Archeology
2,000-year-old tomb discovered, living creatures inside crawl out
This is the first time this team of experts has dug up a living creature from a tomb more than 2,000 years old.
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Archeology
A Mayan city forgotten for more than 1,000 years discovered in the Mexican jungle
Three flights over the Campeche jungle on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula have revealed a lost city that may have been abandoned more than 1,000 years ago, a
Archeology
'Mixed-race girl' appears in Russia belongs to unknown ghost species
More surprisingly, the ghosts of the mysterious 50,000-year-old girl have not disappeared. They still exist lurking in our own blood.
Archeology
Discovery of 8.7 million-year-old remains turns human history upside down
The traditional view of human origins since the time of Charles Darwin may be shattered by the discovery of a common ancestor in Europe.
Archeology
Quarrying, revealing monsters never seen before in the world in China
Strange creature on the banks of the Jialing River, with a body
Archeology
Flying monster never recorded by science appears in Japan
The Nipponopterus mifunensis monster may have been the terror of many dinosaurs.
Archeology
Shocking discovery: 3 million year old 'technology item' not made by humans
Tools made with advanced technology from 3 million years ago have been found on the shores of Lake Victoria, Africa.
Archeology
Mysterious 1.5 million year old footprints reveal surprise
For the first time in history, ancient footprints dating back 1.5 million years show that two ancient human species lived in the same place at the same time.
Space science
Could our entire universe be inside a black hole?
What if we - and our entire universe - were inside a black hole?
Space science
What's inside the Sun if humans successfully land on it?
Scientists believe that in the future, with the development of science and technology, we will be able to reach the Sun.
Space science
Rapid discovery, scientists are closer to identifying dark matter
New results from the world's most sensitive dark matter detector have narrowed down the range of particles known as WIMPs to the best ever.
Space science
How to distinguish meteorites from ordinary rocks
Meteorites are often particularly heavy, magnetic, and bear characteristic marks from being heated as they plunged into the atmosphere.
Space science
The Truth About the Discovery of 20,000 Prehistoric Pyramids on Venus
There are theories that in the 1990s, the Soviet Union discovered about 20,000 pyramid-shaped ancient city ruins on Venus, which appeared to have been abandoned long ago.
Space science
The mystery of lonely planets as big as Earth wandering in the Milky Way
An upcoming NASA telescope could discover more than 400 lonely Earth-sized planets wandering the Milky Way.
Space science
Assuming the size of the Earth is 1cm, what is the size of the largest star in the universe?
If the Earth were the size of a marble, the Sun would be the size of a yoga ball, and the largest star in the universe has a diameter that would be hard to believe.