From Turkey to Korea, People Share a Common Language Invented to Describe Millet Farming
PICTURED: A woman harvests millet in a field in Zaozhuang city, East China’s Shandong province, on Sept 7, 2016.…
Category: Sciences & Technology
Largest Ever Anglo-Saxon Gold Coin Hoard Found in Norfolk
PICTURED: The Norfolk Hoard, one of the most important ever found. PC: British Museum. Released. A hoard of 131…
Raise a Horn of Mead to the Vikings’ Remarkable Voyage to North America Precisely 1,000 Years Ago—New Research Finds
PICTURED: The reconstructed archaeological site at L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, also known by the mythical name of “Vinland,” home…
Small Town Sweden Reaches for the Sky Building the World’s Tallest Wooden Skyscraper
PICTURED: The Sara Cultural Center and Wood Hotel, Skellefteå, Sweden. PC: White Arkitekter. Released. Story at a glance… The…
Most Powerful Space Telescope Ever Nears Launch Date: Promises to Unravel Deepest Secrets of the Universe
PICTURED: The fully assembled James Webb Space Telescope with its sunshield and unitized pallet structures that fold up around…
The ‘Father of Lizards’—Key Missing Descendant of All Modern Lizards Found in Argentina
PICTURED: The most primitive member of lepidosaurs, Taytalura alcoberi. PC: from scientific illustrator Jorge Blanco. The title “Father of…
A Genetic Mapping of Polynesia Tracks the Settlement of Oceania in Exquisite Detail
PICTURED: The Moai heads of Rapa Nui, or Easter island. CC 4.0. Story at a glance… A new genetic…
The Sonar-Blocking Secret Beneath Beautiful Moths — A Sophisticated Defense System Revealed
PICTURED: The Luna moth, or Actias luna, uses its twisted forewings like a radar jammer. A horseshoe bat, a…
What Are the Other ‘Earths’ in the Galaxy Like? Could They Ever Be a New Home?
Story at a glance… Since 2014, multiple Earth-like planets have been discovered in our galaxy. While too far to…
438-Year Old “Massive” Coral Discovered in the Great Barrier Reef in “Excellent Condition”
PICTURED: Nathan Cook, one of the members of a citizen science project that uncovered an enormous coral in the…
Harvard Astronomer Avi Loeb Launches The Galileo Project to Search for Alien Technology Under Our Noses
PICTURED: The mammoth LSST Telescope at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. PC: Rubin Obs/NSF/AURA. Story at a glance… Suggesting…
As Perseverance Prepares to Take First Samples, New Theory for Identifying Life Helps Guide the Way
PICTURED: A light-colored “paver stone” like the ones seen in this mosaic will be the likely target for first…
Super Telescope Captures Images of a Plasma Jet Emitting from Black Hole at 16-Times Greater Resolution
PICTURED: Four observations of Centaurus A taken and rendered by the ESA. PC: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; optical: Rolf Olsen; infrared:…
From the UK Comes a “Cyber Seed” Which May Soon Allow Firms to “Grow” Their Own Technology
PICTURED: Dr. Imelda Friel from Queen’s University Belfast works on the innovative cyber seed. PC: Queen’s U. Belfast. Released.…
After Months, NASA Perseverance Rover to Begin Search for Life in Jezero Crater
PICTURED: a topographical satellite map of the next few years of Perseverance’s search for life on Mars. Photo credit:…
China Becomes 2nd Nation to Operate on Mars Promising More Eyes and More Discoveries
PICTURED: A rendition of the Zhurong rover and landing craft on Mars. Photo credit: Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA)…
Here’s Where to See 17-Year Cicadas Begin Emerging in one of the Most Incredible Wildlife Displays in North America
PICTURED: Two of the 17-year “Brood X” cicadas, which are due to emerge this year. Photo credit: Tracy Lee…
“Dazzling Aten” — a ‘Lost Golden City’ has been Uncovered by Egyptologists
PICTURED: The walls of the lost city of Aten. Photo credit: Zahi Hawass. Released via Facebook. It’s the stuff…
How Far Down the Rabbit Hole Must One Go to find Prehistoric Artifacts? Not Far Say Wales Archaeologists
PICTURED: The burrow where the artifacts were discovered. Photo credit: Skokholm Blog. Released. Alone on the windswept island Skokholm,…
Rarest-of-the-Rarest Dinosaur Fossil is a Cretaceous Era Still Life of Oviraptor and 24 Eggs
An international team of paleontologists has unearthed the latest fossil in what could be described as a 4-decade-long conveyor…