A Million-Year-Old Skull May Mean Humankind Is Twice as Old Than Previously Thought
A recent computer reconstruction of the million-year-old fossil of a skull thought to belong to a member of our Homo erectus ancestors has revealed that it is instead from an individual from a species that is much more closely related to modern humans. This, combined with genetic evidence outlining the close lineage between our two species, […]
Massive Stones From the Lighthouse of Alexandria Have Resurfaced as Part of a Digital Reconstruction Project
Massive stones that were once part of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World have been recovered from the harbor at the Egyptian city of Alexandria, as part of an effort to assemble a digital reconstruction of what may have been the world’s first skyscraper: the colossal Lighthouse of Alexandria Rivaled only by the Great […]
New Evidence for the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis Has Emerged, This Time From the Ocean Floor of the Arctic
New evidence for the case of a large comet impacting the Earth’s atmosphere over North America nearly 13,000 years ago has been discovered, this time in the form of microscopic debris recovered from beneath the ocean floor in the Arctic. The powerful, high-altitude explosion that would have resulted from such an event would go a […]
Chernobyl Containment Facility ‘Lifetime is Now Compromised’ by Armed Drone Strike
The damage caused by a drone strike on the massive structure that contains the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in mid-February may be worse than initially feared, with the detection of numerous small fires still burning in between the outer shell’s layers, and the realization that there appears to be no safe way to repair the […]