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1 million-year-old skull pushes human origins back by 400,000 years
Sep 26, 2025A new analysis of a skull found in China has rewritten the history books on when and where modern humans arose.
Some old 19th-Century book covers contain poisonous chemicals
Jun 8, 2025Chemicals used to give vintage book covers their striking color are capable of poisoning those who touch them.
Sweden's own 'X-Files' stored within gigantic paranormal archive
Mar 24, 2024The enormous archive contains countless books, documents and files pertaining to the unexplained.
Our ancestors may have evolved in Europe, not Africa, study claims
Sep 5, 2023A controversial new study based on an 8.7-million-year-old skull could serve to rewrite the history books.
Man lived 82 years without ever seeing an actual woman
Apr 10, 2023Mihailo Tolotos, who was born in Greece and lived his entire life in a remote monastery, only read about women in books.
Goat in Pakistan has ridiculously long ears
VIDEO Jul 11, 2022A goat named Simba could be about to earn its place in the record books thanks to its staggeringly long ears.
Prince Philip 'collects books on UFOs and ET'
Nov 25, 2020Recent reports suggest that the Queen's husband has a keen interest in reading about the UFO phenomenon.
Ancient book fragments unearthed in Egypt
Nov 4, 2019Archaeologists have discovered the remains of what is thought to be one of the oldest books ever written.
Pastor: 'Harry Potter spells can summon evil'
Sep 2, 2019A private Catholic school in Nashville has claimed that the Harry Potter books contain 'actual spells and curses.'
Paranormal author Rosemary Ellen Guiley dies
VIDEO Jul 23, 2019The 69-year-old, who wrote dozens of books on a wide variety of paranormal topics, has sadly passed away.
Priests burn Harry Potter books in Poland
Apr 2, 2019An evangelical group has taken to burning J.K Rowling's novels because it considers them 'sacrilegious'.
AI robot learns to solve 'Where's Waldo?' books
VIDEO Aug 16, 2018A robotic arm has been programmed using artificial intelligence to locate the hard-to-spot cartoon character.
'Dragon' dinosaur rewrites the history books
Jul 26, 2018A new species of dinosaur discovered in China has turned what we know of sauropod evolution on its head.
Captain Kirk books his name on trip to the Sun
Mar 7, 2018William Shatner is one of thousands of people whose names will soon be sent to the Sun on a memory card.
Can an AI work out who betrayed Anne Frank ?
Oct 4, 2017Special software is being used to solve the mystery of who betrayed Anne Frank's family to the Nazis.
Australia find 'rewrites the history books'
Jul 20, 2017Archaeologists now believe that Australia was colonized 18,000 years earlier than previously thought.
25 unpublished Dead Sea Scrolls unveiled
Oct 10, 2016A selection of never-before-seen Dead Sea Scroll fragments have been published in two new books.
Four new elements added to periodic table
VIDEO Jan 4, 2016Science textbooks across the world have become outdated thanks to the addition of four new elements.
Anglo Saxon potion is found to kill MRSA
Mar 31, 2015A 1,000-year-old cure for an infected eyelash follicle has turned out to be effective against superbugs.
Earliest human ancestor unearthed in Ethiopia
Mar 5, 2015The discovery has pushed back the emergence of the earliest humans by up to 400,000 years.
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