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For the past two decades, NASA has focused on identifying 90% of near-Earth objects that could pose a threat to our planet. The space agency has made steady progress in detecting dangerous asteroids that orbit close to Earth. However,…

Artistic mediums certainly change. While modern humans have paint and paper, ancient humans had ochre and pebbles. However, both work well for finger painting, whether for Homo sapiens today or for Homo neanderthalensis thousands of years ago.

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Vikings were undoubtedly masterful sailors, but even they needed a safe place to rest and evade the hazards of the seas. The pit stops on Viking voyages have mostly been lost to time due to limited archaeological evidence, but this hasn’t…

An archeological discovery from the Dra’ Abu el-Naga area on Luxor’s West Bank reveals three new tombs of prominent statesmen from Egypt’s New Kingdom era (1550 B.C.E. to 1070 B.C.E.). 

Based on the inscriptions inside the tombs, the all-Egyptian…

A new study in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology has made the shocking discovery that one of the most famous moments in British history never actually happened.

The epic and brutal fight between a Roman legion and Britons that violently concluded…

Scientists have discovered the oldest evidence of humans crafting tools from whale bones,…

Megalodon teeth have always been key to understanding the ancient marine predator. Fossilized teeth are all that remain to prove the existence of these massive sharks, and the name megalodon is from the Greek for “big tooth.”

A new study,…

Parts of the United States have gotten an early taste of summer weather, as…

Over that period, the research team watched as the south polar region darkened going into winter and the north polar region brightened as summer approached. By observing the planet at four different points in time, years apart, they could see how…

Most living things, including humans, rely on oxygen to survive. However, some bacteria have a completely different way of making energy. Instead of breathing oxygen, they breathe electricity.

Scientists at Rice University have just…