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For nearly 1,500 years, the Great Buddha of Bamiyan stood 55 meters (180 ft) tall in this cliffside niche in Afghanistan.

Carved in the 6th century along the Silk Road, it formed part of a vast Buddhist complex of monasteries, sanctuaries, and painted caves.

The statue was destroyed in 2001. Today, the empty niche remains—preserving the scale of what was lost.
X.com

 

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When the James Webb Space Telescope launched in 2021, astronomers hoped to study the universe's earliest galaxies. The first observations revealed tiny red objects, unlike anything they'd expected to find. Some 1,000 of these have been found, but scientists still can't agree on whether they're massive galaxies, unusual black holes, or something else entirely.

It’s one of the biggest mysteries of the cosmos: What are these little red dots?

Massive galaxies? Dusty black holes? Black hole stars? Scientists have raised a lot of theories around what the crimson blobs in James Webb data might be.

on.natgeo.com

 

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The ancient Maya adorned their teeth with jade—but some of those intricate inlays may have served more than an ornamental purpose. New evidence suggests that some were used to treat damaged teeth or ease pain, with researchers saying the procedures may have been performed by remarkably skilled dentists.

The ancient Maya may have had sophisticated dentists

The Maya adorned their teeth with jade and other gems. New evidence suggests it wasn’t just for show.

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A 25,000-year-old "drumstick" belonging to a terror bird is helping scientists revisit one of South America's most formidable predators. Arriving on the scene around 43 million years ago, terror birds were gigantic and used their speed to pursue prey on land with hatchet-like beaks and powerful legs ending in massive toe claws. Paleontologists long thought that the different species died out around the same time, but the newly discovered fossil suggests that a tiny species survived millions of years longer than their larger cousins—opening a new chapter for these flightless hunters.

Terror birds survived millions of years longer than previously thought

A 25,000-year-old fossilized “drumstick” is writing a new chapter for these flightless birds that terrorized the post-dinosaur world.

on.natgeo.com