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A mathematician has just solved a 4,000-year-old Egyptian puzzle
Ancient math problems have been handed down for centuries, and recently, a mathematician has solved a 4000-year-old Egyptian puzzle...
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Archeology
Shocking works on the banks of the Nile: Egyptians 'out of time'?
In the ancient city of Abydos near the Nile, American and Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed the 5,000-year-old ruins of a massive industrial-scale brewery.
New technology
New fake leather made from mushrooms growing on old bread
The new type of imitation leather has many of the same properties as real leather, uses natural materials that are not harmful to the environment, and has a short produc…
Funny corner
Meet the first woman officially recognized as a witch in the UK
The only 71-year-old woman in the UK with a certificate that proves she is an official witch, having practiced for 30 years.
History
The 700-year-old ancient temple on the Yangtze River, still solid through many natural disasters
Dubbed the first temple on the Yangtze River, this sacred place of worship has remained standing for 700 years and through many floods.
Archeology
The most complete dinosaur fossil at the Australian museum
The 67-million-year-old triceratops specimen from Montana astounds researchers with 266 bone fragments preserved to date.
Space science
Azuma Makoto - Pioneer in the project of bringing trees into space
Azuma Makoto and his colleagues have brought a 50-year-old white bonsai tree and many other plants such as orchids, hydrangeas, lilies... into space.
Archeology
Researchers use sound waves to find a town lost for 650 years
The researchers hope the high-resolution sonar system can help locate the medieval town of Ravenser Odd, which sank under the North Sea in the mid-14th century.
History
Unexplored 2,500-year-old sacred lake discovered in Italy
A sacred lake used by the ancient Phoenicians for religious purposes and to track the movements of the stars has been discovered in the old Italian island city of Motya.
Archeology
The shocking answer about the birth of the 4,500-year-old Stonehenge megalithic work
4,500 years ago, prehistoric people built a mysterious Stonehenge megalithic circle in what is present-day Wiltshire, England.
Science Events
NASA starts the 2.9 million kg vehicle carrying rockets
NASA's giant 50-year-old crawler vehicle will carry the SLS rocket and Orion to the launch pad next week.
Discover science
Half-billion-year-old 'zombie' burrows into the Earth's heart, trapped between diamonds
New research has revealed how the explosion of life 541 million years ago left incredible traces deep in the Earth's interior, where the mantle is covered with diamonds.
Archeology
Discovering many 8,500-year-old houses in the UAE
Archaeologists from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have discovered many houses believed to be the oldest ever in the country.
Science Events
The world's first pig heart transplant patient has died
Maryland (USA) said on March 9 that a 57-year-old man in Maryland had died after a period of performing a pig heart transplant.
Archeology
The oldest species of 'vampire squid' is named after US President Joe Biden
Analysis of 328 million-year-old fossils from the US reveals a previously unknown species of vampire squid with up to 10 tentacles.