News Desk

8,000-Year-Old Settlement Found in Saudi Arabia Offers Rare View of Prehistoric Religion
15th August 2022 | artnews.com | Ancient, Humans

A team of archaeologists uncovered the Neolithic-era remains using laser scanning, aerial photography, drones, and various forms of surveying. The scientists located the settlement at Al-Faw, an archaeological site that has previously turned up evidence of a strong trade network that sustained an ancient city.

‘I am, in fact, a person’: can artificial intelligence ever be sentient?
14th August 2022 | theguardian.com | Humans, Tech

Controversy over Google’s AI program is raising questions about just how powerful it is. Is it even safe?

Ice Age footprints shed light on North America’s early humans
14th August 2022 phys.org | Ancient, Humans

Footprints laid down by Ice Age hunter-gatherers and recently discovered in a US desert are shedding new light on North America’s earliest human inhabitants.

Ancient Maya Used Ashes of Rulers to Make Rubber Balls, Some Researchers Suggest
14th August 2022 | sciencealert.com | Ancient, Humans

Maya people cremated their rulers and used the ashes to help make rubber balls that were used in ballgames, an archaeologist has claimed.

Prehistoric Brits used rare rock crystals to mark burial sites, research finds
11th August 2022 phys.org | Ancient, Earth, Humans

Distinctive and rare rock crystals were moved over long distances by Early Neolithic Brits and were used to mark their burial sites, according to groundbreaking new archaeological research.

Continents on Ancient Earth Were Created by Giant Meteorite Impacts, Scientists Find
11th August 2022 | sciencealert.com | Ancient, Earth

To date, Earth is the only planet we know of that has continents. Exactly how they formed and evolved is unclear, but we do know – because the edges of continents thousands of miles apart match up – that, at one time long ago, Earth’s landmass was concentrated in one big supercontinent.

Researchers decode metal-making recipes in ancient Chinese text
10th August 2022 | theguardian.com | Ancient, Humans

Researchers have deciphered enigmatic recipes for metal-making contained in an ancient Chinese text, revealing unexpected complexity in the art at the time.

Twin ‘grumpy mouth’ reliefs of Olmec contortionists discovered in Mexico
10th August 2022 | livescience.com | Ancient, Humans

Archaeologists in Mexico have uncovered two Olmec reliefs chiseled into large, circular stones that are thought to depict local rulers performing ritual contortion.

These Spiders Look Like They’re in REM Sleep… Which Could Mean They’re Dreaming
10th August 2022 | sciencealert.com | Animal Life, Weird

A new discovery about jumping spiders could challenge some pretty hefty human assumptions about the cognitive abilities of arthropods.

The Peyote Plot: The Indigenous Fight to Conserve the Sacred Plant and the Spiritual Medicine it Contains
9th August 2022 doubleblindmag.com | Ancient, Humans, Misc.

The story of peyote is something like a fairytale, beginning in a time long ago and containing what could be called magic by those who utilize it for healing. However, today’s reality for the Indigenous people who consider it sacred is anything but…

Are we living in a simulation?
9th August 2022 | theguardian.com | Humans, Misc.

Could the universe be an elaborate game constructed by bored aliens?

New Study May Explain Why Not All Birds Are Actually Bird-Brained
8th August 2022 | sciencealert.com | Animal Life

Birds’ brains are a bit of a mystery. Despite the small size of their noggins, parrots and corvids show remarkable intelligence, solving some puzzles as well as primates.

The length of Earth’s days has been mysteriously increasing, and scientists don’t know why
8th August 2022 phys.org | Humans, Weird

Atomic clocks, combined with precise astronomical measurements, have revealed that the length of a day is suddenly getting longer, and scientists don’t know why.

Get a garden chair out and enjoy the meteor shower
8th August 2022 | theguardian.com | Humans, Space

The annual Perseids shower lasts more than a month, but will peak this week.

Ancient Egyptian temple to the sun cult uncovered near Cairo
4th August 2022 | livescience.com | Ancient, Humans

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a 4,500-year-old temple dedicated to the Egyptian sun god Ra at the site of Abu Ghurab, about 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of Cairo.

Early Bantu speakers crossed through the dense Central African Rainforest 4,000 years ago
3rd August 2022 phys.org | Ancient, Humans

The Bantu Expansion transformed sub-Saharan Africa’s linguistic, economic, and cultural composition. Today, more than 240 million people speak one of the more than 500 Bantu languages.

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