For decades, archaeologists have wondered why the skeletons unearthed on the Japanese island of Tanegashima had flattened heads — and now a new study is finally providing answers.In 1957, researchers began unearthing skeletons on the island of Tanegashima in southern Japan, which had once been home to the Indigenous Hirota people. The archaeologists soon noticed that each skull they dug up was oddly shaped, but for decades they weren’t sure if the deformations were intentional or if they were caused by unknown natural influences. Read More...
Dulce Maria Alavez vanished from Bridgeton City Park in New Jersey on September 16, 2019. Though police believe she was abducted, no trace of her has ever been found.National Center for Missing and Exploited Children The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children released this digitally aged photo of Alavez in 2021.
On a September day in 2019, Noema Alavez Perez took her kids to a park in their Bridgeton, New Jersey, neighborhood. Read More...
Greenland is losing ice at a rate 20 percent faster than previously estimated. Wikimedia CommonsGreenland’s Kangerllussuaq Glacier, which has retreated 6.2 miles since 1900.
Greenland’s glaciers are melting at a much faster rate than expected — and as a result, the island itself is growing. According to two recent studies — one published in Nature, the other in Geophysical Research Letters — Greenland is gradually gaining height as melting glaciers relieve pressure on the island’s bedrock, allowing it to rise. Read More...
