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Satanic geology – the Devil’s places of Britain

27 October 2019

There are many places across Britain named after the Devil – often with their own stories as to how the name came about. Some of these places are man-made, whilst some are natural in origin. […]

Featured book: ‘Albion Dreamtime’ by Peter Knight & Sue Wallace

7 September 2019

Peter Knight and Sue Wallace’s latest book was published as of midsummer 2019. It is called Albion Dreamtime – Re-enchanting the Isle of Dragons. Albion – and indeed the Isle of Dragons – refers to […]

Central place – the ancient art of creating sacred centres

From the aboriginal tribes of Australia to the Celtic tribes of Europe, there is evidence that ancient peoples revered central places within their territories, and organised their societies accordingly. Why were these centre places so […]

New book: ‘America Before’ by Graham Hancock

Graham Hancock’s new book is called America Before – The Key to Earth’s Lost Civilisation. Book tour Graham Hancock is talking about his new book on a tour that takes in the UK, the USA […]

Sunken realms – the lost lands of Wales

There are legends of flooded lands around the coast of Britain, and no more so than in Wales. These lands were inundated by the sea, through gradual sea level rise or during catastrophic events. This […]

Lifelike chemistry created in lab search for ways to study origin of life
on 14 November 2019 at 5:40 pm
Researchers have cultivated lifelike chemical reactions while pioneering a new strategy for studying the origin of life.
Megadrought likely triggered the fall of the Assyrian Empire
on 14 November 2019 at 4:59 pm
The Neo-Assyrian Empire, centered in northern Iraq and extending from Iran to Egypt -- the largest empire of its time -- collapsed after more than two centuries of dominance at the fall of its […]
DNA data offers scientific look at 500 years of extramarital sex in Western Europe
on 14 November 2019 at 4:59 pm
Researchers have put DNA evidence together with long-term genealogical data to explore questions of biological fatherhood on a broad scale among people living in parts of Western Europe over the last […]
Butterflies take different paths to arrive at same color pattern
on 14 November 2019 at 4:59 pm
An international team of scientists working with Heliconius butterflies in Panama was faced with a mystery: how do pairs of unrelated butterflies from Peru to Costa Rica evolve nearly the same […]
NASA's Mars 2020 will hunt for microscopic fossils
on 14 November 2019 at 3:35 pm
Scientists with NASA's Mars 2020 rover have discovered what may be one of the best places to look for signs of ancient life in Jezero Crater, where the rover will land on Feb. 18, 2021.
Ancient Egyptians gathered birds from the wild for sacrifice and mummification
on 13 November 2019 at 8:31 pm
In ancient Egypt, sacred ibises were collected from their natural habitats to be ritually sacrificed, according to a new study.
Extinct giant ape directly linked to the living orangutan
on 13 November 2019 at 8:30 pm
Researchers have succeeded in reconstructing the evolutionary relationship between a two million year old giant primate and the living orangutan. It is the first time genetic material this old has […]
Predicting evolution: Not just 'survival of the fittest'
on 13 November 2019 at 8:30 pm
A new method of 're-barcoding' DNA allows scientists to track rapid evolution in yeast. The approach has implications for the prediction of dominant viral strains.
The smell of old books could help preserve them
on 13 November 2019 at 4:20 pm
Old books give off a complex mélange of odors, ranging from pleasant (almonds, caramel and chocolate) to nasty (formaldehyde, old clothes and trash). Detecting early signs of paper degradation […]

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What felled the great Assyrian Empire? Team weighs in
on 14 November 2019 at 5:24 pm
The Neo-Assyrian Empire, centered in northern Iraq and extending from Iran to Egypt—the largest empire of its time—collapsed after more […]
Alpine rock axeheads became social and economic exchange fetishes in the Neolithic
on 14 November 2019 at 4:13 pm
Axeheads made out of Alpine rock had strong social and economic symbolic meaning in the Neolithic, given their production and use value. Their […]
Climate change fueled the rise and demise of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, superpower of the ancient world
on 14 November 2019 at 12:39 pm
Ancient Mesopotamia, the fabled land between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers, was the command and control center of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. This […]
Explorers discover WWII submarine that sank in 1944
on 14 November 2019 at 9:07 am
A team of ocean explorers say a U.S. submarine with 80 sailors aboard when it disappeared in 1944 has been discovered in Japanese waters.
Climate may have helped crumble one of the ancient world's most powerful civilizations
on 14 November 2019 at 8:35 am
New research suggests it was climate-related drought that built the foundation for the collapse of the Assyrian Empire (whose heartland was based in […]
Ancient cup given to 1st marathon victor returned to Greece
on 13 November 2019 at 8:25 pm
An ancient Greek cup awarded as a prize to the marathon winner in the first modern Olympics of 1896 has been returned to Athens from a German […]
Ancient Egyptians gathered birds from the wild for sacrifice and mummification
on 13 November 2019 at 7:00 pm
In ancient Egypt, Sacred Ibises were collected from their natural habitats to be ritually sacrificed, according to a study released November 13, 2019 […]
World's oldest glue used from prehistoric times till the days of the Gauls
on 13 November 2019 at 3:32 pm
Birch bark tar, the oldest glue in the world, was in use for at least 50,000 years, from the Palaeolithic Period up until the time of the Gauls. Made […]
Oldest carnivorous dinosaur fossil unearthed in Brazil
on 13 November 2019 at 2:51 pm
A team of researchers from Universidade Federal de Santa Maria and Universidade de São Paulo, both in Brazil, has found and identified the […]

Origins of Egypt’s Sacred Ibis Mummies Examined 14 November 2019
QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA—According to a Cosmos Magazine report, paleogeneticist Sally Wasef of Griffith University and her colleagues analyzed DNA extracted from the mummified remains of African sacred ibises and found it unlikely that the ancient Egyptians raised the birds in hatcheries or farms. The remains of at least several million Threskiornis aethiopicus, mummified between 600 B.C. […]
World War II Submarine Discovered Near Japan 14 November 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—WFAA reports that the wreckage of the USS Grayback has been discovered under 1,427 feet of water off the southwest coast of Okinawa, Japan, by members of the Lost 52 Project team, who examined original World War II documents and realized there had been an error in the translation of the vessel’s location. The […]
Scientists Analyze Composition of Ancient Egyptian Bones 14 November 2019
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA—Researchers from the Department of Energy/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory announced that they have worked with scholars from the University of Cairo to analyze samples of mummified bone and soil collected at sites in Egypt where human remains were found, in an effort to determine if chemicals in the bone reflected the person’s daily activities, […]

Gigantopithecus is Related to Modern-Day Orangutans, New Study Shows 14 November 2019
Orangutans (genus Pongo) are the closest living relatives of Gigantopithecus blacki, the biggest primate that ever walked the Earth, according to new research published in the journal Nature. Gigantopithecus blacki is an extinct, giant hominid that once inhabited dense forests of Southeast Asia. As the name suggests, the giant primate was larger than gorillas, standing […]
New Species of Herbivorous Dinosaur Identified in Canada 14 November 2019
Paleontologists in Canada have found the fossil fragments from a new species of leptoceratopsid dinosaur that walked the Earth during the Cretaceous period. The newly-discovered dinosaur lived approximately 67 million years ago (Cretaceous period). Named Ferrisaurus sustutensis, the prehistoric creature was about 5.7 feet (1.75 m long). It probably weighed about 150 kg (330 lbs), similar […]
Paleontologists Find Fossilized Feathers of Cretaceous Polar Dinosaurs and Birds 13 November 2019
Paleontologists have discovered the fossilized feathers of dinosaurs and birds that lived 118 million years ago (Early Cretaceous epoch) in polar environment (around 70°S) in what is now southeastern Australia. Exceptionally preserved feathered dinosaur fossils (including birds) from the Mesozoic era are famous, but recognized from only very few localities worldwide, and are especially rare […]

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