Laura Geggel
@laurageggel.bsky.social
Managing editor at Live Science. Editor of archaeology and the Life’s Little Mysteries series.
Don't view uncontacted peoples as "stuck in the Stone Age," experts told @livescience.com. For instance, the Nicobarese are aware of wars and conflict beyond the island, and this has framed their perception that the outside world is "dangerous and uncivilized." By the talented @emmaanne.bsky.social🧪
Who are the least-contacted people on Earth?
"Uncontacted" and "isolated" peoples live in roughly 10 countries around the world, including one group that erases their footprints so they cannot easily be found.
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Do you know how yams and sweet potatoes are different? (Pop quiz: Is the purple ube a yam or sweet potato?) By @clarissabrincat.bsky.social 🧪🍠
What's the difference between sweet potatoes and yams?
Here are the main differences between yams and sweet potatoes and how to tell them apart.
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Happy to report that my orange cat is now a "leg whisker model" — he's the secondary image in this mystery 🐈 By @cqchoi.com
Why do cats have 'leg whiskers'?
Here's why 'leg whiskers' are useful to cats and other animals.
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Celtic men were fierce warriors, but what about their women? Archaeologists have found clues in historical texts, genetics and grave goods like daggers that hint women fought. An even bigger question is "Were ancient Britons Celts?" since we know of warrior women there, like Queen Boudicca ⚔️🏺
Did Celtic women fight in battle?
The Celts were highly regarded as warriors in the ancient world, but were all fighters men, or did Celtic women also fight in battle?
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Brains don't always rot, and now we may know why! 🧠 🧪🏺
Brains don't always rot: Scientists may finally know how human brains have evaded decay for thousands of years
Thousands of skeletal human remains have been discovered with their brain tissue unexpectedly intact. Now, a team of scientists may have finally figured out why.
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#OwlAwarenessDay 🏺 Greeks + Daunians were very aware of owls, symbol of Athena, and feature of any posh tomb. Set of red figured skyphoi 'a civetta' (owl drinking cups) are from male tomb 669, full to brim w objects for the journey, in Lavello, ancient Forentum, conquered end C4 BC by Samnites.
Ancient Indigenous Ceretani people had spent nearly 200 years resisting Roman expansion in Iberia. So, in 39 B.C., they ambushed the Romans in the Pyrenees. Now, archaeologists have found Roman sling bullets from that clash 🏺🧪
Ancient bullets reveal where a Roman camp hid in the Pyrenees of Spain before being ambushed
Researchers found the remains of a Roman camp from 39 B.C. that was ambushed by locals in what's now Catalonia, Spain.
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Researchers weren't looking for smallpox when they examined 500-year-old Inca mummies, but that's what they found. By @oliviaferrari.bsky.social 🧪🦠
500-year-old Inca mummies prove that European colonists brought devastating smallpox to the Americas
Ancient DNA from Chilean mummies is the first ever molecular evidence that European colonizers brought smallpox to the Americas, decimating Indigenous populations.
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What are quasiparticles, exactly? And given the "quasi" in their name, are they considered real particles? By @cqchoi.com
Are quasiparticles real?
Given the "quasi" in quasiparticles, do scientists consider them to be real particles?
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Are redheads going extinct? As a redhead myself, I was very invested in the answer! 🤣 👩🦰 🧬 🧪 Thanks to @benjplackett.bsky.social y.social for investigating 🔎
Are redheads going extinct?
Redheads are rare and the trait carries an increased risk of melanoma. Does that mean ginger locks might one day go extinct?
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What's the oldest known weapon? There are three contenders, and one is over 400,000 years old! By @ilg-gil.bsky.social 🏺🧪
What's the oldest weapon in the world?
There are a few contenders for the world's oldest weapon, and one is over 400,000 years old.
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Here's the latest mind-blowing science facts to help with trivia night and awesome cocktail conversations 🧪 😁 -There have been between 10,000 and 12,195 generations of modern humans. -Pumpkins are a type of berry (and a very big one). -Tigers look green to their prey.
Weird? Gross! Random ... 60 mind-blowing science facts about our world
Get ready to geek out with these fascinating bits of trivia.
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Pediatricians in Japan were overprescribing antibiotics. So the gov hatched a plan: They paid doctors about $5 every time they DIDN'T prescribe antibiotics. It's been a booming success — but could it work in the US? Read a great investigation by @livescience.com editor @nicolanese.bsky.social
Japan's bold experiment to curb antibiotic misuse has been a huge success. Could it work in the US?
A unique policy in Japan encourages doctors to improve their antibiotic use and thus reduce their contribution to antibiotic resistance. Should the U.S. be taking notes?
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If you push two metal plates together on Earth, nothing happens. In space, they can fuse into one. Here's why. 🧪 🔎 🛰️
Why does metal stick together in space?
If you push two metal plates together on Earth, nothing happens. In space, they can fuse into one. Here's why.
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How well do you know the empires of the ancient world? Try to match them to their maps in this quiz! By Olivia Maule 🏺🧪⌛
Ancient empires quiz: Can you match these lands to the historical powers that ruled them?
From the Andes to the steppes of Central Asia, great empires have waxed and waned. Can you match each territory to the culture that once ruled it?
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We used to think that rainforests played a negligible role in human evolution. But new research is changing our understanding of where early humans lived and thrived. Incredible read by @sophieberdugo.bsky.social 🧪🏺🌳
Early Homo sapiens may have lived in rainforests, new clues suggest — and it could overturn our understanding of human evolution
The long-held idea that rainforests held a minor role in our species' evolution is changing — and our ability to adapt to these tropical areas may give insight about 'what it means to be uniquely huma...
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'A weird result from an already weird hominin': Archaeologists discover all Homo naledi skeletons found in South African cave are female www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
'A weird result from an already weird hominin': Archaeologists discover all Homo naledi skeletons found in South African cave are female
A cutting-edge analysis of the teeth from Homo naledi skeletons in a South African cave system found no males within the group. Experts are unsure what to make of the finding.
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"Sadly, a lot of these prisoner transport ships were sunk by the Allies. The ships were painted to just look like military vessels, and they were inside the Japanese convoys — so the Allies thought they were legitimate military targets." 🚢🧪🏺
Wreck of World War II Japanese 'hellship' that sank with more than 1,000 Allied POWs on board discovered off the Philippines
The remains of a Japanese "hellship" that was torpedoed in 1944 and sank with more than 1,000 POWs on board has been found off the coast of the Philippines island of Luzon.
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Turns out the Vikings were good at recycling (silver)! 🧪🪙🏺
'Melted in a pot somewhere': Vikings used Islamic silver coins to make their early pennies, study finds
The silver in a Viking Age hoard found in Denmark was from melted-down coins from the faraway Islamic world, a new study finds.
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Test your scientific smarts with these online quizzes for kids and adults: featuring trivia questions about science, technology, space and archaeology.
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A burial of an elite Roman-era woman who appears to have been buried with exotic resins has been discovered in Colchester, UK. 🧪🏺⚰️
High-status Roman woman was buried in a lead coffin with jet hairpins and exotic resins, archaeologists find
A burial of an elite Roman-era woman who appears to have been buried with exotic resins has been discovered in Colchester.
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Roses are red Violets are blue Remora fish hide in manta ray holes that spew poo 🧪🐟💩
'A combination of amazement and horror': Hitchhiker fish hide in manta ray buttholes
Hitchhiker fish known as remoras have a very unexpected hiding place: the rear ends of manta rays.
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Get the latest on the Andes virus, the hantavirus infection on the cruise ship in the Atlantic, including where the infection may have come from 🧪⛴️ Updates from the talented @nicolanese.bsky.social and Ben Turner
Hantavirus cruise LIVE: World Health Organization hosts briefing as authorities race to track contacts from cruise ship infections
Thursday, May 7, 2026: The latest news and updates on the hantavirus cluster associated with the MV Hondius. The cruise ship is on course to arrive in Spain on Saturday while health authorities trace ...
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Centuries ago, in medieval Christian Nubia, murals of royalty and clergy were painted in a cathedral. Now, researchers have re-created the stunning outfits these people wore. A group of Sudanese models wore the costumes, a performance that brought onlookers to tears. Here are the costumes below. 🏺🧪🌍
Centuries-old Christian Nubian murals inspire gorgeous fashion reconstructions
Stunning clothes from medieval Christian Nubia have been re-created and put on models, whose performance brought onlookers to tears.
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Do you know your ancient weapons? Here's the quiz for you, by @kennaculture.bsky.social and @killgrove.bsky.social 🧪🏺⚔️
Weapons of the world quiz: Can you identify these historical objects of war?
Can you identify these millennia- to centuries-old weapons from the smallest clues? Test your eye for history by matching carved details and close-up images to the legendary tools of war they once for...
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