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We discovered the earliest prehistoric art is hand prints made by children

In new research our international team have discovered ancient hand and footprints high on the Tibetan plateau made by children.
Travel through galaxies and the dark matter web in this stunning universe simulation

A new simulation of the universe is a map and a time machine rolled up into one.
Modern snakes evolved from a few survivors of dino-killing asteroid

A new study suggests that all living snakes evolved from a handful of species that survived the giant asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs and most other living things at the end of the Cretaceous
‘What I saw that night was real’: is it time to take aliens more seriously?

The Pentagon has been quietly investigating unidentified flying objects since 2007. The fact that they think they might exist is good news to those who claim to have seen them.
Spectacular valleys and cliffs hidden beneath the North Sea

Like a bowl of spaghetti noodles spilled across the floor of the North Sea, a vast array of hidden tunnel valleys wind and meander across what was once an ice-covered landscape.