Animal world
Mice live on the top of a volcano nearly 7000m high
Experts found that mammals live at the world's largest elevation, where trees cannot grow and the temperature drops to -65 degrees Celsius.
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Archeology
Discover traces of other humans living in the 'volcanic winter'
Archaeologists have found incredible traces of other human beings who wandered in India 74,000 years ago, now dead by the Toba volcano winter.
Environment
'Ice volcano' erupts along the lake
Ice volcanoes form when large waves hit the edge of an ice shelf, which can be more than 8 meters high.
Animal world
Found descendants of the extinct 'lonely George' turtle
Explorers have found 30 giant turtles, including descendants of the extinct species, on the Galápagos Islands.
Archeology
Scientists use light that is '10 billion times brighter' than the Sun to read a thousand-year-old scroll
The scientists got their scrolls last October and are expected to read them in six months. So in about 2 months, we will know what the old scroll was written.
Discover science
The human brain turns into glass when a volcano erupts near Naples
Scientists discovered fragmented glass fragments in the human skull caused by heat of 520 degrees Celsius in a volcanic disaster in Europe in AD79.
Environment
The horseshoe-shaped island erupted 4,000 years ago
The intense eruption caused Deception volcano to collapse into flooded pans, even boats that could run straight inside.
Discover science
New evidence reveals volcanoes are active on Venus
A new study, led by the University Space Research Association (USRA), published Tuesday in Science Advances shows that the lava flow on Venus may be only a few years old…
Life
Tsunami from Anak Krakatoa volcano can be as high as 150 meters
The wave created after volcanic activity led to a large erosion of the geological wall in the mountain wall and fell to the sea floor.
Archeology
Mysterious 50 skeletons intact in the bunker in a 2,000-year volcanic disaster
Scientists have a headache after discovering the basement with about 50 intact skeletons, during the Pompeii volcano disaster in Roman times.
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…
Environment
Volcanic eruptions create new islands
An undersea volcanic eruption in the south Pacific Ocean engulfed one island and created another three times larger.
Environment
See active volcanoes around the world
Volcanoes help scientists decipher the inner workings of our planet and how eruptions form life on Earth's surface.
Archeology
Decode ancient scrolls in Vesuvius volcano with new technology
US scientists say they can decipher the content on ancient scrolls found in a library destroyed by volcano Vesuvius using new X-ray technology.