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Giant parrot fossil unearthed in New Zealand
Aug 7, 2019Scientists have identified an extinct species of giant parrot that weighed 15lbs and stood up to 3ft in height.
Tardigrades may be stranded on the Moon
Aug 7, 2019Thousands of the Earth's most indestructible creatures may have been deposited on the lunar surface.
Identity of 19th-Century 'vampire' revealed
Aug 3, 2019Scientists have determined the name of a 'vampire' whose coffin was unearthed almost 30 years ago.
'Super-Earth' discovered 31 light years away
VIDEO Aug 2, 2019Astronomers have announced the discovery of a large, potentially habitable world in a nearby solar system.
'LightSail 2' deploys its solar sail in Earth's orbit
VIDEO Jul 24, 2019The experimental project could one day make it possible for solar sails to propel spacecraft to other worlds.
Stunning image shows ISS in front of the Sun
Jul 19, 2019NASA has released a breathtaking photograph showing the space station silhouetted against our solar neighbor.
Secretive X-37B space plane caught on camera
Jul 6, 2019For the first time, someone has managed to snap an image of the enigmatic mini-shuttle in Earth's orbit.
Giant extinct condor discovered in Argentina
VIDEO Jul 3, 2019Palaeontologists have unearthed the fossil remains of a gargantuan condor 12 kilometers south of San Pedro.
Footage of weird 'gorilla crow' goes viral
Jun 25, 2019A recent video from Japan shows what appears to be a crow engaged in some rather peculiar behavior.
Two new Earth-like exoplanets discovered
Jun 19, 2019The new worlds are so much like our own that both are now on a list of the 19 planets most likely to support life.
Earth may be vulnerable to solar superflares
Jun 14, 2019Scientists now believe that our Sun is capable of producing a type of powerful and disruptive 'superflare'.
Jupiter's moon Europa is covered in salt
Jun 14, 2019Scientists have determined that Europa's ocean may be more like the Earth's oceans than previously thought.
Mysterious hidden bunker unearthed in Poland
Jun 12, 2019Treasure hunters believe that the bunker could be where the Nazis stored Russia's long-lost Amber Room.
15-ton 'sea monster' found in Antarctica
Jun 9, 2019Scientists have unearthed the fossil remains of a gargantuan marine reptile from the time of the dinosaurs.
Dracula's cannonballs unearthed in Bulgaria
Jun 8, 2019Medieval cannonballs used by the armies of Vlad the Impaler have been discovered in the town of Svishtov.
Did a supernova prompt us to walk upright ?
May 31, 2019A new study has linked a 2.6 million-year-old supernova explosion with our ancestors' move to bipedalism.
Humans on Mars could become a new species
May 22, 2019An evolutionary biologist has outlined what is likely to happen when people start living full-time on Mars.
More mystery 'jars of the dead' found in Laos
May 18, 2019Archaeologists have unearthed an additional 137 large stone jars at megalithic sites in Southeast Asia.
2,624-year-old tree found in North Carolina
May 11, 2019Scientists have discovered one of the oldest trees on Earth in North Carolina's Black River swampland.
Romans built seismic 'invisibility cloaks'
May 7, 2019A new study has found that the Romans may have used 'metamaterials' to dampen the effects of earthquakes.
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