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Stone Age 'CSI': Archaeologists identify a family killed in a house fire nearly 6 millennia ago
By Kristina Killgrove published
Human bones discovered in a house that burned down 5,700 years ago are providing archaeologists "CSI"-style clues about the deaths of seven people in prehistoric Ukraine.

Rare Roman-era silver ingots depicting Constantine the Great seized from alleged black-market sale
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
A man allegedly tried to illegally sell three rare Roman-era silver ingots that his great-grandmother reportedly found in her garden years ago.

Chernobyl worms appear unaffected by radiation from world's worst nuclear disaster
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Microscopic worms in Chernobyl remain unscathed despite having been long exposed to radiation.

Doomsday Clock hovers at 90 seconds to midnight for 2nd year in a row
By Sascha Pare published
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists cited the threat of nuclear escalation in Ukraine, climate change and disruptive technologies as reasons to keep the clock at 90 seconds to midnight.

1,000-year-old cemetery with dead wearing dramatic rings on their necks and buckets on their feet found in Ukraine
By Owen Jarus published
The discovery of a cemetery in Ukraine from a millennium ago has revealed axes, swords, jewelry and, unexpectedly, buckets around the feet of some of the dead.

Metal detectorists find buried WWII aircraft in Ukraine while disarming wartime bomb
By Tom Metcalfe published
The aircraft were sent to the Soviet Union in 1941 to help the Allied war effort, but they were dumped to avoid payment.

NASA satellite crash not source of mysterious flash of light above Ukraine capital, agency claims
By Ben Turner published
A blinding flash of light set off air raid alerts across Ukraine’s capital city. Officials at first thought it was a falling NASA satellite, but the space agency has said it isn’t.

Doctors risked their own lives to remove a live grenade from a Ukrainian soldier's chest
By Rebecca Sohn published
The surgeons had to refrain from using common procedures that could have detonated the grenade.
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