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Eight passionate love letters from legendary poet John Keats to his fiancée vanished in 1989, but suspicious rare book dealers just cracked the case wide open. Their detective work returned priceless literary history to its rightful owners.
Scientists are uncovering Australia's environmental history through 100,000 soil samples dating back a century, revealing how the land has changed and where it's heading. Using new technology and volunteer detective work, researchers are turning dusty jars into a living library of the Earth beneath our feet.
A museum researcher discovered a fossil fragment that had been sitting in storage for over a century, revealing giant echidnas once lived in Victoria. The detective work solved a mysterious gap in Australia's prehistoric record.
A Colorado scientist's decade of detective work just gave hope to families battling Blau syndrome, a genetic disease affecting fewer than 1,000 Americans. Two patients are already seeing remarkable results.
A global network of civilian volunteers is shaping economic sanctions against Russia by tracking the precise materials and supply chains keeping its war machine running. Their grassroots detective work is changing how governments fight wars economically.
Scientists are closing in on Luna 9, the first spacecraft to softly land on the Moon in 1966, using AI and crowdsourced detective work. India's space agency will settle the debate in March with high-resolution photos.
Wikipedia volunteers spent years cataloging AI writing patterns. Now their detective work is helping AI sound more human.