Archives: December1969

• Shroud of Turin Not Jesus’, Tomb Discovery Suggests

  Archaeologists have found the only known burial shroud from a Jesus-era tomb in Jerusalem. Not only is it nothing like the Shroud of Turin, but it also held the world’s earliest known leper.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• “Bizarre” Octopuses Carry Coconuts as Instant Shelters

  Scientists are “blown away” by octopuses discovered tip-toeing with coconut-shell halves suctioned to their undersides, then reassembling the halves and disappearing inside—a rare example of animal tool use, a new study says. With video.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Water on the Moon Confirmed by NASA Crashes

  It’s official: There’s water on the moon—and a “significant amount” of it too, members of NASA’s recent moon-crash mission, LCROSS, announced Friday.