Scientists digitally unwrap mummy of pharaoh Amenhotep I for the first time in 3,000...
All the royal mummies found in the 19th and 20th centuries have long since been opened for study.
With one exception: egyptologists have never been...
Millipedes as big as cars once roamed Northern England
The largest-ever fossil of a giant millipede – as big as a car – has been found on a beach in the north of...
Deadliest period in Earth’s history was also the stinkiest, shows study
Generally, scientists believe Siberian volcanos spitting greenhouse gases primarily drove the mass extinction event about 250 million years ago, at the end of the...
Dinosaur faces and feet may have popped with color
Most birds aren’t as colorful as parrots or peacocks.
But if you look beyond the feathers, bright colors on birds aren’t hard to find: Think...
Ocean has 20 million tons of gold in it! Can we extract it?
The ocean has about 20 million tons of gold in it — that’s around 700 TRILLION DOLLARS worth of gold!
In this episode of Reactions,...
Archaeologists recover treasures from ancient shipwrecks
Underwater archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have recovered treasures from the survey of two shipwrecks off the coast of Caesarea in Israel.
The...
Ancient DNA reveals the world’s oldest family tree
Analysis of ancient DNA from one of the best-preserved Neolithic tombs in Britain has revealed that most of the people buried there were from...
Earth’s ancient oceans were much saltier than they are today, shows study
Yale scientists say Earth’s ancient oceans likely were much saltier than they are today — a finding that may spice up our understanding of...
Theropod dinosaur jaws became stronger as they evolved
Theropod dinosaurs evolved more robust jaws through time allowing them to consume tougher food, a new study reveals.
Researchers used digital modelling and computer simulation...
This dinosaur era bird could stick out its tongue
A new fossil skeleton of an extinct species of bird from northeastern China that lived alongside dinosaurs 120 million years ago unexpectedly preserves a...