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Archaeologists working at the Giza Pyramids have made several new discoveries that shed light on life at the time the pyramids were built. Among the discoveries is a basin that may have been part of a thriving harbor and a "silo building complex," where researchers have found numerous bones from the forelimbs of cattle, offerings in ancient Egypt, suggesting royal cult priests perhaps venerating the pharaoh Khafre occupied the complex.
AERA
Archaeology

Ruins of barracks, port unearthed at Egypt's Giza Pyramids

Image: Neanderthal and human
Michael Hofreiter and Kurt Fiusterweier / MPG EVA
Cosmic Log

Which parts of us are Neanderthal? Our genes point to skin and hair

Japanese researchers say theyÃ?ve created a new type of stem cell just by pressuring normal cells in the body, a finding that suggests we may all have...
Haruko Obokata / Nature
Stem cells

Scientists make a new type of stem cell, using a little acid

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Jellyfish are usually carnivores, but this crop was fed on nothing by peanut butter for almost three months.
Zelda Montoya and Barrett Christie / Children's Aquarium at Fair Park, Dallas
jellyfish

Best thing since sliced bread? Aquarium creates 'peanut butter and jellyfish'

Image: Chicago skyline
Scott Olson / Getty Images
Cosmic Log

How locked-in weather spreads woe from Alaska to Alabama

marshmallow
KEVIN LAMARQUE / Reuters file
Technology

Teen inventor of 'marshmallow gun' fame scores SOTU invite

Despite living in waters that are more acidic than average seawater, the corals living in the bays around Palauÿs Rock Islands are unexpectedly diverse and healthy.
Palau International Coral Reef Center
Weird science

Not your basic reef life: Pacific coral thrives in acidified ocean

artifacts

Stolen 15th-Century Manuscript Found in Florida

Image: Plague teeth
JD Howell / McMaster University
plague

Scientists link two plagues of the past  — and warn of future outbreaks

Image: Grand Canyon
Gabriel Bouys / AFP / Getty Images
Grand Canyon

How old is the Grand Canyon? Scientific debate rages on 

Image: Morpheus blastoff
NASA
moon

NASA puts out the call for commercial lunar landers

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Image: Spacewalkers
NASA TV
Spacewalk

Russian spacewalkers reinstall cameras — but there's a snag

Image: Stephen Hawking
David Parry / PA via AP file
Cosmic Log

Stephen Hawking shakes up theory (again): Black holes are actually gray

The Yutu moon rover displays the Chinese flag in a picture captured by the Chang'e 3 lander on Dec. 15.
BACC via Sina.com.cn
China

Not Yutu! China's lunar rover runs into mechanical trouble

Image: Hunter-gatherer
Pelopanton / CSIC
Cosmic Log

Dark skin, blue eyes: Genes paint a picture of 7,000-year-old European

Mars

Of Mars and Macs: 2 Notable Anniversaries

Image: Milky Way center
Natalie Degenaar
Black holes

Astronomers can't wait to watch huge black hole gobble gas cloud

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Image: Fruit fly infected by fungus
Deborah Kimbrell / UC-Davis
Cosmic Log

Outer space is hazardous to your health, especially if you're a fly

Image: Landslide trench and ridge in Tennessee made by New Madrid earthquakes in early 1800s...
U.S. Geological Survey, file
Earthquake

New Madrid fault zone could spawn huge quakes in U.S. Midwest, South

In this Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014 photo provided by the Chicago Zoological Society, Anana, a polar bear at Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill., seems to be ...
Jim Schulz / AP
Polar bears

As Arctic ice melts, polar bears switch diets to survive, studies say

Image: Dream Chaser
Ken Ulbrich / NASA file
Cosmic Log

Sierra Nevada strikes deal to put space plane in orbit in 2016

Ripples on the water made by the tungara frog's mating call are a dead giveaway for preying bats.
Ryan Taylor/Salisbury University
Weird science

Nature's death knell: This frog's love song is a bat's dinner bell

Image: TDRS launch
NASA
TDRS-L

NASA sends its latest TDRS communication satellite into orbit

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Image: Lyubov Orlova
Nightly News
Cosmic Log

Ghost-ship cannibal rats are swarming over the Twitterverse

Image: Opportunity's selfie
NASA / JPL-Caltech / Cornell./ ASU
Cosmic Log

How does a Mars rover last 10 years? The answer is blowin' in the wind

Huskies pant during a training session at Feshiebridge, in Aviemore, Scotland January 23, 2013. The Siberian Husky Club of Great Britain will hold its...
David Moir / Reuters
Dogs

Contagious canine 'super cancer' is 11,000 years old

Image: Layered rock
NASA / JPL-Caltech / Cornell / Science
Cosmic Log

Opportunity rover finds fresh signs that ancient Mars was life-friendly

Image: Supernova
Adam Block / UA SkyCenter / Caelum Obs.
Supernova

Supernova! Exploding star lights up nearby Cigar Galaxy

Image: NewtonOne
Virgin Galactic
Cosmic Log

Hello, Newton: Virgin Galactic unveils its 'other' rocket engine

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Image: Buffett, Franklin and basketball
Nati Harnik / AP file
Cosmic Log

Who's favored in $1 billion bracket challenge? That's an easy bet

Image: Mosaic
Jim Hollander / EPA
Cosmic Log

Marvelous mosaics revealed inside 1,500-year-old church in Israel

Image: Honeybees
Dan Balilty / AP file
Cosmic Log

Scientists add a plant virus to the causes of mass honeybee die-off

Yvette M. uses her cell phone to text message friends while walking in downtown street, Tuesday, July, 29, 2008, in Chicago. In an alert issued this w...
M. Spencer Green / AP
Health

Texters can't walk in a straight line, study shows

Three-toed sloths have a symbiotic relationship with moths and algae.
Bryson Voirin
sloths

Why sloths leave the trees to poop 

African elephants at Mole National Park in Ghana.
Patrick Bennett
elephants

Elephant mystery at ancient Syrian battle solved

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Image: Ceres
IMCCE-Observatoire de Paris / CNRS / Y.Gominet, B. Carry
Cosmic Log

Is there life on Ceres? Dwarf planet spews water vapor into space

esearchers discovered the remains of a large housewith at least 21 rooms near the Giza pyramids and a nearby mound containing leopard teeth, the hind limbs of cattle, and seals with the titles of high-ranking officials. (This image was taken before excavation of the house was complete.)
Courtesy AERA
Archaeology

Leopard teeth, calf bones found in ruins near pyramids

Image: Jelly doughnut
NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASU / Cornell
Mars

Mysterious Mars rock looks like 'jelly doughnut,' defies explanation 

Image: Rover on moon
CNSA / Chinanews / Ken Kremer / Marco Di Lorenzo
Cosmic Log

China's lunar rover takes a star turn in wide-screen extravaganza

Pedestrians wearing masks are a common sight in China's cities, as here in Shanghai.
ChinaFotoPress / Getty Image
Business

China's unwelcome export to the US: air pollution

The exceptional 29.6 carat blue diamond recovered earlier this month is seen in this undated photograph received via Petra Diamonds in London January ...
Handout / Reuters
diamond

South African miner finds 'exceptional' 29.6-carat blue diamond