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, which could shed...
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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 of Japan.
"The new...
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 and Washington D.C....
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 out their immediate...
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 fishing in the...
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 records show this...
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 of a project...
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 on Facebook, most...
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 has the potential...
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 dolphins, Yasha and...
Girl Scout, Neo-Nazi Clash in Viral Photo (Watch)
An Image of a Girl Scout Facing Down a Neo-Nazi Has Become the Latest Viral Protest Picture.
If courage, tenacity and general badass-ness are not...
Quebec mother guilty of 2nd-degree murder of 2 daughters
Sorella's daughters — Amanda, 9, and Sabrina, 8 — were found dead on March 31, 2009, inside the family's home in Laval.
Adele Sorella has...
Snails Could Be the Key to Saving Coffee Crops, says new...
We’ve written about the bad coffee harvests in Central America over the past couple months, and that a little fungus called coffee leaf rust...
MLS soccer suspends, 30 days amid further spreading
MLS soccer suspends, 30 days amid further spreading.
Major League Soccer took the unprecedented step of suspending its 2020 season for 30 days amid further...
Coronavirus Updates: 2-day-old baby dies from COVID-19 in South Africa
A 2-day-old baby who was born prematurely in South Africa has died from COVID-19, officials said Thursday.
The mother had tested positive for COVID-19...
