An ancient stamp unearthed by a metal detectorist suggests the Sutton Hoo was actually made in Denmark, and not Sweden as previously…
Category: 7. SciTech
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Something very strange is happening to tornadoes across the US. And scientists are baffled
Every year, the US sees around 1,200 tornadoes tear across its landscape – but lately, things have felt different. Tornadoes are striking earlier, appearing in unusual places and clustering together with alarming intensity. Now, in early April 2025, the pattern is continuing – and…
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Bronze Age Scandinavians took to open seas in giant canoes, study suggests
Bronze Age Scandinavians may have traversed from Denmark to Norway directly over the open sea on large canoes, scientists say.
The cultures of…
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Discovery of mass grave under football pitch changes what we know about the Roman Empire
Construction workers renovating a Vienna football field stumbled upon a grim piece of history: a mass grave containing the skeletal remains of…
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Sutton Hoo helmet’s origin story challenged by discovery from amateur metal detectorist
An ancient stamp unearthed by a metal detectorist suggests the Sutton Hoo was actually made in Denmark, and not Sweden as previously…
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Stone found by three-year-old during stroll turns out to be 3,800-year-old scarab amulet
Archaeologists have confirmed that a “beautiful stone” picked up by a child in Israel’s Tel Azekah area is actually a Bronze Age scarab…
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Earth’s Crust Is Dripping Under Midwest US, Scientists Discover : ScienceAlert
Beneath the American Midwest, on the continent of North America, the underside of Earth’s crust is dripping into the planetary interior.
There, blobs of molten rock are coalescing in the upper mantle of the planet, eventually gaining enough mass to precipitate deeper, a slow, gradual…
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Earth’s space junk problem got even worse in 2024, ESA reports
Earth’s space junk problem isn’t just growing—it’s accelerating. According to the European Space Agency’s latest Space Environment Report, 2024 saw some of the largest debris-generating events in decades. And with satellite launches continuing to surge, experts are warning…
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New footprints reveal secrets of dinosaur gathering on Isle of Skye
Newly-identified dinosaur footprints on the Isle of Skye reveal herbivores and carnivores coexisted at freshwater lagoons some 167 million…
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These monkeys are the world’s best yodellers, and we have the footage to prove it
It is a charming scene in The Sound of Music when Maria and the Von Trapp children sing about a lonely goatherd yodelling in the Austrian Alps (lay-ee-odl-lay-ee-odl-lay-hee-hoo).
But little did these characters know, their yodelling would be put to shame by monkeys in the rainforests of Latin…
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