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Homework written by a school kid in ancient Egypt has been preserved since the second century A.D.
If the trees grow as planned, each mature redwood could pull as much as 250 tons of carbon dioxide from the air.
Row over plans by Edinburgh museum to display stone from Great Pyramid of Giza escalates.
The remains, which had been stored at the Illinois State Museum, hadn’t been properly dated using modern techniques.
As melting permafrost gives up the bones of long extinct megafauna, a new breed of ivory hunter is cashing in on the remnants of creatures that vanished millennia ago.
After centuries of being written about, Indigenous Australians are reclaiming their own stories.
Scientists conducted the first ancient DNA analysis of bones from 19 horses in Viking graves, and found that nearly all of the animals were male, a tantalizing clue about vanished Viking culture.
Monogamy, it’s revealed, is embedded in shared molecules across various amphibians, birds, mammals, and fish.
The asteroid blasted a nearly mile-high tsunami through the Gulf of Mexico that caused chaos throughout the world's oceans, new research finds.
"If the Tunguska object was a member of a Beta Taurid stream … then the last week of June 2019 will be the next occasion with a high probability for Tunguska-like collisions or near misses."
Democratic representatives Debra Haaland and Sharice Davids shared the sweet moment as newly-elected House speaker Nancy Pelosi welcomed and congratulated the 116th Congress.
The organisers of a major Indian science conference said they were concerned by speakers citing religious texts and ideas at the event.
Since 2004, there’s even been a standing $10,000 prize for anyone who discovers an Indus text over 50 characters, offered by an anonymous donor.
Constructed at a time when Egypt was ruled by the Ptolemies, the fortifications are sizable.
Attenborough commented that those in “the comfortable west” are often untouched by the effects of global warming, caused by a number of industries, including animal agriculture.
The large block of fine white limestone will go on display at the National Museum of Scotland from 8 February.
Despite the woman's small stature, she had "strongly developed musculature of the forearm — possibly from rowing or similar activities," Roksandic said.
The same geological processes that formed the oldest continents gave shape to what some consider the youngest.
The new species has an extraordinary characteristic, the presence of claw-like appendages at the base of the thumbs.
Chang'e 4 will perform a variety of science work over the coming months, potentially helping scientists better understand the structure, formation and evolution of Earth's natural satellite.
From pyramids to Faberge eggs and the Dead Sea Scrolls, there is plenty to be discovered in 2019.
The shutdown has meant tribal officials have had to either pause programs or dip into their funds to cover basic services such as healthcare and education.
Brazil’s indigenous peoples, already targeted by loggers, face a powerful foe in the new president. We must protect them.
The researchers behind the system have dubbed it BrainNet, and say it could eventually be used to connect many different minds together, even across the web.
Researchers can now conduct experiments that tell us about the geology and hydrology of a hidden subglacial world, and maybe even find a unique species or two along the way.
Event comes as hundreds and thousands of women form a 380-mile human chain in support of gender equality.
A new neurostimulator can listen to and stimulate electric current in the brain at the same time, potentially delivering fine-tuned treatments to patients with diseases like epilepsy and Parkinson's.
As 2018 comes to a close let's take a look at what is happening with all the objects surrounding the Earth.
New research using ancient DNA is rewriting prehistory in India - and shows that its civilisation is the result of multiple ancient migrations, writes Tony Joseph.
The Indonesian volcano which caused a tsunami that killed more than 400 people last week lost more than two-thirds of its height following the eruption which triggered the killer waves.
A mind-bending new theory claims to make sense not just of the expanding universe and extra dimensions, but string theory and dark energy as well.
Every year ancient DNA research deepens our understanding of history a bit more, and 2018 was truly a remarkable year for ancient DNA research.
A new calculation shows that the tree-fall pattern in Siberia is consistent with an asteroid coming from the same area in the sky as the Taurid meteor swarm.
The discovery in China of fossil specimens of a flower called Nanjinganthus from the Early Jurassic shakes up widely accepted theories of plant evolution.
Japan will resume hunting in its waters in July but will end controversial expeditions to the Southern ocean.
Mile-long rock shaped like water-loving pachyderm is rotating lazily through space under close watch by scientists who feared it could be on a collision course.
Researchers say this close relationship between trees and their natural enemies is the key to tropical forest diversity.
The fine was issued to Clarence Valley Council on Friday by the New South Wales Land and Environment Court for the offence of harming an object that it knew was an Aboriginal object.
Ancient DNA can reliably link Aboriginal ancestors to their living descendants, opening up the possibility of using genetics to proactively return ancient remains to their communities.
This extremely rare discovery provides clues on the cultivation and distribution of chestnuts, food in the Jomon era, and the spirituality of ancient Japanese people.
'We now know sharks were hunting flying animals as long ago as 80 million years'
The press release was accompanied by stunning photos of beautiful reliefs and murals, but what lies behind that glamour?
The space rock, estimated to be about a mile wide, will pass by our planet at a distance of approximately 7.34 lunar distances, what corresponds to 1.75 million miles.
A team of Indonesian scientists presented data to make their case that Gunung Padang is in fact the site of the world's oldest known pyramid-like structure.
Scientists disagree on what the find means for a controversial comet-impact hypothesis.
The Hohokam overcame a harsh desert environment along with periodic droughts and floods to settle and farm much of modern Arizona by maintaining an extensive infrastructure of canals.
A newly discovered object is the most-distant body ever observed in the solar system — and the first object ever found orbiting at more than 100 times the distance from Earth to the sun.
More than 85 well-preserved dinosaur footprints—made by at least seven different species—have been uncovered in East Sussex.
The stunning tomb displays clues to the life of a royal official, with more discoveries likely.
The continent’s largest land mammal plays crucial role in spiritual lives of the tribes.
A study on the pottery of Peru's Paracas civilization tells us more about their neighbors 2,000 years ago—and turns up a unique ingredient.
Discovered by a fisherman, the statue garnered world renown before being confiscated by Hamas. The film 'The Apollo of Gaza' raises fascinating questions on the origins and fate of the sculpture.
Interbreeding with ancient humans means ancient genetic fragments still shaping heads of some Europeans.
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The launch comes as Senegal is requesting the repatriation of looted artworks from France.
An Astrobiology study proposes that an ancient supernova could have exposed Megalodon and other large ocean animals to deadly muon radiation.
A cave diver has uncovered a globally significant collection of ancient bones from Australia's prehistoric period in the dark depths of South Australia's underwater caves.
The pre-historic artists were not Homo sapiens but Denisovans - a long-extinct branch of ancient man - or possibly Neanderthals, another vanished sub-species, believe scientists.
Take a peek at asteroid Bennu: porous, blue, and with a water-rich parent body.
An Egyptologist has researched the unique fashion choices and clothing that ancient Egyptians once wore.
Among other things, the DNA suggests these toolmakers were both male and female, and some may have been as young as 5 years old.
The mysterious statues of San Agustín and underground tombs of Tierradentro, in southern Colombia, are finally rising from the dead after being off-limits for decades.
Australia's pint-sized banded hare-wallaby is the closest living relative of the giant short-faced kangaroos which roamed the continent for millions of years, but died out about 40,000 years ago.
Danish photographer’s stunt on top of landmark a ‘violation of public morality’, says minister.
What these songs reveal is an Indigenous perspective on the White Woman and a glimpse into the rich artistic culture of the Gunai/Kurnai.
The resources will assist teachers in implementing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures’ cross curriculum priority from the Australian Curriculum.
European Space Agency cancels 2026 collision risk – leaving just 794 possibilities.
"Discovering such an early variant (of plague) in Falköping was completely unexpected, as earlier findings have pointed to it originating in Asia. This will now have to be reevaluated."
While humans aren’t warming the Earth anywhere close to as much as what happened naturally 250 million years ago, “this puts our future into the category of contenders for true catastrophe.”
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission won’t just take pretty pictures of the asteroid Bennu—it will also help scientists learn whether the rock will one day threaten Earth.
‘This was all Native land at one time, yet our voices (have) not always been represented in many levels of government,’ said the newly elected New Mexico Democrat.
The genomes of 22 individuals dating to the Late Bronze Age suggest that milk consumption was spread through cultural diffusion, not as a result of the migration of new peoples into the region.
The tiara was most likely made by Denisovans who are known to have had the technology 50,000 or so years ago to make elegant needles out of ivory and a sophisticated and beautiful stone bracelet.
Maningrida is one of the most linguistically diverse communities in the world, with 15 languages spoken or signed every day among only a couple of thousand people.
Scientists think 'mega-settlements' provided perfect conditions for new disease to evolve.
The findings suggest that the history of notable "contact-era" events in northeastern North America during the 15th to early 17th centuries may need to be revaluated.
This astonishing new theory may also prove right a prediction that Einstein made 100 years ago.
The new species include 120 wasps, 34 sea slugs, 28 ants, 19 fish, 7 flowering plants, 7 spiders, 4 eels, 3 sharks, 2 water bears, 1 frog, 1 snake, 1 seahorse, 1 moss, and 1 liverwort plant.
The research suggests that dark matter and energy can both be explained if they’re treated as a “negative mass fluid.”
America's National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has posted a new video illustrating what could happen if an asteroid crashed into one of our oceans, and it's fascinating.
A skeleton at least 4,250 years old found in the north of Scotland in 1987 has surprised archaeologists after new analysis has revealed she was a migrant from northern Europe.
"The available data seem to fit reasonably well with the hypothesis that some Upper Palaeolithic people engaged in finger amputation for the purposes of religious sacrifice."
The burials offer an extraordinary glimpse into life in early industrial London, between the 1830s and 1850s, showing the harshness of life for the industrial poor.
The ones we have now are too heavily skewed toward people of European descent.
Limestone sarcophagi date back to Late Period (664-332 BC) in found in area of King Amenemhat II's pyramid.
'The cradle of humankind was not restricted to east Africa - rather it was the entire African continent'.
Democrat Sharice Davids went down in history on Tuesday night as the first Native American woman elected to Congress, with New Mexico’s Deb Haaland expected to pull off a similar victory.
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As archaeologists push back the dates for the spread of tobacco use, new questions are emerging about trade networks and agriculture.
Teilhardina brandti is as old or older than its Asian and European relatives, upending the prevailing hypothesis that Teilhardina first appeared in China.
Researchers have discovered that ancient Europeans represented star constellations within depictions of wild animals.
As far back as 40,000 years ago, humans kept track of time using relatively sophisticated knowledge of the stars, new research shows.
If modern humans harnessed Denisovan DNA to survive at altitude, perhaps the Denisovans could also survive on the Tibetan Plateau.
There were likely multiple instances of cross-breeding between early humans in both East Asia and Europe with Neanderthals.
NASA's asteroid-chaser will reach its target, Bennu, on Dec. 3 and you don't want to miss a thing.
A Supreme Court case about jurisdiction in an obscure murder has huge implications for tribes.
US spacecraft aims to return the largest trove of space dirt to Earth since NASA's final Apollo mission in the 1970s.
More than 70 thousand years ago, Neanderthals transferred obsidian to distances up to 250 kilometers and used it to manufacture tools.
A pot bought for £4 at a car boot sale and used as a toothbrush holder has turned out to be 4,000 years old.
New study shows that the genetic makeup of northern Europe traces back to migrations from Siberia that began at least 3,500 years ago.
According to a NASA report, the asteroid has the potential of colliding with earth on 62 different impact trajectories, from between 2023 and 2117.
The ancient rhinoceros didn't die off 200,000 years ago, before the last Ice Age, as previously thought. The strange animals actually only disappeared as recently as 36,000 years ago.