In 1532, in the city of Cajamarca, Peru, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and a group of Europeans took the Inca ruler Atahualpa hostage, setting the stage for the fall of the Inca Empire.

In 2025, scientists reported the discovery of long-chain organic molecules called alkanes in the ancient mudstones of Mars.

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A smooth, white stone dating from the Roman era and unearthed in the Netherlands has long baffled researchers.

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Although there are striking differences between the cells that make up your eyes, kidneys, brain, and toes, the DNA blueprint for these cells is essentially the same.

Mars's water disappeared somewhere, but scientists have been disagreeing for years about where exactly it went.

The last common ancestor of all living things did not just suddenly appear on Earth roughly 4.2 billion years ago.

Geologists have mapped a strange magnetic anomaly in Australia – and in a stunning coincidence, it happens to look remarkably like the continent it lurks beneath.

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Stool transplants are cutting-edge experimental procedures, but using poop as medicine is hardly a modern idea.

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