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Breakthrough invention helps fight dementia in old age
Japanese scientists have invented a brain training device that can help improve concentration and memory by stimulating the fingertips, which are considered the human 's…
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US Desert Lake Contains Buffalo Fish Over 100 Years Old
Researchers found that many individuals of three species of buffalo fish survived from 1918 to the present, most likely due to environmental isolation and evolutionary a…
Archeology
1,300-year-old throne room of powerful Moche queen discovered
Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed the throne room of a powerful queen from the Moche culture.
Archeology
The truth about the 2,300-year-old stuffed swan in Siberia
Archaeologists have found a stuffed swan in a burial mound in Siberia. It is believed to belong to the Pazyryk culture, an Iron Age people.
Archeology
The secret of Vietnam's only 3000-year-old animal statue: Discovered in a scary place, is a national treasure!
This animal statue was discovered at the Doc Chua archaeological site in Binh Duong province, and is the only artifact with no similar artifacts in nearly 2,000 years.
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Galaxy 97% old, the size of the universe, appears before the eyes of Earthlings for the first time
Traveling back more than 13.4 billion years, the ALMA super telescope system located in Chile's Atacama Desert has captured an image of one of the oldest galaxies in the…
1001 mystery
Dead man's foot on Everest revives 100-year-old mystery
The discovery of the shoe and foot of Andrew Comyn Irvine, an explorer who died in 1924, could solve one of mountaineering's greatest mysteries.
1001 mystery
3,000-year-old engraved plate cannot be deciphered
Unearthed more than 100 years ago, the Phaistos Disc is engraved with mysterious symbols in a spiral shape that still baffles experts today.
Archeology
99 million-year-old creature found intact as it was when alive in amber in Myanmar
A piece of Burmese amber has become a paleontological treasure after it trapped a glowing dinosaur-era creature.
Archeology
Will history be turned upside down when a 780,000-year-old alien kitchen is discovered in the Dead Sea?
An international team of scientists working in the northern Dead Sea region claim to have found the earliest signs of cooking.
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Listen to the story of a thousand-year-old set of jewelry in a tomb
A jewelry set consisting of 4 earrings, 104 gold beads, and 2 agate artifacts in the shape of a water bird and a tiger from 2,000 years ago were found in the Lai Nghi bu…
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Old photos prove ancient people also had super interesting and rich lives
The life of ancient people was not boring but very interesting, fun and different from now.
1001 mystery
Medical Mystery: Donated Heart Tells New Owner to Find Old Owner's Home, Even Though Identity Is Hidden
This true story is among the most puzzling medical mysteries of the 20th century, and to this day, scientists are still trying to find a satisfactory explanation.
Archeology
Shocked with half a billion year old mummy intact as if it died yesterday in China
The world's best natural mummy has been found in South China, perfectly preserved in three dimensions despite dying at least 540 million years ago.
Archeology
Unexpected discovery of an ancient forest 15-30 million years old buried 6m underground
The ancient forest was discovered nearly 6m underground in a place where for tens of thousands of years there were no large trees, only shrubs and other low vegetation.