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The tale of a wildly disastrous journey to the North Pole

Pacing sled dogs, bundled explorers, and meandering ice floes could be scenes from any early Arctic expedition. But the footage you're about to see, captured in 1902, isn't just the earliest film in our archives—it's a peek into a pair of scientific misadventures.

SEE VINTAGE VIDEO

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You may have more Neanderthal DNA than you think

A new model upends old assumptions about just how much Neanderthal ancestry we have—Europeans and Africans, alike. "There are many more needles in the haystack ... than we thought before."

ROOTS OF HUMANITY

IN OTHER NEWS: Multiple lines of mysterious ancient humans interbred with us +

ILLUSTRATION BY LAUREN BREVNER

9 women warriors you've probably never heard of

They galloped into battle on horseback, hacked off enemies' heads, ordered executions, mounted attacks from jungle cover, and commanded troops by the tens of thousands.

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VISUALIZATION BY KEL ELKINS, NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

This asteroid is one of the most likely to hit Earth. What does it mean for our future?

New ultraprecise measurements show that the asteroid Bennu has a higher chance than thought of impacting our planet sometime in the next 300 years, NASA says.

TOTALLY UNRELATED: Here's what happened the day the dinosaurs died +

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Inside America's shocking WWII propaganda machine

More than half a century ago, the U.S. used provocative posters and fake news to influence its soldiers, its citizens—and even its enemies.

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Neanderthals roamed the lands across Europe and the Middle East. Their sister group, the Denisovans, spread through Asia. And whenever these groups met, it seems, they mated.

Maya Wei-Haas

Writer

From: You may have more Neanderthal DNA than you think

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Searching for the lost city of copper

Rich in copper, skilled in bronzework, Cyprus was courted as a trading partner all over the ancient world. So why did it take so long for archaeologists to discover one of its greatest cities?

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The Great Loop is the epic U.S. adventure you've never heard of

This nautical journey charts a 6,000-mile course from the Great Lakes to the Florida Keys (and back).

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