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The Nicest People In America Live In These States, According To The Data

We all think we know which states have the nicest folks—but the facts tell a more interesting story. Looking at data like Informal Helping Rate, Helped a Stranger surveys, and Neighbor Trust metrics, some clear patterns emerge… and a few of these results may genuinely surprise you. Did your state make the top 30?
February 27, 2026 Jesse Singer
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In 2023, E. Coli was found in the spring providing all the Grand Canyon's drinking water, but now 3D mapping has finally found the spring's source.

Deep below one of America's greatest natural wonders, researchers have just solved a mystery that's baffled scientists for decades. The answer was hiding in darkness, nearly a mile underground, where contamination moves faster than anyone imagined.
February 27, 2026 Marlon Wright
Lee Berger

The Skulls, Bones, And Footprints That Revealed How We Became Human

For more than a century, unexpected discoveries have repeatedly rewritten the human timeline. From controversial fossil finds to ancient footprints preserved in stone, each breakthrough forced science to rethink our evolutionary past.
February 27, 2026 Miles Brucker
Confused travellers with map in 1970s

Things Baby Boomers Always Did When They Traveled—That No One Born After 2000 Has Ever Done

There was a time when traveling required actual effort. No instant confirmations. No live updates. No tiny blue dot showing exactly where you were standing.
February 26, 2026 Jesse Singer

A scientist dug deep into a New Mexico cave system and found 49-million-year-old organisms harvesting energy from what little light they could find.

Scientists exploring deep caves beneath New Mexico may have uncovered microbes that “harbor energy” without sunlight — a discovery that’s rewriting our understanding of where life can thrive and how we might find alien life elsewhere in the universe.
February 26, 2026 Jack Hawkins
Airport

My friend says TSA can’t make you unlock your phone. My cousin says they absolutely can at some airports. Who’s telling the truth?

Can TSA force you to unlock your phone at the airport? Learn the difference between TSA screening and border searches, and what your rights are when traveling domestically or internationally.
February 25, 2026 Allison Robertson
Westminster Abbey

Archaeologists Discovered The Lost Palace Of The Last Saxon King

Harold Godwinson's story of power, ambition, and ultimate sacrifice echoed through the centuries. Now, science has added a new chapter where his lost palace stands discovered. After all, some legends leave more than just stories behind.
February 27, 2026 Miles Brucker
Minya Quarry - Fb

An unfinished colossus found in an Egyptian quarry would have been the largest single block ever created, yet almost no one has heard of it.

Far from Egypt’s crowded archaeological icons rests an unfinished giant, carved with purpose but left suspended in time. The sheer magnitude of the stone challenges assumptions about ancient capability and the limits of royal ambition.
February 26, 2026 Marlon Wright
Worried traveler at customs checkpoint

I just found out about the $10,000 border rule after returning from a trip with $11,000 in cash that I didn’t declare. I’m panicking—am I in trouble?

Yes. Under U.S. federal law, anyone entering or leaving the United States with more than $10,000 in cash or monetary instruments must report it to Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
February 25, 2026 Jesse Singer

A man in Turkey was renovating his basement when he broke through a wall and found a passage leading to a lost underground city.

A Turk was trying to repair his basement when he broke through a wall into a secret world hidden for centuries.
February 25, 2026 Sammy Tran
Satellite Archaeology - Fb

In Turkey, archaeologists are using satellite imagery and geomagnetic surveys to find humanity's oldest permanent settlements.

Archaeologists once relied solely on surface surveys and chance discoveries to locate ancient habitation areas. Satellite sensors now capture subtle terrain variations that highlight the presence of walls buried ten feet underground.
February 25, 2026 Marlon Wright
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A volunteer archaeologist found a 10th century bronze cross with a metal detector. It was an exact match to a mold discovered 43 years earlier.

Beneath quiet fields once marked by conflict and conversion, a small bronze relic surfaced unexpectedly. Its remarkable connection to an earlier archaeological find is prompting scholars to reconsider how deeply early Christian traditions had taken root.
February 25, 2026 Marlon Wright