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Ancient human cranium unearthed in Portugal
3-14-2017 |
12
The 400,000-year-old fossil cranium has been hailed as the oldest discovery of its kind in the country.
'Big discovery' as statue unearthed in Egypt
3-10-2017 | 11
Archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of a 3,000-year-old Ramses II statue within a Cairo slum.
Mystery surrounds ancient skulls in China
3-4-2017 | 15
Two partial human skulls unearthed in central China could belong to an unknown archaic human species.
Deep-sea jellyfish looks like a flying saucer
VIDEO 2-28-2017 | 7
Marine biologists have recorded footage of a remarkable jellyfish in the depths of the South Pacific.
Fossil of ancient giant penguin unearthed
2-27-2017 | 2
This newly described species of penguin is thought to have walked the Earth over 60 million years ago.
7 Earth-sized worlds found around nearby star
2-22-2017 | 95
NASA has announced the discovery of seven new planets including three within their star's habitable zone.
Scientists aim to harness power of volcanoes
2-18-2017 | 4
Efforts are underway in Iceland to find ways of turning the heat from volcanoes in to usable electricity.
Building blocks of life discovered on Ceres
VIDEO 2-17-2017 | 11
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has found carbon-based materials similar to those found on the early Earth.
Woolly mammoth 'on the verge of resurrection'
2-16-2017 | 17
Scientists believe that an elephant-mammoth hybrid embryo could be created within as little as two years.
Scientists discover 60 new extrasolar planets
2-14-2017 | 1
The significant haul of new worlds includes a potentially habitable 'super-Earth' with a rocky surface.
Mysterious earthworks found in the Amazon
2-7-2017 | 12
More than 450 large geometrical geoglyphs have been discovered in areas cleared by deforestation.
Unusual pterosaur species ate like a flamingo
2-6-2017 | 0
The earliest known filter-feeding pterosaur has been unearthed in northeast China's Liaoning province.
Japan's space junk tether fails to deploy
2-6-2017 | 8
The experimental tether had been designed to help solve the problem of space junk in Earth's orbit.
Is life on Earth considered a cosmic 'zoo' ?
2-3-2017 | 46
Do intelligent extraterrestrials see our planet in the same way as we might see a nature reserve ?
Astronaut twin experiment results surprising
2-2-2017 | 12
Astronaut Scott Kelly spent 340 days aboard the space station while his twin brother remained on Earth.
Haunted hotel has world's largest Ouija board
VIDEO 1-26-2017 | 6
The Grand Midway Hotel in Pennsylvania is home to what is officially the largest Ouija board on Earth.
Did Nepal earthquake shrink Mount Everest ?
1-25-2017 | 8
Scientists are set to launch a new expedition to find out if the world's tallest mountain has shrunk.
Fossils of giant otter unearthed in China
1-23-2017 | 7
Paleontologists have revealed the discovery of a prehistoric otter that was around the size of a wolf.
Sea levels could rise by 30ft, study warns
1-20-2017 | 32
Scientists have warned that global sea levels could continue to rise over the coming decades.
Giant towers of ice discovered on Pluto
1-14-2017 | 7
The discovery marks the first time this phenomenon has been observed anywhere other than on the Earth.
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