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1 million-year-old skull pushes human origins back by 400,000 years
9-26-2025 |
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A 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
6-8-2025 | 5
Chemicals 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
3-24-2024 | 6
The enormous archive contains countless books, documents and files pertaining to the unexplained.
Our ancestors may have evolved in Europe, not Africa, study claims
9-5-2023 | 43
A 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
4-10-2023 | 10
Mihailo 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 7-11-2022 | 9
A 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'
11-25-2020 | 3
Recent reports suggest that the Queen's husband has a keen interest in reading about the UFO phenomenon.
Ancient book fragments unearthed in Egypt
11-4-2019 | 4
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of what is thought to be one of the oldest books ever written.
Pastor: 'Harry Potter spells can summon evil'
9-2-2019 | 45
A private Catholic school in Nashville has claimed that the Harry Potter books contain 'actual spells and curses.'
Paranormal author Rosemary Ellen Guiley dies
VIDEO 7-23-2019 | 1
The 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
4-2-2019 | 51
An 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 8-16-2018 | 4
A robotic arm has been programmed using artificial intelligence to locate the hard-to-spot cartoon character.
'Dragon' dinosaur rewrites the history books
7-26-2018 | 6
A 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
3-7-2018 | 11
William 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 ?
10-4-2017 | 4
Special software is being used to solve the mystery of who betrayed Anne Frank's family to the Nazis.
Australia find 'rewrites the history books'
7-20-2017 | 8
Archaeologists now believe that Australia was colonized 18,000 years earlier than previously thought.
25 unpublished Dead Sea Scrolls unveiled
10-10-2016 | 22
A selection of never-before-seen Dead Sea Scroll fragments have been published in two new books.
Four new elements added to periodic table
VIDEO 1-4-2016 | 9
Science textbooks across the world have become outdated thanks to the addition of four new elements.
Anglo Saxon potion is found to kill MRSA
3-31-2015 | 34
A 1,000-year-old cure for an infected eyelash follicle has turned out to be effective against superbugs.
Earliest human ancestor unearthed in Ethiopia
3-5-2015 | 25
The discovery has pushed back the emergence of the earliest humans by up to 400,000 years.
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