When Mars lost its atmosphere billions of years ago, it transformed from a planet that could have supported life into a cold desert world. But exactly what happened to the thick air that once surrounded the red planet has puzzled scientists for decades. Now researchers from the Massachusetts Institute ofContinue Reading
Archaeologists are revealing the long-lost secrets of the real First World War – a series of conflicts that unfolded across much of Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Middle East some 32 centuries ago. New research published on Monday reveals how two substantial armies from two different parts ofContinue Reading
Scientists may have just created the most efficient way to stop asteroids from obliterating the Earth. Researchers in New Mexico used Sandia National Laboratory’s Z machine, the most powerful laboratory source of radiation in the world, to mimic how an X-ray pulse could vaporize the surface of an asteroid andContinue Reading
A new study has found that octopuses can actually work with other fish to hunt and will punch them if they do not cooperate. The research, published in the journal Nature on Monday 23 September, suggests that the famously intelligent octopuses can organise the group’s decisions, including what they shouldContinue Reading
The resin of a tree grown from an ancient seed found in a desert cave near Jerusalem could be the source of a medicinal balm mentioned in the Bible, a new study has found. The strange seed, about 2cm long, was discovered in a Judean Desert cave in the lateContinue Reading
The resin of a tree grown from an ancient seed found in a desert cave near Jerusalem could be the source of a medicinal balm mentioned in the Bible, a new study has found. The strange seed, about 2cm long, was discovered in a Judean Desert cave some 15 yearsContinue Reading
The oldest known tombstone in the US belonged to an English knight and likely came from Belgium, according to a new study that sheds more light on trade routes linked to colonial America. Archeologists have known the tombstone belonged to a knight and was set up in 1627 in Jamestown,Continue Reading
Workers renovating a fence wall near a historic Cathedral in Poland have found the remains of two medieval children, one of whom shows signs of “vampire burial”. Belief in vampirism was prevalent in Eastern Europe during the Middle Ages and people who were suspected of being vampires were buried accordingContinue Reading
Workers renovating a fence wall near a historic Cathedral in Poland have found the remains of two mediaeval children, one of whom shows signs of “vampire burial”. Belief in vampirism was prevalent in Eastern Europe during the Middle Ages and people who were suspected of being vampires were buried accordingContinue Reading
Archaeologists are revealing the long-lost secrets of the real First World War – a series of conflicts that unfolded across much of Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Middle East some 32 centuries ago. New research published on Monday reveals how two substantial armies from two different parts ofContinue Reading
