A 4,500-year-old cemetery has been discovered southeast of the famous Giza Pyramids, the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities announced this morning (May 4). Several tombs and burials were discovered in the cemetery, with one of the oldest tombs holding the remains of two individuals — one named “Behnui-Ka” and another named “Nwi.” Their sarcophagi were found intact and …
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Ah, the aromas of spring. The clean scent of freshly mown grass. The sweet fragrance of lilacs in bloom. But what’s causing that sulfurous smell from your urine after eating one of the season’s earliest vegetables? It’s asparagus, of course. Just what is it that gives “asparagus pee” that pungent smell? “To me, my urine …
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If you grew up in the suburbs, you recognize it immediately: the sweet, sharp smell of someone mowing a lawn or ballfield. As it wafts into your nostrils, it somehow manages to smell exactly like the color green. But what are we really smelling when we inhale that fresh-cut grass scent? And why do we …
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By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer | May 5, 2019 08:50am ET 0 0 MORE Partner Series Could Life on Earth Have Come from Another Star System? Artist’s illustration of ‘Oumuamua, the first known interstellar object spotted in our solar system. Credit: M. Kornmesser/ESO Life may have traveled to Earth from afar, aboard an interstellar …
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Extraterrestrials, take note: The U.S. Navy plans to set up an official reporting and investigative system that will monitor reports from its pilots about unidentified flying objects. But while this “X-Files”-worthy operation sounds newsy, don’t expect to hear details about it anytime soon. The Navy doesn’t intend to make the data public, citing the privileged …
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