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  Ancient Maya Practice of Gluing Gemstones Onto Teeth May Have Been For More Than Bling

  ScienceAlert - Carly Cassella

  The ancient Maya once took enormous pride in their teeth. Long before Europeans were filling their cavities with gold, people in Mesoamerica were …

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  Why Your Body May Need to Shed Some Tears, Even if You Don't Feel Sad

  ScienceAlert - PEGGY KERN

  It's been a big week and you feel exhausted, and suddenly you find yourself crying at a nice nappy commercial. Or maybe you are struck with a cold or …

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  Inca Children Chosen For Sacrifice Were Given Hallucinogenic Drugs For a Simple Reason

  ScienceAlert - Mike McRae

  For more than 500 years, the mummified remains of several small children frozen high on a volcano in Southern Peru kept a secret record of their …

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  The Builders of Stonehenge Left Behind Poop, And We Now Know What Was in It

  ScienceAlert - Carly Cassella

  Humans have a long and rich history with intestinal parasites, and it's chronicled in our very poop. From Jerusalem to Rome to Greece, archaeologists …

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  The Latest US Intelligence Report on 'Alien' UFOs Is In, And It's... Inconclusive

  ScienceAlert - PAUL HANDLEY

  The conclusion of a classified US intelligence report on the existence of alien UFOs is... inconclusive, US media reported Friday. US military and …

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  Ancient Tooth Once Belonged to The Mysterious Denisovans, Scientists Think

  ScienceAlert - Jacinta Bowler

  Deep in the forests of Laos, in a cave in the Annamite Mountains, lay a single child's tooth. That tooth – an unassuming molar - could be from a …