After a violent storm ripped through the Irish town of Collooney, locals were shocked to discover the remains of a 1, 000-year-old skeleton hanging from the roots of a fallen tree. Read more…
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Medieval Skeleton Found Dangling From the Roots of a Fallen Tree
After nine years and over 3.26 billion miles, the New Horizons spacecraft made its closest approach to Pluto earlier today. Assuming it survived the encounter, the probe is now drifting away from the dwarf planet as it heads deeper into the Kuiper Belt. Read more…
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New Horizons Has Made its Closest Approach to Pluto! [updating]
The international team of divers and archaeologists who are investigating the site of an ancient Greek ship that sank more than 2, 000 years ago off the remote island of Antikythera have not been disappointed. Not only is the site bigger than they thought, it also contains a treasure trove of artifacts. Read more…
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Archaeologists Make Stunning Discoveries at the Antikythera Shipwreck
Two recently restored statues of Amenhotep III were recently unveiled in Luxor, Egypt, along with a carved alabaster head from another Amenhotep III statue. Chunks of these artifacts had lain about for centuries, but they’ve finally been restored to give us a sense of their former glory. Read more…
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These Absolutely Huge Pharaoh Statues Were Just Unveiled In Egypt
The oldest known incidence of cancer in a human has been found in a 3, 000-year-old skeleton . Analysis of the remains , which were found in a tomb in what used to be ancient Nubia , revealed metastatic carcinoma — a form of cancer that spreads to other parts of the body. The discovery shows that the disease is not strictly a modern affliction . Read more…
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The oldest known incidence of cancer in a human has been found in a 3,000-year-old skeleton.
Here’s a sweet crash-course lesson — in animated gif form — showing how the United States expanded and took shape over the course of its history. Read more…
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A dynamic map beautifully illustrating the USA’s territorial history
This concept plane is called the AWWA Sky Whale and it’s the brainchild of Spanish designer Oscar Viñals. Should it ever leave the ground, the three-floor aircraft would hold 755 passengers and be powered by four large hybrid engines. Read more…
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The monstrous Sky Whale could be the future of air travel
Researchers from MIT have developed a camera that can take pictures in almost total darkness . It works by mathematically reconstructing 3D images from single photons reflected from dimly lit objects. The achievement could result in stealthy spy cameras, or treat eyes that are easily damaged by excess light. Read more…
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Researchers from MIT have developed a camera that can take pictures in almost total darkness.
In what could prove to be a major breakthrough in quantum memory storage and information processing, German researchers have frozen the fastest thing in the universe: light. And they did so for a record-breaking one minute. Read more…
A somewhat tongue-in-cheek article in The Guardian is proposing some rather interesting predictions for the future of humanity — changes to human form and function that would even make some of the X-Men jealous. Read more…