Archaeologists had always known that the Northern Mesopotamian city of Mardaman had existed, they just didn’t know where. They had read about it in ancient texts, and knew that it had existed as a provincial capital that had been conquered and destroyed many times between 2200 and 1200 BC, but they just didn’t know exactly where it lay. University of Tuebingen Until now. From the NY Post: The discovery of clay tablets in Iraqi Kurdistan has helped archaeologists unlock the mystery of an ancient lost city.

It’s difficult to imagine a great white shark as anyone’s prey, but carcasses have been washing up on South African beaches this year, and they’re all missing one vital organ. The question, though, is who, or what, is repsonsible. Were this a story on rhinos or elephants, the first and most logical guess would be the human element, but this time the hunters are other ocean dwellers. Terry Goss - Wikipedia Here’s the story from IFLScience: This year, five carcasses of the formidable hunters have been washed up, with the remains ranging in size from 2.

Alexa owner Danielle and her husband were sitting at home about two weeks ago when they got a message from one of her husband’s employees who said, “Unplug your Alexa devices right now. You’re being hacked.” From the Dailywire: Amazon Danielle said, “We unplugged all of them and he proceeded to tell us that he had received audio files of recordings from inside our house. At first, my husband was, like, ‘No, you didn’t!

We’re definitely entering a bold new era in human history. A report out yesterday said that by the year 2045 AI robots will now be our equals, and now this story out of Rockefeller University where scientists have successfully combined artificial human and chicken cells in an embryo. The experiment was done by a team of stem cell researchers who are trying to better understand developing life. Pixabay Here’s more from the Daily Express: Until now, scientists have been unable to answer how certain cells in a developing embryo decide to become muscles or limbs, while others become bones and nerves.

Things have shown no signs of settling down around the Kilauea volcano on the big island of Hawaii, and now experts are worried that the presence of blue flames could be a sign of more ominous things to come. Adding to their fears is the concern that Hawaii’s last remaining open highway could be blocked if new fissures open. If that happens, approximately 1,000 people would have to be helicoptered to safety.

We’ve had several stories lately about bizarre looking sea creatures washing ashore all around the globe from the Philippines to New Jersey. Today, this story comes to us from Denton, Montana where a bizarre looking creature was shot and killed on a ranch there. Great Falls Tribune From the Great Falls Tribune: On May 16 a lone wolf-like animal was shot and killed on a ranch outside Denton. With long grayish fur, a large head and an extended snout, the animal shared many of the same characteristics as a wolf; but its ears were too large, it’s legs and body too short, its fur uncharacteristic of that common to a wolf.

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It seems like every week we’re hearing about some new freaky creature from the depths of the ocean emerging to strike fear into any human even thinking about stepping foot in the water. Such is the case with the creature that researchers spotted swimming off the coast of portugal. Though it’s “new” to most humans, the frilled shark has been around for about 80 million years and is considered a “living fossil,” as Newsweek explains:

When a professor used a recent scientific paper to challenge his chemistry students during one of his lectures, little did he know that one of them, would take up the challenge and create a new breakthrough in chemistry. From IFLScience: Inverse.com High school chemistry tells us all about the versatility of carbon. You might recall that carbon is missing four electrons in its outer shell so it’s looking to form up to four bonds.

Tourists on a Costa Rican beach found a baby sloth. The youngster was lost, alone covered by sand and ants on the Central American beach. The tourists rescued the sloth and took it to the Jaguar Rescue Center where a veterinarian inspected it and found that, in spite of its traumatic adventure, the sloth was still in good shape. Flickr The vet estimated that the little sloth, which weighed about the same as a can of soup, was approximately three weeks old, and most likely would not have survived the night had the tourists not rescued it from the beach.