Viking silver hoard reveals trade routes from England to the Islamic world
A remarkable Viking treasure uncovered in North Yorkshire has revealed that Viking wealth stretched far beyond raiding monasteries and coastal towns.
New research shows that...
Meet our long-lost cousin: Scientists discover a new ancient human relative
An international team of scientists has made an extraordinary discovery in Ethiopia’s Ledi-Geraru region: new fossils that suggest early humans and another ancient relative,...
How a tiny fossil fish changed the timeline of evolution
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Researchers have reconstructed the brain, heart, and fins of Norselaspis glacialis, a jawless fish that lived over 400 million years ago, revealing that speed...
Scientists discover possible planet around closest sun-like star to Earth
In a thrilling development, astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found strong evidence for a planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A—one of the...
How huge meat-eating dinosaurs hunted in unique ways
Not all giant, meat-eating dinosaurs had the same kind of bite.
A new study has revealed that while the famous Tyrannosaurus rex had a skull...
Half-billion-year-old trilobite legs show ancient ocean acrobatics
Over 500 million years ago, long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, the oceans were home to trilobites—one of the planet’s earliest and most successful...
Scientists reveal stunning images of sunken warships from the Battle of Guadalcanal
An international team of scientists has completed one of the most detailed surveys ever of historic shipwrecks from World War II, revealing new details...
Earth’s ancient tectonic shifts may have started much earlier than we thought
A new study is shaking up our understanding of how Earth’s surface first began to move and change.
Scientists now believe that subduction—the powerful process...
Mysterious ancient humans reached Sulawesi over a million years ago, study finds
Archaeologists have uncovered the oldest known evidence of human presence on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, raising new questions about who these early people...
Scientists crack Earth’s magnetic field puzzle
Earth's magnetic field acts like an invisible shield, protecting our planet from harmful cosmic radiation that would otherwise strip away our atmosphere and make...