Nearly 100 bottles of 19th-century Champagne and mineral water nestled in a shipwreck off the south of Sweden will remain there – for now. No one will be allowed to fish out the bounty without proper authorisation, officials said on Wednesday. Though the wreck’s location has been known since 2016Continue Reading
Mysterious carvings deciphered at the Göbekli Tepe archaeological site in Turkey suggest the world’s oldest monument – about twice as old as Stonehenge – is a solar calendar built to memorialise a devastating comet strike. A new study published in the journal Time and Mind on Tuesday indicates that GöbekliContinue Reading
Tick numbers in Scotland could almost double by 2080 due to climate change if temperatures rise by 4C, researchers have warned. Mathematicians at the University of Stirling’s Faculty of Natural Sciences have developed a new model which predicts tick density under varying climate change scenarios and produced maps showing whichContinue Reading
Scientists have found what they believe to be the smallest adult arm bone on record, shedding light on a group of mysterious “Hobbit” humans that lived thousands of years ago. The “astonishingly small” limb was found on the island of Flores in Indonesia, along with two teeth fossils. Analysis suggestsContinue Reading
Torrential rains in Brazil have eroded parts of a fossil site, revealing what scientists think could be the world’s oldest known dinosaur skeletons. The “almost fully preserved” dinosaur fossil, discovered next to a reservoir in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, could be around 233 million years old,Continue Reading
Egypt’s oldest pyramid was likely built with the help of an innovative hydraulic water elevator system, archaeologists claim in a new study which sheds more light on the ingenuity of ancient Egyptians. The study, published on Monday in the journal PloS ONE, suggests water may have been flowing into twoContinue Reading
Archaeologists have uncovered dozens of tombs in an ancient Egyptian necropolis containing burials at least 2,500 years old, along with rare untouched gold treasures. Unlike most ancient Egyptian treasures from millennia ago that have been looted by grave robbers, the latest site was found to contain a hoard of untouchedContinue Reading
A key hunting strategy honed by ancient human ancestors enables modern athletes to endure running long distances, according to a new study published ahead of the Paris Olympics marathon. While humans are not the best sprinters in the animal kingdom, they are excellent at endurance running. Our running muscles areContinue Reading
A 58-year-old in the US has become the first person to survive for several days with a metal heart after his own organ experienced “end-stage” failure. Medical technology company BiVACOR built the heart made of titanium, which works on the same scientific principle as high-speed magnetic levitation (MagLev) trains. OnContinue Reading
A new examination of controversial old footage of chimpanzees suggests the apes may be capable of learning to speak human-like words given the right circumstances. The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, suggests that chimpanzees likely possess the basic brain building blocks to produce “first words” similar to thoseContinue Reading
