Ocean Researchers Solve Mystery of Tasmanian Shipwrecked Freighter That Was Lost 50 Years Ago
The mystery of a shipwreck off the coast of Tasmania that began 50 years ago has now been solved. Marine explorers aboard Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Research ...
05-25-2023
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Celtic Grave Found With 2,300-Year-Old Scissors and ‘Folded’ Sword During Excavation in Germany
A tomb containing a pair of over 2,300-year-old scissors was uncovered by ordinance disposal officers in Germany during a construction project set to move forward in the Sendling district ...
05-27-2023
Unbelievably Rare ‘Diamond Within a Diamond’ Specimen Dubbed ‘Beating Heart’ Found in India
A very rare natural diamond has been unearthed in India and given the name Beating Heart for its breathtaking "diamond within a diamond" formation. After being recovered in ...
05-25-2023
Awe-Inspiring ‘Chapel of Souls’ Is Covered in 16,000 Ceramic Tiles With Scenes of Bible, Christ
This unique Portuguese chapel is at once a breathtakingly unique work of art and an homage to religious history. Capela das Almas, or Chapel of Souls, is an ...
05-21-2023
Self-Healing Stone: Scientists Unravel Roman Concrete Recipe From 2,000 Years Ago, How It Works
Our cities are falling apart. Once-beautiful concrete bridges now show rusted rebar. Sidewalks buckle and fracture underfoot—even though they're not that old. In just a short few decades, ...
05-19-2023
Homeowner Finds Rock That Crashed Through Roof Revealed as Ancient Meteorite From Asteroid Belt
The ancient space traveler landed in her house, of all places! While it's not unusual to see meteors shooting through the night sky, particularly around this time of ...
05-16-2023
Overcoming Overthinking
Hello, I'm Conan Milner, and this is Words of Wellness. A show where we discuss health, from mind to body to spirit. The human mind is a powerful ...
05-10-2023
VIDEO: Shipwreck Hunters Find 2 Steam-Era Ships That Sank in Fierce Storm in 1914 on Lake Superior
The shipwrecked schooner barge Selden E. Marvin was one of three vessels that sank during a storm over 100 years ago. In April, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical ...
05-6-2023
Divers Explore Abysmal Undersea Sinkhole, Revealed as World’s 2nd Deepest—Here’s How Deep
The local Yucatán fishermen definitely knew they existed—but nobody really knew how insanely deep they were until recently. It was revealed that the second-deepest submerged sinkhole in the ...
05-5-2023
Researchers Recover 1,000-Year-Old Viking Silver Coins With Christian Symbols From King Harald Bluetooth Era
The Viking king who introduced Christianity to Denmark had cross-bearing silver coins struck between the years 970 and 980. Last fall, researchers uncovered 50 silver coins bearing crucifixes, ...
05-4-2023
Climb of Faith: The Only Way to This Christian Church Carved Into Cliff in Ethiopia Centuries Ago
A test of faith challenges the souls of all who make the perilous pilgrimage to Abuna Yemata Guh, the monolithic cave church in northern Ethiopia that towers 400 ...
05-2-2023
Ocean Researchers Find 1800s Shipwreck ‘Frozen in Time’ That Crashed on Lake Huron—Because of This
It was well past midnight when frenzied crew members of two wooden vessels abandoned ship. The Ironton and Ohio had collided north of Presque Isle Lighthouse up on ...
04-29-2023
‘Angel in the Sky’ Captured by Aurora Chaser During Uncanny Solar Storm in North Minnesota
Slogging through waist-deep snow, he saw the lights overhead, emerald ribbons dangling on the horizon. “It was going to be a fantastic night,” the photographer, Nicholas Narog, 35, ...
04-25-2023
Vivid Aurora Australis Light up Night Skies in Spectacular Display
New Zealand’s night sky lit up with streams of pink and green, treating viewers to a spectacle of the Aurora Australis. The lights, visible to the naked eye, ...
04-25-2023
This Abandoned Port Was Built Dangerously in the Side of a Cliff in Sardinia—Here’s What It Was For
A prominent tower stands like a sentinel over a majestic ocean panorama where steamships once moored alongside a cliff to await receiving their cargo. Mounted on a rock ...
04-24-2023
Curious Diner Makes Dinosaur Discovery in Chinese Restaurant
A perceptive diner has spotted dinosaur footprints in a restaurant in southwestern China, with an international research team confirming that they belonged to the long-necked and small-headed sauropod. ...
04-21-2023
Detectorist Down Under Finds 10-Pound Gold Nugget Worth $250,000 As Gold Prices Soar in Australia
An amateur gold hunter Down Under hit pay dirt in March when he stumbled on a massive nugget worth a cool quarter million. The finder, who wished to ...
04-19-2023
Ultra-Rare Hybrid Solar Eclipse to Grace the Heavens April 19—One of Only 3 This Century
The rarest form of solar eclipse is set to happen in just one day—what is known as a hybrid solar eclipse will begin on the evening of April ...
04-18-2023
Divers Digitally Map World’s Oldest Sunken City Predating the Bronze Age—Here’s Why It Sank
The sunken city of Pavlopetri is the stuff of myths. Just a dozen feet beneath the sea off the coast of Laconia, Greece, her ruins were thought to ...
04-16-2023
PHOTOS: Storm Chaser Captures Multicolored Auroras Dancing Over Canadian Prairies, Surreal Storms
The storm chaser checked his phone for the umpteenth time. He saw real-time solar wind parameters all lined up for a northern lights display of epic proportions. Indeed, ...
04-15-2023
VIDEO: 30 Killer Whales Gang Up on 2 Adult Gray Whales in Grisly Hunt Lasting Nearly 6 Hours–Will They Survive?
Brutal but fascinating footage captured in Monterey Bay, California, shows a dramatic and grisly attack by more than 30 killer whales on two adult gray whales. First, around ...
04-14-2023
Lyrid Meteor Shower to Break Cosmic ‘Dry Spell,’ Grace Night Sky Mid-April—Here’s All You Need to Know
Space is littered with cosmic clutter, leaving hardly a clear path for Earth as it orbits the sun. When we pass through this cosmic debris, frozen gas and ...
04-13-2023
‘Singing’ Plants? Researchers Discover Plants Make High-Frequency Noise—And It Sounds Like This
Old Hans Halbig always sang to the tomato plants in his greenhouse. The 85-year-old Calgarian green thumb (my neighbor) had an inkling that singing helped them grow. What ...
04-12-2023