Calls have been made for repairs to a set of ancient stepping stones which have worn down to below the water line at a south Wales beauty spot. The stones across the river Ewenny at Merthyr Mawr, near Bridgend, have been used for centuries, but many are now underwater. [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/...
Scientists have come up with a new currency designed to be used by inter-planetary travellers. It is called the Quasi Universal Intergalactic Denomination, or Quid. It is designed to withstand the stresses of space travel and has no sharp edges or chemicals that could hurt space tourists. [url=ht...
When King Tutankhamen died, about 1400 BC, he was buried with one of the most lavish funerals of all time. When it was discovered in 1922, the tomb contained more gold than the Royal Bank of Egypt at the time. Tutankhamen had with him a truly royal weapon: an iron dagger with a hilt and sheath of gold decor...
A 17-year-old schoolgirl is to become the first Nigerian to experience a "space flight" when she takes off from the Kennedy Space Centre on Saturday.
Stella Felix from the south-east was chosen from 400 Nigerian students who applied to go on a zero-gravity flight.
She will fly at an altitude o...
Caral made headlines in 2001 when researchers carbon-dated material from the city back to 2627 B.C. It is a must-see for archaeology enthusiasts.
Even though the ruins in the dusty, wind-swept Supe River Valley don't approximate in majesty...
A tiny galaxy, nearly halfway across the universe, the smallest in size and mass known to exist at that distance, has been identified by an international team of scientists led by two from the University of California, Santa Barbara. The scientists used data collected by NASA's Hubble Space Telesc...
An Oglethorpe County couple got a little more than they bargained for when they bought a 53-acre tract to add to their Oglethorpe County farm. Ted and Patsy Hughes knew beforehand about the slightly mysterious formal garden, with its granite arrows laid out in compass directions. They didn't know a...
Archaeologists were very pleasantly surprised to discover an unknown rune stone under the floor of Hauskjeen church in Rennesøy, Rogaland in western Norway. The rune stone likely stems from the 11th century, and tells of Halvard's powers or Halvard's magnificence. The stone slab has been broken...
On October 4, 2007, the Max Planck Society's Science Tunnel will be ceremonially opened in Seoul, South Korea. At the centrally located Seoul Museum of History, visitors to the multimedia exhibition are taken on a fascinating journey through the world of modern research. The exhibit, which also p...
University of Southampton creates new colour changing material Scientists at the University of Southampton and the Deutsches Kunststoff-Institut (DKI) in Darmstadt, Germany have created a new type of plastic film that allows objects to change their colour. The researchers, led by the Univers...
The first use of marijuana can be traced way back in the Neolithic age as evidenced by a burnt marijuana seed that was found in the sacrament brazier in a very old interment spot in Romania today. It is said that in the past, the people who were using marijuana the most were the Hindus from Nepal and India,...
The Astronomical Society of Victoria says a meteor was the source of an array of coloured lights seen in skies across the state last night. The vice president, Perry Vlahos says the meteor was first spotted in north eastern Victoria just before 10:00pm, and it was also seen in some areas of South Austr...
Tropical Storm Lekima is forecast to make landfall in China in about 22 hours probability for CAT 1 or above is 40% probability for TS is 85% in about 10 hours Yaxian (18.4 N, 109.4 E) probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% in about 22 hours probability for TS is 75% in ab...
