An ancient crocodile-like reptile roamed the Earth 250 million years ago
Earth's history is full of wondrous creatures, some of which still baffle experts today, such as the Pseudosukhi. An example of such a creature is a new species of carnivorous…
Scientists baffled: Web reveals ancient galaxies beyond explanation
Researchers studied three mysterious objects in the early universe. Shown here are their color images, composed of three NIRCam filter strips aboard the James Webb Space Telescope. They are remarkably…
Space research hints at the purpose of the mysterious ancient computer
The Antikythera Mechanism, an ingenious calculator created 2,200 years ago, has inspired awe and fascination since it was discovered from a shipwreck near a Greek island in 1901. Generations of…
Gravitational wave experts discover ‘remarkable’ secrets of ancient computer
Special techniques used to study waves in the universe may have helped researchers solve an ancient mystery.Statistical modeling methods that were developed to study gravitational waves have been used to…
Forbidden black holes and ancient stars lurk in these ‘little red dots’ (image)
Forget the "little green men" - it's the "little red dots" in the infant universe that caught the eye of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The strange red bodies,…
The great megafauna mystery solved? Humans really drove the ancient giants to extinction
Prehistoric people hunted woolly mammoth. A growing body of research suggests that this species – and at least 46 other megaherbivore species – have been driven to extinction by humans.…
Enjoy a glass of wine? Thanks to the extinction of the dinosaurs, claims a study
By Xantha Leatham, Deputy Science Editor for The Daily Mail 15:09 01 July 2024, updated 15:14 01 July 2024 With no dinosaurs to trample the trees, vines like grapes flourished…
This mysterious ancient computer has a “calendar ring” that follows the lunar year
New research into ripples in the fabric of space-time suggests that a nearly 2,000-year-old cosmic calculator followed the lunar calendar instead of the solar one.The hand-operated "Antikythera Mechanism" was recovered…
Scientists check 44,000-year-old frozen wolf for ancient viruses
Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Locals discovered this mummified wolf in the thawing permafrost of Siberia. North Eastern Federal University Researchers are…
Giant, ancient crabs live beneath Rome, and conservationists have their backs: ‘They deserve to be saved’
These giant freshwater crabs could be your new Roman Empire.Archaeologists studying Trajan's Forum, a historic Roman ruin, in 2005 discovered an ancient type of cancer, Potamon fluviatile. The only freshwater…