A routine cleaning in 1900 at China’s Mogao Grottoes led to a major historical find. Monk Wang Yuanlu uncovered a hidden chamber, the Library Cave, packed with nearly 50,000 ancient documents and artefacts. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons Some of the greatest secrets of history come about simply while cleaning up after oneself. It was in…
This discovery challenges the centuries-old perception of “classical purity,” showing a far more lively and decorated ancient world than previously understood. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons When you think of ancient Greece in the dark of night, what do you visualise? You are likely imagining a land that is full of white marble. This comes from…
Trees Cut Extra City Heat By Half, But Not Quite Where Most Needed (Image credit: ANI) Study Finds That Urban Cooling Remains Weakest In Poorer, Hottest Regions Of The WorldTrees are countering nearly half the urban heating from pavements and buildings in the world’s cities, but they’re not doing enough cooling in hotter, poorer cities…
For decades, a strange patch of the Pacific Ocean has quietly puzzled earthquake scientists around the world. Deep beneath the seafloor, near the coast of Ecuador, a massive underwater fault has been producing almost identical earthquakes every five to six years. The quakes strike with nearly the same magnitude, rupture almost the same sections of…
Image(s): Left/American Aristocracy/Right/Canva According to new findings by researchers from Harvard University, there could be more than one million three hundred thousand individuals living today who share their genetic material with some of the original colonists of Maryland in the United States, as shown in an innovative genetic study titled ‘The genetic legacy of the…
Scientists have identified the Yarrabubba impact crater in Western Australia as the Earth’s oldest, dating back 2.229 billion years. Were you to visit the Yarrabubba station in the remote regions of Western Australia, you would not notice a huge open wound in the ground. The area does not feature dramatic rock formations like those that…
Mexico’s Taam Ja’ Blue Hole has been identified as the world’s deepest, plunging to an astonishing 420 meters. This remarkable natural filter, located in Chetumal Bay, presents unique research opportunities. Should you chance to take a glance at the Chetumal Bay area from above in Mexico, then you will only be able to notice one…
Scientists found shock scars inside South Africa’s oldest giant crater, and the hidden rock clues reveal a violent ancient collision. Image credit – UNESCO The popular mental image of an enormous impact crater is an obvious circular depression seen from space. However, the Vredefort crater in South Africa dispels this conception entirely. This location is…
A tiny silhouette against a blazing Sun with a commercial jet is cutting across the solar disc at the exact centre, looks like a random lucky shot, but the reality is far more complex. Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has captured what many are calling one of the rarest solar transit images ever recorded. The image shows…
NASA astronauts participating in the Artemis program could soon be wearing spacesuits designed by Prada. The luxury fashion company partnered with Axiom Space to help develop the new AxEMU lunar spacesuits intended for future Artemis missions. The collaboration has drawn global attention because it combines high-end fashion expertise with advanced aerospace engineering. NASA currently plans…
