5 Planets and Moon Set to Align to Form ‘Planet Parade’ Late March—Here’s What You Need to Know
The saga of the planetary parade now rolls into spring. As we cross the threshold from winter into bloom season 2023, five planets—Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus, and Mars—plus the quarter ...
03-20-2023
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Chest-Bursting Wasps Among 600 New Species Discovered in Australia
‘Salsa dancing’ spiders, tiny crabs dressed in sea sponge, and chest-bursting wasps are among some of the 626 new Australian species scientists discovered in the past 12 months. ...
03-20-2023
Pine Needles: An Ancient Ally for Human Health
Humans have long held a fascination with pine trees and their roles in the natural world around us. They are mysterious, beautiful, and ancient trees that can live ...
03-14-2023
Couple Clear Out Storage Unit, Stumble On Collection of 1,000 Vintage Cameras Worth $200,000
Kristen's boss had said there were some cameras in the self-storage when he asked her to clear out its contents last December. That was quite the understatement, she found ...
03-14-2023
Giant Flying Insect Found on Walmart in Arkansas Turns Out to Be Surviving Jurassic-Era Relic
A bug expert found a huge winged insect—misidentified as your average dragonfly—on the side of an Arkansas Walmart building years ago. The flying bug was, actually, far from average and ...
03-13-2023
This Western ‘Cliff Palace’ in America Was Built 750 Years Ago—Here’s Why They Were Probably Built
Imagine entering a grand sandstone palace, erected high up in the alcove of a cliff in the western U.S. This dream-like place really does exist. Built way back ...
03-10-2023
Metal Detectorist Uncovers Hoard of Gold, Jewels, Silver Coins Buried in Viking Gravesite 800 Years Ago
The traveler deposited the stash of gold, jewels, and silver coins near the Viking burial mounds in Haithabu some 800 years ago. Whoever that traveler was, and for ...
03-6-2023
Cave Sweet Cave? Why Does Half of This Modern Town in Australia Live Underground—With Own Church, Casino?
Deep in the South Australian outback, there lies a town where some fifty percent of its people live underground. The reason? It's not due to some nuclear catastrophe or ...
03-1-2023
Man Spends 24 Hours With an 88-Year-Old, the Last Man Living Alone in Hidden Forest Village
A man who hiked for hours to spend a day with an elderly man, living alone in a remote Japanese mountain village, has shared his unique experience to ...
02-28-2023
This Perfectly Preserved Praying Mantis Trapped in Fossilized Amber Is 30 Million Years Old
A praying mantis, encased in amber and frozen in time since Earth’s ancient Paleogene Period, sparked a flurry of bids amongst collectors after its modern discovery in the ...
02-27-2023
Amazon River Dolphin Wins Underwater Photographer of the Year—Beside Sea Jungles and Shipwrecks
We humans may fancy our dry-land abode a pretty fine place, yet nature has furnished a whole universe full of jaw-dropping scenes underwater. And it's just waiting for landbound photographers to ...
02-25-2023
Maritime Archeologists Find Skeletal Remains of Ship From 1800s Emerging From Sands on Shore of Nantucket
When the bones of a wrecked wooden boat emerged from sands on the south shore of Nantucket, researchers from the Egan Maritime Institute knew they had something extraordinary ...
02-24-2023
PHOTOS: This Magnificent Monastic Library in Germany Is One of the World’s Most Beautiful Libraries
An elaborate two-story rococo hall inside an 11th-century abbey is so ornate that it is considered one of the world's most beautiful libraries. Wiblingen Abbey is a grand ...
02-20-2023
Researchers Unearth Ancient ‘Tavern’ in Iraq—With 5,000-Year-Old Fridge, Oven, Containers With Food
The Mesopotamian ancients might have done as many modern folk do, dropping into their local pub on the way home to cap off their daily grind, evidence now ...
02-18-2023
Hoard of 600 Medieval Coins Found by Detectorists Declared Treasure—Valued at 150,000 Pounds
A "150,000-pound" hoard of over 600 medieval coins found by amateur metal detectorists has been declared a treasure. Seven men found the coins on the Culden Faw Estate ...
02-16-2023
Spelunker Stumbles on Cave Untouched for Thousands of Years, Full of Prehistoric Cave Bears Marks
A gargantuan stone arch marks the entrance to a vast “Paleolithic Cathedral” recently stumbled upon by explorers in Spain. This hulking beam of eroded living rock—set along Spain’s ...
02-15-2023
Sword Discovered in Danube River Deemed to Be Authentic Bronze Age Blade 3,000 Years Old by Museum
Perhaps it was war, or perhaps love, that motivated the ritual whereby a 3,000-year-old brown Bronze Age sword was plunged into the Danube River in what is now ...
02-13-2023
An Ancient Rock Fortress Still Shrouded in Mystery: Sri Lanka’s Breathtaking Sigiriya
An ancient fortress built on top of a giant granite rock formation in Sri Lanka, looming 200 meters above the surrounding landscape, is said to have been built ...
02-12-2023
This 800-Year-Old Medieval Wooden Church in Norway Looks Like Fantasy—But Was Built for This Apostle
This medieval wooden church is in such excellent condition it’s hard to believe it was built over 800 years ago. Happening upon Borgund Stave Church in Norway, you’d ...
02-9-2023
Does Life Flash Before the Eyes Upon Dying? Study: Specific Patterns of Waves Recorded in a Dying Brain
Death has always been a mystery to human beings. What can people see or feel when they are dying? Scientists who recorded the brain waves of a dying ...
02-7-2023
This Looks Like a Normal Hill in New Zealand but It Has the Longest Name on Earth—Here’s How You Say It
A rather unremarkable hill in New Zealand has become world-famous for one feature alone, namely: its name, believed to be the longest place name on Earth. With 85 ...
02-6-2023
PHOTOS: The Jaw-Dropping Rainbow Mountain in Peru Is a Sight to Behold
This rainbow-striped mountain in Peru may resemble an abstract painting but is, in fact, an entirely natural phenomenon, drawing visitors from far and wide committed to finding out ...
02-5-2023
5 Renaissance Architecture Wonders That Merged Christian With Classical and Reshaped Our World
The artists of the dark ages were neither blind nor indifferent to the perfection and transcendent beauty of classical ancient Rome that lay half-buried strewn in their midst. ...
02-4-2023