Archeology
300 million years fossils of sturgeon fish
Tanyrhinichthys mcallisteri has a sturgeon-like shape with a long protruding snout that focuses the senses to help them catch prey.
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Archeology
Caves with mysterious drawings in France
A cave in France reveals the secrets of early human rituals and burials.
Archeology
Accidentally discovered a new shark while sorting fossils Tyrannosaurus rex
Recently paleontologists have unknowingly discovered an entirely new species of shark during the fossil taxonomy of the tyrant dinosaur.
Archeology
Discovered a 4,500-year-old deep-hole circle near Stonehenge
The circle, which is nearly 2 km in diameter, contains at least 20 large holes, showing the impressive construction techniques of Neolithic people.
Archeology
Discovered the world's smallest dinosaur egg fossil
The fossil egg weighs only about 10 grams, which belongs to a small pedicellated dinosaur that lived 100 million years ago.
Archeology
Unearth the oldest Viking settlement
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of two long wooden houses filled with treasures dating back to the Viking era in eastern Iceland.
Archeology
What caused the ancient Roman republic to collapse?
Scientists believe that the volcanic eruption 2,500 years ago caused a global climate disaster that led to widespread famine in 43 BC.
Archeology
Discover menu of Africans used more than 5,000 years before migration
Seafood was the staple food of migrants from Africa to Saudi Arabia about 5,000 years ago.
Archeology
Prehistoric snake neck lizards have similar diving abilities to modern sperm whales
Snake neck lizard is a large extinct marine reptilian genus of the Plesiosauria. The first specimen was discovered by Mary Anning between 1820-1821 but lacked a skull.
Archeology
100 million years ago, Antarctica once existed a giant iguana larger than a car
Today, the Chinese giant salamander is considered the largest species of salamander in the world as well as the largest amphibian, up to 180 cm long, but in the past, in…
Archeology
Fossils reveal giant marsupials
Paleontologists discovered an unprecedented history of marsupial mammals closely related to the marsupial koalas.
Archeology
Ancient cemetery discovered burial about 100 children
All remains are arranged neatly in the east-west direction, some have coins in their mouths according to ancient customs.
Space science
China completes the deployment of the global positioning system
On June 23, China completed the deployment of the North China Sea Navigation System (BDS) after its last satellite was launched into orbit the same morning.
Space science
Elon Musk invited users to try satellite Internet
Elon Musk's SpaceX company is looking for people to try out its Starlink broadband satellite Internet service.
Space science
Scientists discovered a merger between a black hole and a mysterious object
Astrophysicists have discovered the strangest radio signal ever, coming from a merger between a black hole and an unknown object.