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World’s oldest intact shipwreck found in Black Sea
The vessel is one of more than 60 shipwrecks identified by the Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project including Roman ships and a 17th-century Cossack raiding fleet. During the…
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Astronomers identify some of the oldest galaxies in the universe
Astronomers from the Institute for Computational Cosmology at Durham University and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, have found evidence that the faintest…
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World’s oldest cheese found in Egyptian tomb
Aging usually improves the flavor of cheese, but that’s not why some very old cheese discovered in an Egyptian tomb is drawing…
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World’s oldest Sumatran orangutan, Puan, dies at 62
Puan — Indonesian for “lady” — died at Perth Zoo, where she had lived since being gifted by Malaysia in 1968. “She…
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World’s oldest spider discovered in Australia
The Giaus Villosus trapdoor matriarch, which recently died during a long-term population study, had outlived the previous world record holder, a 28-year…