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Europe was not covered by dense forest before the arrival of modern humans

Why a surprising discovery, warming seas and the demise of the ‘Meg’ may spell trouble for more and more sharks

How salt from the Caribbean affects our climate

How a climate model can illustrate and explain ice-age climate variability

Alpine rock reveals dynamics of plate movements in Earth’s interior

Meltwater flowing beneath Antarctic glaciers may be accelerating their retreat

Astronomy

Astronomers find abundance of Milky Way–like galaxies in early universe, rewriting cosmic evolution theories

Astronomers discover newborn galaxies with the James Webb Space Telescope

New recipes for origin of life may point way to distant, inhabited planets

Hidden ocean the source of carbon dioxide on Jupiter moon: Research

NASA team simulates a glimpse of our galaxy in gravitational waves

Core of the most distant galaxy protocluster observed

Latest Articles

Vatican treasures on display

2010-11-28

The entrance to the "Vatican Splendors" exhibit evokes a part of St. Peter's Basilica that few tourists ever see: the archaeological excavation beneath the altar, where the modest grave of St. Peter lies amid elaborate first-century pagan mausoleums. The choice of beginning with the...

Battle of Towton in 1461 was Britain's first proven gunfight

2010-11-27

It was the bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil and changed the course of history. But a remarkable archaeological discovery means the Battle of Towton on March 29, 1461, will go down in history for another significant reason. Artefacts unearthed by a metal...

Mexico launches digital library including twenty important codices

2010-11-27

With a selection of documentary treasures, from the Prehispanic, Colonial, Independent and Revolutionary periods, the Mexican Digital Library (BDMx) has been launched at www.bdmx.mx. Promoted by the National Council for Culture and Arts (Conaculta), the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), the...

Paupers and the pyramids: 400 poor burials unearthed near Giza

2010-11-27

At a scholarly conference in Atlanta archaeologists announced that the burials of 400 people – dating between 2,700 and 2,000 years ago – have been excavated on the Giza plateau in Egypt. The discovery was made by researchers with AERA (Ancient Egypt Research...

Miccosukee, Seminole burial ground dug up during Everglades project

2010-11-27

In May 2008, archaeologists began the tedious task of exhuming the remains of Native Americans at a remote site south of Lake Okeechobee and reburying them at another remote site, to make way for a man-made wetland needed to restore the Everglades. The...

Archaeology under threat in UK

2010-11-27

UK archaeologists are facing a wave of cuts that they say will lead to a loss of skills and take the teaching of the subject "back to the 1950s". To cut its national budget deficit, the UK government has launched an austerity programme...

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Canadians closing in on lost wreckage of HMS Terror

2010-11-27

It's a genuine treasure of American history, with a price tag to match: a rare, 195-year-old printing of the original sheet music for the Star-Spangled Banner is expected to sell for up to $300,000 at an auction next week in New York. But...

Archaeologists find earliest evidence of Christianity in Egypt

2010-11-27

The Bible says Joseph and Mary fled to Egypt for a time with the baby Jesus to escape Herod’s henchmen. About 50 years later, St. Mark supposedly established a church in Alexandria. But Christianity didn’t take root in the Land of the Pyramids for...

Unearthed artifacts on show at new pirate museum in St. Augustine, Florida

2010-11-27

Soldiers and civilians who lived and worked in St. Augustine several hundred years ago likely encountered pirates as they went about their daily lives. The late 1600s and early 1700s were the golden age of piracy, and pirates often visited the city to sack...

Atmosphere with oxygen found on one of Saturn’s moons

2010-11-27

A team led by San Antonio scientists has discovered a thin atmosphere of oxygen and carbon dioxide on Rhea, Saturn's second-largest moon, they reported Thursday. Not that anything could live there. The density of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere is 5 trillion times greater...

Neolithic farm found at site of new Forth Crossing

2010-11-27

Archaeologists believe they may have unearthed the remains of a Neolithic farm on the site where the new Forth road bridge is to be built. Trial trenches have been dug in a field on the outskirts of South Queensferry on land reserved for...