Researchers Find Human Skeleton in Antikythera Shipwreck
Underwater archeologists have discovered a human skeleton in the celebrated Antikythera shipwreck.
The remains are well-preserved enough researchers may possibly extract DNA,...
Fish hooks, dating 23000 years found in Okinawa cave [Picture]
The world's oldest fish hooks, approximately 23,000 years old, have been found in a cave on Okinawa Island off the coast...
World Record 199-Mile-Long Lightning Bolt Lit Up Oklahoma
Researchers have detected a record-breaking lightning bolt that was 321.1 kilometers (199 mile long), roughly the distance between New York City...
Studies Find Echoes of Black Holes Eating Stars
Light echoes reveal supermassive black holes eating stars.
Supermassive black holes, with their immense gravitational pull, are notoriously good at clearing...
Atlantic Ocean Marine National Monument Is Safe Haven for Sharks, Whales, Corals, and Other...
President Obama will designate a section of the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Cod on Thursday as a national monument, banning commercial...
Larger sea animals at higher extinction risk, says new research
Extinctions of Big Sea Animals? Larger marine animals are more at threat of extinction than smaller ones, scientists have said. Fossil...
European Space Agency Probe Maps 1.15 Billion Stars
The European Space Agency has published a map of the Milky Way that contains more than 1 billion stars as part...
Can You See All Twelve Black Dots At Once?
There are actually twelve black dots, but as Akiyoshi Kitaoka, the psychology professor at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan, recently noted...
Study: Full Moons Can Apparently Trigger Earthquakes
Large earthquakes occur more frequently at New or Full Moon, scientists have said. Tidal stress is then at its maximum, and...
Dolphin ‘Conversation’ Recorded? Scientists discover dolphins ‘can speak almost like humans’
A conversation between dolphins has been recorded for the first time. Researchers listened in on a pair of Black Sea bottlenose...