Archeology
Unearthed a 300-year-old coin hidden by a Polish scammer
Metal detectorists have unearthed a treasure trove of coins that may have once belonged to a charlatan who hid in the mountains of south-central Poland after scamming pe…
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Archeology
Cosmic rays shed light on 7,000-year-old Greek village
A powerful cosmic ray caused a spike in radiocarbon levels in an area of Greece in 5259 BC.
Space science
Discovered 16 ancient super black holes bombarding the universe
A team of astronomers has investigated where powerful beams from these 10 billion-year-old black holes have been and are heading.
Health
First successful pig liver transplant to a living person
Chinese scientists have just successfully transplanted a gene-edited pig liver into a 71-year-old man with right lobe liver cancer.
Archeology
Mysterious 2,000 year old tomb on the side of the road, guarded by a pair of 'divine cows'
A special tomb was found on the side of a highway in Türkiye, belonging to a mysterious ancient tomb complex called Turuş Rock in the ancient city of Tharsa.
Archeology
The mystery of the stone engraved with a 1,600-year-old message
A man in England was weeding his garden when he accidentally discovered a stone engraved with a 1,600-year-old message. It is the rare Irish alphabet.
Archeology
Shocked by another human species' 130,000-year-old artwork
A piece of bear bone carved 130,000 years ago is the oldest work of art in Eurasia. But it does not belong to us homo sapiens.
Archeology
155 million year old sea star fossilized right at the moment of rebirth
German scientists have discovered an extremely rare fossil of a 6-winged brittle starfish, fossilized right when it was undergoing the process of regenerating half of it…
Archeology
2,500-year-old skeleton reveals cruel punishment in ancient China
Thousands of years ago in ancient China, criminals did not simply have to go to jail, but serious crimes could be subject to extreme torture.
Archeology
The thousand-year-old castle suddenly appeared under the basketball court
The ruins of a castle built in the early Middle Ages, then missing for centuries, have been found in Gloucester City - England.
Archeology
Khanh Son stone organ - a treasure more than 2,000 years old
Two sets of Khanh Son stone instruments are about 2,500-3,000 years old, with lively sounds, bearing the characteristics of the Central Highlands mountains and forests.
Space science
The Milky Way has swallowed 'the child of the Big Bang'
A series of objects 12-13 billion years old have just been found in the halo of the Milky Way, the galaxy containing the Earth.
Space science
Black hole is a 'time machine', object more than 13 billion years old revealed?
Researchers have developed a method that takes advantage of black holes to study seemingly elusive objects from the early universe.
Biology
Ancient tree survived the Hiroshima atomic bomb
Some tree species such as willow, camphor, persimmon, eucalyptus... still stand and grow young buds despite suffering many scars from the power of the atomic bomb droppe…
Animal world
What is the cause of the centuries-old feud between humans and Asian elephants?
The reasons for the feud between humans and Asian elephants can be found in the elephants' history and current habitat changes.