Mathematical Discovery Could Shed Light On Secrets Of The Universe
Mathematical Discovery Could Shed Light On Secrets Of The Universe A grand challenge in modern theoretical physics is to find a ‘unified theory’ that can describe all the laws of nature within a single framework — connecting Einstein’s general theory of relativity, which describes the universe on a large scale, and quantum mechanics, which describes …
Mysterious 7,500 years old Vinca Figurines depict Contact with an Ancient Alien Race
Mysterious 7,500 years old Vinca Figurines depict Contact with an Ancient Alien Race There was once a mysterious European culture, which left a legacy in the form of valuable artefacts covered with an unknown, never successfully deciphered script. These artefacts have been excavated from sites in south-east Europe. The culture that flourished from about 6000 …
460-Year-Old Hunting Bow Discovered Underwater in Alaska’s Lake Clark National Park
460-Year-Old Hunting Bow Discovered Underwater in Alaska’s Lake Clark National Park National Park Service employees made an unlikely discovery in the backcountry of Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in Alaska this past September: a 54-inch wooden hunting bow that was found under 2 feet of water, but still intact. Scientists and archaeologists are analyzing …
8,000 years old Stone Tools Found on Iran’s Gav-Bast Mountain
8,000 years old Stone Tools Found on Iran’s Gav-Bast Mountain Archaeologists have found arrays of stone tools and relics on top of Gav-Bast Mountain, which is situated in southern Iran, north of the Persian Gulf. Fereidoun Biglari, an archaeologist and cultural deputy of the National Museum of Iran, briefed attendees on the discovery during the …
How Was Tuberculosis Transmitted in South America?
How Was Tuberculosis Transmitted in South America? Nearly one-quarter of the world’s population is suspected to have been exposed to the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis, a disease that accounts for the highest global mortality from a bacterial infection. TB’s global distribution was once viewed as support for its emergence deep in our past, where it …
The Mysterious Lapedo Child — A Neanderthal / Human Hybrid?
The Mysterious Lapedo Child — A Neanderthal / Human Hybrid? A great mystery was unburied in 1998, in the bed of a rock shelter in the Lapedo Valley which lies 85 miles to the north of Lisbon, Portugal. Buried for millennia, archaeologists discovered the bones of a four-year-old Lapedo child, which was the first complete …
Carved stone pillar found on B.C. beach identified as an Indigenous artefact
Carved stone pillar found on B.C. beach identified as an Indigenous artifact A carved stone pillar found at low tide on a beach in Victoria last summer is an Indigenous cultural treasure, the Royal B.C. Museum has confirmed. The museum is working with the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations to determine the most suitable home …
Ancient Coast Salish war club discovered in Vancouver Island man’s backyard
Ancient Coast Salish war club discovered in Vancouver Island man’s backyard Mark Lake found a little piece of history in his backyard while cleaning up after a storm last April. Lake, of Gartley Point near the seaside village of Royston in Vancouver Island, came across an interesting piece of wood sticking out from under his maple tree — …
Well-preserved fossils could be a consequence of past global climate change
Well-preserved fossils could be consequence of past global climate change Climate change can affect life on Earth. According to new research, it can also affect the ᴅᴇᴀᴅ. A study of exceptionally preserved fossils led by a graduate student at The University of Texas at Austin has found that rising global temperatures and a rapidly changing …
London’s largest Roman mosaic in 50 years discovered by archaeologists
London’s largest Roman mosaic in 50 years discovered by archaeologists In the shadow of the iconic Shard in London, archaeologists have come across an echo of the city’s ancient past. Right there in the heart of the city, they’ve unearthed a striking Roman mosaic that dates back to the late second or early third century. …