Two large gold deposits discovered in China may hold a collective mass of over 2,000 metric tons (2,200 US tons) of the precious material – the largest ever found within the country’s borders.
If confirmed by further geological surveys, the Wangu deposit in Hunan province and the Dadonggou…
For all their global ubiquity as household companions, the precise origins of cat domestication have long remained a puzzle for scientists….
Archaeologists have said they believe humans are the architects behind a number of “extraordinary” pits near Stonehenge, in a…
Our planet has had an ocean for around 3.8 billion years, but new research suggests it hasn’t always been blue.
Away from coastal areas, the sea today is blue because of the way water absorbs longer wavelengths of sunlight towards the red end of the spectrum.
This leaves the shorter, bluer…
Does my internet speed affect my health? There’s no direct connection between receiving data quickly on our devices and our health. Bytes don’t have any calories, nor do they spread diseases.
However, research shows that longer screen time associated with high internet speeds may increase…
Has someone invented a time machine? Maybe. But not “Back…
When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises the average global sea level, alters ocean currents and…
Easter Island’s Rapa Nui statues were carved by several independent groups, including competing families, without any central authority…
You could be at risk of a genetic condition that causes high cholesterol and not even know it, warns a new study. Familial hypercholesterolemia, it says, can go unnoticed for several generations – putting the people who have it at a dangerously high risk of heart attacks and stroke.
The…
