Artifacts dating back 400,000 years, found in cave, show ‘complex and rich’ pre-human society
Archaeologists in Israel have discovered a cave used by pre-Neanderthal human-like creatures who lived as long as 400,000 years ago, making it one of …
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The full strawberry moon will rise in the night sky this week
The first full moon of the summer will appear on June 29. Sky-gazers will see the Strawberry Moon shine in the night sky and get the best view after s…
Astronomers trace a ghostly cosmic particle to distant ‘Shadow Blaster’ galaxy
Scientists still don’t know where ghostly particles called neutrinos originate. A distant galaxy could be a potential source.
Papyrus scroll burnt to a crisp during Vesuvius eruption deciphered with help of AI
A papyrus scroll that was burned and carbonized when Mount Vesuvius erupted almost 2,000 years ago has been virtually unrolled and partially deciphere…
Second cannonball found at the Alamo reveals more information about the historic battle
Archaeologists discovered an iron cannonball near the Alamo Church in San Antonio that may have played a role in the 1836 Battle of the Alamo.
A seismic event bounced off Earth’s core and shifted an island country
Scientists have discovered that seismic waves traveling to Earth’s core and back caused almost all of Japan to shift eastward after the 2011 earthqu…
The most controversial fossil site in human evolution just got even more puzzling
Scientists studied the remains of a mysterious human relative called Homo naledi found deep in a South African cave and determined they were all femal…
Watch the first-ever of a newfound spider’s spring-loaded death trap
Scientists discovered that the Australian “ballista spider” uses a silk cone trap to catapult prey into its web, a feat of spider engineering neve…
Japan isn’t quite where it once was. Scientists say a newly recognized seismic event is to blame
Scientists have discovered that seismic waves traveling to Earth’s core and back caused almost all of Japan to shift eastward after the 2011 earthqu…
An unusual strategy helps some tropical butterflies live 25 times longer than their relatives
A tropical butterfly from the Heliconius tribe has evolved to live a maximum lifespan of 348 days, nearly 25 times longer than its relatives.
