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Ancient inscription reveals lost civilization in Turkey that may have defeated King Midas

Last winter, a local farmer in southern Turkey stumbled upon a large stone half-submerged in an irrigation canal with mysterious inscriptions. The stone revealed the story of an ancient, lost civilization that may have defeated King Midas’ kingdom of Phrygia in the late eighth century B.C., according to new findings.
Mars lander reveals new details about the Red Planet’s strange magnetic field

The magnetic field in one zone on Mars is about 10 times stronger than scientists expected, and it’s changing rapidly.
Ancient DNA from Sardinia reveals 6,000 years of genetic history

The research, published in Nature Communications, analyzed genome-wide DNA data for 70 individuals from more than 20 Sardinian archaeological sites spanning roughly 6,000 years from the Middle Neolithic through the Medieval period. No previous study has used genome-wide DNA extracted from ancient remains to look at the population history of Sardinia.
More humans than thought survived volcanic super-eruption 74,000 years ago, scientists find

More people survived one of the world’s largest volcanic eruptions than previously thought, new research suggests.
Mars is a seismically active world, first results from NASA’s InSight lander reveal

Mars may be cold and dry, but it’s far from dead. The first official science results from NASA’s quake-hunting InSight Mars lander just came out, and they reveal a regularly roiled world.