Archeology
Giant ape species in prehistoric Southeast Asia
Gigantopithecus blacki, the giant ape that lived 9 million years ago, is 3 meters tall and weighs 6 quintals, is considered the largest primate ever to exist on Earth.
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Archeology
Beneath the Mexican capital is another ancient capital
Just a few meters below the modern capital of Mexico, a series of temples, palaces and artifacts from an ancient kingdom are being excavated.
Archeology
Primitive birds of the same period dinosaurs
120 million-year-old fossils found in Japan reveal one of the oldest birds on Earth.
Archeology
An ancient empire may have collapsed due to climate change
New research suggests that it was climate change that caused the Neo-Assyrian empire, a superpower in the near-east, to exist for nearly 300 years, wither in the 7th cen…
Archeology
Discovered 3,000-year-old megalithic temple in Peru
Scientists announce the discovery of an ancient temple dedicated to the water deity, once a ritual site for fertile soil.
Archeology
The erosion coast reveals six remains hundreds of years old
The remains lie on a cliff close to the sea and difficult to access, most likely belonging to shipwreck victims.
Archeology
Discover how dinosaurs existed with the rigors of ancient Gondwana
Scientists have discovered a stunning collection of fossil feathers revealing how some dinosaurs kept warm during the ancient Gondwana supercontinent in the southern hem…
Archeology
Secrets of the 7,000-year-old 'shaman' female remains
When excavating a tomb in Skateholm, Sweden, experts found female remains
Archeology
A 'helmet' made from a skull thousands of years ago
Two sets of remains of Salango babies were found wearing the skull of another child from 2,100 years ago.
Archeology
A 3,000-year-old secret buried in an ancient bronze sword
A 3,000-year-old sword from the first Bronze Age excavated in the Czech Republic is hailed as a major discovery because it hides many secrets of history.
Archeology
Restoring the iron smelting technique that existed 2000 years ago
Based on archeological findings of the Han Dynasty (China), Chinese and Japanese archaeologists built a vertical furnace and successfully trained an iron pig.
Archeology
Whose fossil footprints on Roccamonfina volcano are?
Coming down from the slopes of Roccamonfina volcano in northern Italy, human footprints have long been considered a demon's footprint, because these footprints originate…
Space science
The secret of the first and only Soviet space cannon
Although interesting and important for history, Shield-1 and other daring projects are still being forgotten.
Space science
SpaceX for the second time launches a satellite project to provide high-speed Internet
Elon Musk's Space X Space Exploration Technology Group successfully launched 60 small satellites in the Starlink project into low-Earth orbit.
Space science
The 'lonely star' was kicked out of the Milky Way, forever in nothingness
Astronomers find a star that is 'gliding' across our Milky Way at 6 million km / h, and so this star will leave the Milky Way in 100 million years.