendid furniture and would have contained lavishly designed artifacts of stone, ivory, and copper. Her name was Meretneith. Despite these signs of her royal power, researchers have long questioned whether Meretneith actually ruled Egypt in her own right.
News and notes about science - West Hawaii Today
In old NASA data, scientists find a surprising new type of cosmic object Even within our cosmic neighborhood, the unexpected still turns up. The latest surprise is a new class of X-ray beacons in nearby galaxies, a discovery that could prove key to solving some astronomical mysteries. “They are very luminous,” said Mustafa Muhibullah, a graduate student at the University of Alabama who led the research.
ギザの大ピラミッドは地震と共振しない 4600年建物守る構造を確認
ナショナル ジオグラフィック 巨大建造物の揺れを和らげる驚きの特徴が明らかに By Taylor Mitchell Brown Read time:6min クフ王の大ピラミッドが地震に強いと考えられる特徴が明らかになった。2026年5月21日付けで学術誌「Scientific Reports」に発表された論文によると、エジプトと日本の研究者（吉村作治氏）らは、大ピラミッドの内部と周辺の約40カ所で「常時微動」を測定し、地震にどう反応するかを推定した。このデータから、ピラミッドは安定するように「巧妙にバランスを取り、うまく調整されている」ことが分かると、論文の最終著者で、エジプトのカイロにある国立天文地球物理学研究所（NRIAG）の地震学者であるアセム・サラマ氏は説明する。 残り2629文字 / 全文2944文字 【期間限定】秋の年額2カ月増量キャンペーン実施中 年額プランなら12カ月分の料金で14カ月購読可能 今だけ実質2か月分無料のお得なチャンス 11月11日までのお申し込み限定 SHARE URLをコピーしました 記事を贈る 後で読む 文字サイズ
These Birds Are Louder Than Elephants, Jackhammers and Chain Saws
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. These Birds Are Louder Than Elephants, Jackhammers and Chain Saws A new study has identified two species of Brazilian birds, the bare-throated bellbird and the red-legged seriema, as the loudest in nature. Video Though only about the size of a dove, the bare-throated bellbird produces a deafening 122-decibel call.CreditCredit...João Menezes Oct.
On This Mexican Island, Raccoons Make and Play With Toys (and Also Sip Margaritas)
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. As tourists drank margaritas and lounged at a nearby beach club on a warm January day in Cozumel, Mexico, a scientist observed a young female raccoon partaking in her own kind of leisure. The researcher watched as the raccoon pulled from a trash can a long paper receipt, sculpted it into a ball and began batting it between her paws like a football.
Objev století v Peru: Nevykradená hrobka z říše Čimú odkrývá 38 těl i s poklady
Čan Čan bylo před zhruba 600 lety největším městem předkolumbovské Ameriky. Tato rušná metropole na pobřeží severního Peru se rozprostírala na přibližně dvaceti čtverečních kilometrech, protkávala ji propracovaná síť zavlažovacích kanálů a hemžila se řemeslníky proslulými zlatými a stříbrnými šperky bez konkurence v celém regionu. Město vzkvétalo od roku 900 do roku 1470 – pak je pohltila rozpínající se říše Inků.
Cosa rivelano le tombe inviolate dei Chimú: i segreti dei più grandi rivali dell’Impero Inca
Il ritrovamento, unico nel suo genere, di tombe non saccheggiate contenenti armi antiche, gioielli e 38 scheletri offre uno spaccato inedito del misterioso impero pre-incaico dei Chimú in Perù. DI Taylor Mitchell Brown pubblicato 23-09-2026 Gli archeologi hanno rinvenuto resti umani, armi metalliche e oggetti realizzati con conchiglie e metalli.
Bombshell Discovery Sheds Light on the Incan Empire's Greatest Rivals
Chan Chan, the capital of the powerful Chimú Empire, was a sprawling, bustling metropolis on the coast of northern Peru some 600 years ago. At its height, it was the largest city in the Americas, spanning nearly eight miles. It boasted complex irrigation canals for farming and teemed with skilled artisans who crafted unparalleled gold and silver metalwork. The city thrived from around A.D. 900 to 1470—when it was conquered by the burgeoning Inca Empire.
古代マヤ天文学者の名前を初解読 金星と火星に関する数式も判明
ナショナル ジオグラフィック 中米グアテマラのシュルトゥンにあるマヤ遺跡の調査で By Taylor Mitchell Brown Read time:9min 中米グアテマラのシュルトゥンにあるマヤ遺跡を調査していた考古学者たちが、史上初めて、古代マヤ文明の天文学者であり数学者でもあった人物の名前の解読に成功した。その名前は「白い胸の狐」を意味する「サク・ターン・ワーシュ（Sak Tahn Waax）」だった。論文は、2026年7月14日付けで学術誌「Antiquity」に発表された。 残り4108文字 / 全文4339文字 【申込は簡単3分！】有料会員なら… 毎月約400本更新される新着記事が読み放題 日経ビジネス14年分のバックナンバーも読み放題 年額プランで年間7,500円お得に SHARE URLをコピーしました 記事を贈る 後で読む 文字サイズ
Una tomba egizia ha svelato i resti di una misteriosa cantatrice che invocava gli dei
La scoperta rivela un periodo importante della storia dell’antico Egitto, in cui una regina-faraone trasformò il ruolo di cantatrice in una professione prestigiosa riservata alle donne dell’élite.
Archeolodzy odkryli ukryty szyb z trumnami. Jedna należała do tajemniczej Merit
Piękny Festiwal Doliny był corocznym świętem w starożytnym Egipcie, które łączyło zmarłych z rodziny królewskiej i bogaczy z bogami. Tłumy kapłanów gromadziły się przed świątynią Karnak w Tebach, zbierały posągi bóstw – Amona, Mut i Chonsu – i przeprawiały je przez Nil, by poświęcić ważne grobowce i świątynie. Wizerunki bogów umieszczano na drewnianych barkach zdobionych kwiatami, złotem i kamieniami szlachetnymi.
Egyptská hrobka v Luxoru odhalila vzácnou rakev zpěvačky, která přivolávala bohy
Jednou za rok se starověké Théby probudily do výjimečného ruchu. Krásná slavnost údolí spojovala mrtvé z královských a bohatých rodů s bohy – a aby mohla začít, shromáždily se před chrámem v Karnaku rozsáhlé zástupy kněží. Vyzvedli sochy božstev spjatých s chrámem: Amona, Mut a Chonsua. Pak je převezli přes Nil, aby požehnali hrobkám a chrámům na protějším břehu. Součástí oslav bylo, že se sochy božstev uložily do dřevěných plavidel podobných lodím, tzv.
Narwhals Have Stunning Spiraled Tusks. That’s Not the Only Twist.
Narwhals Have Stunning Spiraled Tusks. That’s Not the Only Twist. X-rays revealed that the tusks have an internal opposing twist, which may help explain how they grow so straight — the only tusks like them in nature. A narwhal’s tusk, which can grow up to three meters long, actually starts off as a tooth — specifically a left canine.Credit...Getty Images Aug. 28, 2026, 12:50 p.m. ET Narwhals may not have magic powers, but they certainly seem magical.
Egyptian Tomb Reveals a Mysterious ‘Chantress’ Who Summoned the Gods
The Beautiful Festival of the Valley was an annual celebration in ancient Egypt that connected the royal and wealthy dead with the gods. To initiate the splendid occasion, large crowds of priests gathered outside the temple of Karnak in Thebes. Then they collected statues of the ancient Egyptian deities associated with the temple: Amun, Mut, and Khonsu. Afterward, the revelers ferried the statues across the Nile to bless important tombs and temples.
「最古の霊長類」の新たな化石が米国で発見 6550万年前に繁栄の謎
特製の装置「バブラー」で6550万年前の歯を発見。大量絶滅後、初期霊長類がどのように分布を広げたのかを探る手がかりに。
Humans Love Having Pets. Seems Like Some Other Primates Do, Too. Original
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Humans Love Having Pets. Seems Like Some Other Primates Do, Too. We aren’t the only animals that like to take care of other species. A new study finds that the roots of keeping a pet may stretch deep into our primate past. Stump-tailed macaques grooming a dog in Thailand.
Strani cerchi di pietre svelano una cultura nomade perduta nel deserto del Sahara
A lungo oscurato dalle piramidi e dalle miniere d’oro dell’Egitto, l’aspro deserto dell’Atbai sta finalmente portando alla luce indizi sulla civiltà nomade che solcava le sue dune. DI Taylor Mitchell Brown pubblicato 14-08-2026 Gli archeologi hanno individuato 280 imponenti cerchi di pietra sparsi nel deserto dell'Atbai. Si tratta probabilmente di tombe costruite da un antico popolo nomade che viveva in epoca contemporanea ai faraoni egizi.
Strange Stone Circles Hint at a Lost Nomadic Culture of the Sahara Desert
Around 7,000 years ago, a string of severe droughts struck Egypt. The dry spells were part of an ongoing period of aridification that would continue for thousands of years, turning the once-green country into a sprawling desert. The transition drove many communities closer to the Nile, setting the stage for Egypt’s later pharaonic dynasties.
È stato decifrato per la prima volta dagli archeologi il nome di un astronomo Maya
Rinvenuto in una sequenza di 11 geroglifici tra oltre 50 "microtesti" matematici scoperti in una piccola stanza a Xultun, il soprannome si traduce come "Volpe dal petto bianco". DI Taylor Mitchell Brown pubblicato 17-07-2026 All’interno di una stanza nascosta nelle antiche rovine Maya di Xultun, in Guatemala, gli archeologi hanno decifrato le equazioni celesti dell’astronomo-matematico Sak Tahn Waax.
Archaeologists decipher the name of a Maya astronomer for the first time
Archaeologists exploring the Maya ruins of Xultun in Guatemala have, for the first time, deciphered the name of an ancient Maya astronomer-mathematician: Sak Tahn Waax, or “White-chested Fox.” Maya astronomers have long lived in obscurity, uncredited for their science, says National Geographic Explorer David Stuart, an archaeologist and epigrapher at the University of Texas at Austin, who helped make the find. “Now we have a name,” he says.
Una “lavagna magica” di 700 anni fa è stata ritrovata in una latrina medievale
Protetto da una custodia di cuoio sigillata, questo taccuino conserva ancora iscrizioni in latino perfettamente leggibili e la cera intatta. Per i ricercatori, «nulla di simile è mai stato ritrovato». DI Taylor Mitchell Brown pubblicato 13-07-2026 Gli archeologi in Germania hanno rinvenuto un raro diario in cera riutilizzabile in una latrina medievale sigillata e maleodorante. FOTOGRAFIA DI LWL-ARCHAEOLOGY FOR WESTPHALIA/E.
Your Cat Is Being Nice? Think Again. Original
Your Cat Is Being Nice? Think Again. A new study finds that sometimes cats groom each other specifically to be annoying. A study of 53 multicat households in Europe revealed two things: The first was consistent with typical, affectionate grooming behavior; the second revealed something more in line with bullying.CreditCredit...Morgane Van Belle/Ghent University July 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. ET Let’s just say cats have a reputation — of being standoffish, manipulative, maybe even jerks.
Perché una maestosa statua di Ramses II è stata trasportata attraverso il deserto?
Gli archeologi hanno riportato alla luce una statua di Ramses II, alta circa 2,5 metri e del peso di sei tonnellate, ritrovata a chilometri di distanza dalla sua collocazione originaria. DI Taylor Mitchell Brown pubblicato 10-07-2026 Una statua del faraone Ramses II, recentemente riportata alla luce a Tel Faraun, in Egitto, rivela come i sovrani locali successivi abbiano utilizzato questo monumento per rafforzare la propria legittimità regale.
700-year-old ‘Etch A Sketch’ found preserved in a medieval toilet
Sometime between the13th and 14th centuries, a busy young person entered a medieval toilet stall, possibly with something on their mind. They may have sat down hastily, perhaps withdrawing a small journal from their pocket or belt to scribble some notes before putting it back in a pouch. Then, it appears the items somehow escaped their clutches and plunged into the hole below, seemingly lost forever.
Who dragged this colossal statue of Ramses II across the desert?
Around 3,300 years ago, ancient Egyptian craftsmen labored over a large granite slab in the city of Aswan, which lies around 530 miles south of Giza. As sweltering heat drew sweat from their exhausted bodies, the workers carefully cut the stone from its quarry, later sculpting it into a large, regal statue. The project was commissioned by Ramses II, a powerful pharaoh who ruled Egypt from 1279 B.C. to 1213 B.C. Millennia would eventually bury the monument beneath sand and neglect.
Come gli antichi egizi resero la Grande Piramide di Giza resistente ai terremoti
Come gli antichi egizi resero la Grande Piramide di Giza resistente ai terremoti Un nuovo studio sulle frequenze di vibrazione della Grande Piramide di Giza rivela come sia stata costruita per resistere per millenni anche a forti scosse sismiche.
How ancient builders made the Great Pyramid of Giza nearly earthquake-proof
Around 2500 B.C., Egypt’s great pharaoh Khufu began a massive construction project. His goal was to erect a large pyramid on the Giza Plateau, which would later serve as his tomb, alongside a series of smaller pyramids for his wives. For 26 years, thousands of laborers hauled and stacked over 2.3 million limestone and granite blocks to create the 481-foot-tall monument. For millennia, the architectural marvel would endure the ravages of time.
Il frammento dell’Iliade trovato sopra una mummia è legato a un rituale funebre?
In Egitto gli archeologi hanno scoperto un involucro sigillato sopra una mummia di epoca romana contenente versi dell’Iliade. Si ritiene che fosse usato come protezione magica per l’aldilà. DI Taylor Mitchell Brown pubblicato 20-05-2026 I papiri erano numerosi nell’antica città egizia di Ossirinco, ma i ricercatori non sono sicuri del motivo per cui il famoso poema di Omero, scritto su papiro, sia stato collocato su una mummia nell’area della Necropoli Superiore, mostrata qui sopra.
Female beast hunters battled leopards in ancient Rome
Mosaic depictions of a weapon-wielding female gladiator are the first physical evidence showing women in ancient Rome could be skilled beast hunters In the summer of C.E. 80, Roman emperor Titus opened the Flavian Amphitheater—colloquially called the Colosseum—with a series of games. According to writings from the time, in one game, women dressed as the goddess Diana and used spears to fight vicious boars across the arena floor.
Inside the extremely bizarre sex lives of anglerfish Original
Over 3,000 feet below the surface, off the coast of Greenland, a curious fish waits. Perched in pitch-black darkness, it dangles a bright blue orb atop its head. The tantalizing glow will slowly draw other unsuspecting fish closer until they’ve unwittingly navigated directly into the jaws of the deep sea’s most fearsome-looking predator—the anglerfish.
The mummy, the Iliad, and a mysterious death ritual
In 1798, Baron Vivant Denon, an artist accompanying Napoleon Bonaparte on his military expedition through Egypt, sketched a large sand-blown column amid remnants of an ancient city. With his drawing, he had inadvertently documented the first modern evidence of Oxyrhynchus, an important ancient Egyptian port. Later excavations would unearth tombs, mummies, curious golden tongues, and the largest cache of papyri ever discovered.
Ancient ‘machine-gun' damage discovered on walls of Pompeii
Recently uncovered damage to walls in Pompeii displays patterns that may have been made by an ancient “machine gun” called a polybolos In 89 B.C.E., Pompeii was under siege. An invading army of tens of thousands of soldiers led by Lucius Cornelius Sulla, an influential commander and later dictator of Rome, stormed the town's walls with slings and catapults. The siege, a success for Sulla, subdued the rebellious city back beneath the thumb of the Roman Republic.
The surprising hidden glow of one of Earth’s largest birds Original
Ginger, a six-foot-tall southern cassowary, has a calm temperament that makes her receptive to experiments. On a warm March night in Florida in 2021, scientists wanted to find out if keratin—a protein found in human skin and hair—in the horn-like structure on her head would fluoresce in ultraviolet light. This had never been documented in these large, flightless birds.
9 New Books We Love This Week Original
Every week, the critics and editors at the New York Times Book Review pick the most interesting and notable new releases, from literary fiction and serious nonfiction to thrillers, romance novels, mysteries and everything in between. You can save the books you’re most excited to read on a personal reading list, and find even more recommendations from our book experts.
Why Falling Cats Always Seem to Land on Their Feet Original
In 1894, the French physiologist Étienne-Jules Marey tried to resolve a particularly vexing question in science: How do cats always seem to land on their feet when they fall? Using the era’s rudimentary videos, Marey was able to definitively illustrate that cats, when dropped from a height, were able to right themselves in the air unaided. The findings shocked the scientific community, but the mystery of how cats ultimately achieve this feat have remained unresolved.
Scoperti in Colorado piccoli denti fossili che riaccendono il dibattito sulle origini dei primati
Una macchina di filtraggio unica nel suo genere chiamata “bubbler” ha permesso ai ricercatori di recuperare minuscoli denti fossili risalenti a 65,5 milioni di anni fa, offrendo nuovi indizi su come i primi parenti dei primati si siano diffusi dopo l’estinzione di massa dei dinosauri. DI Taylor Mitchell Brown pubblicato 05-03-2026 Raffigurazione paleoartistica del Purgatorius.
See the world’s oldest fossilized ‘butthole’ imprint
Around 299 million years ago volcanic eruptions buried a patch of mud in what is today central Germany. Amid impressions of scales, tails and feet that fossilized in the patch was something else: Earth’s oldest known “butthole” imprint.
Tiny teeth found in Colorado deepen the debate over primate origins Original
Last year, National Geographic Explorer Tyler Lyson was in Corral Bluffs on the outskirts of Colorado Springs, searching for minuscule fossils. His tool of choice? A unique filtering machine called a “bubbler.” The device pipes compressed air into a large tub of water, where a steady stream of bubbles helps break apart sediment and trap bone fragments on sieve-like screens. After sifting through several tons of earth, his team retrieved a diminutive tooth.
Axolotls can regenerate their thymus, a complex immune system organ
Axolotls are famous for their ability to regrow significant parts of their bodies. But according to recent research, these frilly-headed salamanders, which are native to lakes and wetlands around Mexico City, can perform an even more extraordinary biological feat: they can completely regrow their thymus, a complex organ instrumental to the immune system in most vertebrates.
Mars once had a vast sea the size of the Arctic Ocean
Mars was once much wetter Geological features on Mars suggest the planet once boasted rivers and broad coastlines around a vast ocean. The discovery provides the most direct evidence yet for the Red Planet‚Äôs former blue vistas. ‚ÄúThe presence of liquid water [on Mars] is a broad topic that includes rains, rivers, lakes, as well as oceans,‚ÄĚ says Ezat Heydari, a geochemist at Jackson State University in Mississippi who wasn’t involved in the research.
This ancient human may be the root of the Homo sapiens family tree Original
Around 770,000 years ago, a small windswept cave overlooked grassy plains and trees in what today is southwest Casablanca in Morocco. The area abounded with gazelle, hyena, antelope, mongoose, bears, the now-extinct giant gelada baboons—and a hitherto unknown group of early humans.
Ancient human artefacts found near caves in Arabian Desert
A cave near a site of ancient human occupation in the Arabian desert The dry deserts of northeastern Saudia Arabia were once wet enough to host vibrant communities of animals – and researchers have just found evidence that ancient hominins lived there too. “This paper provides the first outline of the archaeological record of inland northeast Arabia – a vast region that has been unstudied,” says Monika Markowska at Northumbria University, UK.
This Fossil Is Rewriting the Story of How Plants Spread across the Planet
Around 410 million years ago, terrestrial life was relatively simple. There were no forests or prairies—land was largely dominated by slimy microbial mats. The types of plants that would eventually give rise to trees and flowers had only just evolved and would take another several million years to fully flourish and diversify. A new discovery is rewriting the story of how these vascular plants, as they are called, spread onto land.
Sculpted head hints at hair fashion for ancient hunter-gatherers
A miniature statue dating back 27,000 years from northern France may give us clues to how ancient hunter-gatherers of the time styled their hair. The statuette was unearthed in 2021 from an open-air site about 140 kilometres north of Paris called Amiens-Renancourt 1, but has only just been described by scientists. It has long hair that appears to be braided with a gridded pattern, which could represent hair netting or a unique hairstyle.
Early penguins may have used dagger-like beaks to skewer prey
Life Four new species of aquatic birds related to modern penguins have been described from fossils found in New Zealand, showing how these creatures flourished around 60 million years ago Four new fossil species from New Zealand illustrate the striking diversity of the earliest penguins, which possessed long, dagger-like beaks they may have used to skewer prey.
Your pet dog’s ancestor was a fierce, wild animal. How was it tamed?
In 1881, zoologist John Murdoch took part in an expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska, at the northernmost tip of the US. The goal was to conduct a two-year, unbroken observation of meteorological and magnetic phenomena and to document the nature and wildlife of the Arctic along the way. Travelling north through Alaska, Murdoch and his crew witnessed a peculiar act: an Iñupiat family captured two wolf pups and took them back to camp.
Small, stocky dinosaur related to Velociraptor named as new species
A new species of Velociraptor-like dinosaur from the Gobi desert in Mongolia had giant claws and exceptionally thickset hands, which may have enabled it to take down larger prey. The name of the species, Shri rapax, was inspired by “the rapacious features we see in the hand”, says Andrea Cau at the University of Bologna, Italy.
'Hybrid' skull may have been a child of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens
A 140,000-year-old hominin skull from Israel probably belonged to a hybrid child of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens parents, according to an analysis of its anatomy. The 5-year-old girl was buried within the earliest known cemetery, possibly reshaping what we know about the first organised burials and the humans behind them. The skull was originally unearthed from Skhul Cave on Mount Carmel in 1929.
Prehistoric Spanish people transported 2-tonne stone by boat
A 2-tonne megalith in southern Spain was transported to its present location by a hitherto-unknown group of ancient seafarers over 5300 years ago. The Matarrubilla stone is a solid slab of gypsum about 1.7 metres long by 1.2 m wide, sitting within a tomb-like structure at the Copper Age site of Valencina, near Seville. It is located within a circular chamber called a tholos, with just enough room to stand around it.
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