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Lavish Roman villa discovered outside Rome's walls may have been frequented by Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius

By LIVE SCIENCE | kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) | 6/15/2026 5:37 PM

The villa, which came to light because it was illegally excavated, was found in an area frequented two millennia ago by the emperors Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. ... Read full Story

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Atacama Desert’s center dried out 20 million years earlier than previously thought — before the Andes formed

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 6/15/2026 3:27 PM

Chile's Atacama Desert, which gets less than 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) of rainfall each year, started to form more than 40 million years ago ‪—‬ 20 million years before the Andes. ... Read full Story

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Glaciers are secretly teeming with life

By Scientific American | | 6/15/2026 3:00 PM

What does it take for an insect or worm to live full-time on a glacier? ... Read full Story

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Russia seeks mathematician’s extradition

By Scientific American | | 6/15/2026 2:15 PM

Mikhail Verbitsky was detained at an Armenian airport last Thursday on charges of inciting terrorism ... Read full Story

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Diagnostic dilemma: Brain scans following a man's hospital visit for leg weakness revealed a surprising finding

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 6/15/2026 1:11 PM

A man went to hospital complaining about weakness in his left leg, and subsequent brain scans revealed his abnormally small brain. ... Read full Story

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'Melted in a pot somewhere': Vikings used Islamic silver coins to make their early pennies, study finds

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 6/15/2026 1:07 PM

The silver in a Viking Age hoard found in Denmark was from melted-down coins from the faraway Islamic world, a new study finds. ... Read full Story

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'I never thought we'd see one alive': Elusive goblin shark captured on camera for the first time

By LIVE SCIENCE | sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) | 6/15/2026 12:49 PM

Researchers have filmed goblin sharks in the deep sea for the first time. Until now, these sharks had been seen alive only after being hauled up to the surface with fishing lines. ... Read full Story

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Most precise measurement of the force that binds nuclear matter achieved

By phys.org | | 6/15/2026 12:20 PM

Trinity's Prof. Stefan Sint, along with collaborators from Germany, Spain and Italy, has published the most precise determination to date of the strong coupling constant. This parameter governs the interactions between quarks and gluons, the fundamental components of nuclear matter. The new result halves the error of all previous experimental measurements combined, setting a new benchmark for the Standard Model, which summarizes our current knowledge of elementary particle physics. ... Read full Story

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'They are trying to tame nature': China is building the world's biggest dam in an earthquake-prone region of Tibet

By LIVE SCIENCE | james.price@futurenet.com (James Price) | 6/15/2026 11:30 AM

China is building a dam system that will generate more hydroelectric power than the U.S. generates yearly. But the project comes with huge risks for people downstream. ... Read full Story

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Hundreds of hidden earthquakes discovered beneath Antarctica — and they're happening in a very odd location

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 6/15/2026 8:00 AM

Antarctica was long thought to be seismically calm, but new technology makes it possible to detect unexpected types of earthquakes beneath the ice. ... Read full Story

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An ancient piece of the moon found in Africa hints at a long-ago collision that turned the lunar surface molten

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 6/15/2026 7:00 AM

A meteorite shows evidence that an ancient crash on the moon 3.5 billion years ago was so powerful, it turned the surface molten. ... Read full Story

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Mask of Mictlantecuhtli: A 500-year-old mask of the Aztec god of the underworld, who tore apart the dead as they entered his realm

By LIVE SCIENCE | kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) | 6/15/2026 6:00 AM

This skull-shaped mask was made to be used in a ritual involving the Aztec god of death. ... Read full Story

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How an aspiring actress from Brooklyn stumbled into an astrophysics career at NASA

By Scientific American | | 6/15/2026 6:00 AM

This young researcher’s unlikely journey into academia will change the way you think about science, failure and belonging ... Read full Story

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NASA’s Chandra Observatory spots possible supernova remnant in the middle of our galaxy

By Scientific American | | 6/15/2026 6:00 AM

If the supernova remnant is confirmed, it would be one of the closest to the supermassive black hole that lies in the center of the Milky Way ... Read full Story

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Bow-Wow, Ding-Dong, Pooh-Pooh: Expert explains early theories of how human language evolved — and their silly names

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 6/14/2026 11:00 AM

There are many theories as to how human language first evolved. But none completely explains why it happened. ... Read full Story

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Famous child mummies in Andes may belong to kids who were sacrificed to 'ritually anchor' the Inca's presence as their empire expanded

By LIVE SCIENCE | kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) | 6/14/2026 9:00 AM

An analysis of corn, cassava and coca plants discovered with sacrificed Inca children reveals they died during the reign of one of the last Inca emperors. ... Read full Story

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Ancient ground squirrels feasted on carcasses like ‘zombies of the Pleistocene’

By Scientific American | | 6/14/2026 8:00 AM

Fossilized poo harbors remains from mammoths, bison and big cats, including some of the oldest DNA ever reconstructed ... Read full Story

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Neuroscientists are searching for the 'cellular substrate of loneliness'

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 6/14/2026 8:00 AM

Neuroscientists are discovering that spending time with others may be a basic biological necessity, like need for food or water. ... Read full Story

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Inside the race to develop a new Ebola vaccine

By Scientific American | | 6/14/2026 7:00 AM

As Ebola rages, Moderna and others are racing to develop an mRNA vaccine for the rare Bundibugyo virus driving the current outbreak ... Read full Story

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Artemis II crew captures rare double auroras on the dark side of Earth as they zoom toward the moon — Space photo of the week

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 6/14/2026 6:00 AM

The four astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission captured more than they bargained for when they photographed the nightside of Earth, right after starting their historic journey to the moon. ... Read full Story

auto

Stellantis Promises The New Inexpensive Chryslers Won't Feel Cheap Inside

by carbuzz.com | Jun 15 2026

basketball

Bulls reportedly hiring Tiago Splitter as head coach as Chicago looks for fresh start

by CBS Interactive Inc | Jun 15 2026

beauty

Miley Cyrus' Oscars 2025 Hair Would Have Been Perfect If Not For One Fatal Flaw

by The List | Mar 02 2025

food

Cedar Ridge Unveils a New Limited-Edition American Single Malt

by THE MANUAL | Jun 15 2026

football

DraftKings Super Bowl Promo Code: Get Extended $300 Seahawks-Patriots Bonus

by ESNY | Feb 08 2026

long_island

Hempstead teacher grabbed student by neck, then tanked his grade, lawsuit says

by greaterlongisland.com | Jun 15 2026

mental

Dreading the Doctor? Experts Offer 6 Tips for Overcoming Appointment Anxiety

by thehealthy.com | Jun 12 2026

metro

Woman, 21, raped by stranger in NYC subway station

by New York Post | Jun 16 2026

music

Quavo Lawsuit Over Ferrari Sculpture in ‘Trappa Rappa’ Promo Video Dropped by Artist

by Billboard | Jun 15 2026

nation

Judge revokes release for teen accused of killing stepsister on cruise

by upi.com | Jun 15 2026

new_jersey

Record number of NJ police subject to major discipline in 2025

by NJ Spotlight | Jun 15 2026

odd_fun

$100 lottery win leads Va. man to $100,000 prize

by United Press International, Inc. | Jun 15 2026

politics

Trump admin puts alleged 'birth tourism' scheme on notice as expert delivers warning to hospitals

by Fox News | Jun 15 2026

real_estate

Thrifty homeowner fireproofs her beloved California home on a tight budget

by NY Post | Jun 15 2026

sports

Pelé's life in pictures

by CNN | Apr 16 2023

Word of the Day

gamut

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for June 16, 2026 is:

gamut • \GAM-ut\ • noun

A gamut is a range or series of related things. When we say that something “runs the gamut,” we are saying that it encompasses an entire range of related things.

// The flea market offerings run the gamut with a wide array of vendors each offering something unique.

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Examples:

“... she brings a certain je ne sais quoi to the production with themes running the gamut from circuses and rodeos to mermaids and pirates.” — Heather Douglas, Coast Weekend (Astoria, Oregon), 23 Apr. 2026

Did you know?

With the song “Do-Re-Mi,” the 1965 musical film The Sound of Music (adapted from the 1958 stage musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein) introduced millions of non-musicians to solfège, the singing of the sol-fa syllables—do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti—to teach the tones of a musical scale. Centuries earlier, however, the do in “Do-Re-Mi” was known as ut. Indeed, the first note on the scale of Guido d’Arezzo, an 11th century musician and monk who had his own way of applying syllables to musical tones, was ut. d’Arezzo also called the first line of his bass staff gamma, which meant that gamma-ut was the term for a note written on the first staff line. In time, gamma-ut underwent a shortening to gamut, and later its meaning expanded first to cover all the notes of d’Arezzo’s scale, then to cover all the notes in the range of an instrument, and, eventually, to cover an entire range of any sort.

Lavish Roman villa discovered outside Rome's walls may have been frequented by Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius

Atacama Desert’s center dried out 20 million years earlier than previously thought — before the Andes formed

Glaciers are secretly teeming with life

Russia seeks mathematician’s extradition

Diagnostic dilemma: Brain scans following a man's hospital visit for leg weakness revealed a surprising finding

'Melted in a pot somewhere': Vikings used Islamic silver coins to make their early pennies, study finds

'I never thought we'd see one alive': Elusive goblin shark captured on camera for the first time

Most precise measurement of the force that binds nuclear matter achieved

'They are trying to tame nature': China is building the world's biggest dam in an earthquake-prone region of Tibet

Hundreds of hidden earthquakes discovered beneath Antarctica — and they're happening in a very odd location

An ancient piece of the moon found in Africa hints at a long-ago collision that turned the lunar surface molten

Mask of Mictlantecuhtli: A 500-year-old mask of the Aztec god of the underworld, who tore apart the dead as they entered his realm

How an aspiring actress from Brooklyn stumbled into an astrophysics career at NASA

NASA’s Chandra Observatory spots possible supernova remnant in the middle of our galaxy

Bow-Wow, Ding-Dong, Pooh-Pooh: Expert explains early theories of how human language evolved — and their silly names

Famous child mummies in Andes may belong to kids who were sacrificed to 'ritually anchor' the Inca's presence as their empire expanded

Ancient ground squirrels feasted on carcasses like ‘zombies of the Pleistocene’

Neuroscientists are searching for the 'cellular substrate of loneliness'

Inside the race to develop a new Ebola vaccine

Artemis II crew captures rare double auroras on the dark side of Earth as they zoom toward the moon — Space photo of the week

Stellantis Promises The New Inexpensive Chryslers Won't Feel Cheap Inside

Bulls reportedly hiring Tiago Splitter as head coach as Chicago looks for fresh start

Miley Cyrus' Oscars 2025 Hair Would Have Been Perfect If Not For One Fatal Flaw

Cedar Ridge Unveils a New Limited-Edition American Single Malt

DraftKings Super Bowl Promo Code: Get Extended $300 Seahawks-Patriots Bonus

Hempstead teacher grabbed student by neck, then tanked his grade, lawsuit says

Dreading the Doctor? Experts Offer 6 Tips for Overcoming Appointment Anxiety

Woman, 21, raped by stranger in NYC subway station

Quavo Lawsuit Over Ferrari Sculpture in ‘Trappa Rappa’ Promo Video Dropped by Artist

Judge revokes release for teen accused of killing stepsister on cruise

Record number of NJ police subject to major discipline in 2025

$100 lottery win leads Va. man to $100,000 prize

Trump admin puts alleged 'birth tourism' scheme on notice as expert delivers warning to hospitals

Thrifty homeowner fireproofs her beloved California home on a tight budget

Pelé's life in pictures

Word of the Day

10 Odd & Fun

1.$100 lottery win leads Va. man to $100,000 prize

2.Watch: Fireball lights the night sky over 15 U.S. states

3.Watch: Real estate agent finds Arkansas house overrun with snakes

4.Watch: Kangaroo on the loose in field near Montreal

5.World's largest soccer ball on display in Massachusetts

6.Watch: Three warthog piglets born at zoo in Spain

7.Maryland man buys three identical lottery tickets, wins $150,000

8.Watch: African spurred tortoise found wandering loose in Missouri

9.Watch: Loose African antelope's presence in Louisiana a mystery

10.Look: Skunk on the run from Wisconsin zoo