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A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

The Animated Series technically made it canon that a certain alien Trek species makes the exact same roaring sound as ...

1950: An unassuming bank clerk pulls off a daring bullion heist among the ruins of post-war London. 1956: An abnormally large ...

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New fan analysis revisits Endgame, asking whether Steve Rogers' final decision created Doctor Doom ahead of Avengers: ...

The warehouse plan would be the next step in President Donald Trump’s campaign to detain and deport millions of immigrants, ...

Hidden in plain sight among Albuquerque’s urban landscape sits a veritable time capsule that locals whisper about and savvy treasure hunters make pilgrimages to – the Antique Warehouse, where history ...

Tucked away just off the bustling I-95 corridor in Fredericksburg sits a bargain hunter’s nirvana that has Virginians ...

Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday at Defector during the NFL season. Got something you wanna contribute? Email the Roo. You can also read Drew over at SFGATE, ...

From Kurzgesagt, an hour-long animated music video that shows all of human history in an hour. So here’s an experiment: e ...