Recent research has revealed evidence of permanent bodily changes during the Viking Age. A study recently published in the journal Current Swedish Archeology , carried out by Matthias Toplak and Lukas Kerk, looked at three…
A recent study revealed that approximately 9,400 years ago , hunter-gatherers in what is now Brazil produced dozens of impressive rock art drawings in association with dinosaur footprints dating back to the Cretaceous period (between 145 and 66 million years ago ). Researchers believe that…
The recent archaeological discovery of five canoes in Italy, remarkably advanced for their time, indicates that Neolithic people were already sailing the Mediterranean more than seven millennia ago. These vessels, dated between 5700…
Discovered in Galilee, the underground system is the most vast and spectacular ever found in the region. During archaeological excavations in Huqoq, near the Sea of Galilee, a diverse group of students, citizens…
A team of archaeologists carried out excavations at the mountain fortress of Rabana-Merquly, located in present-day Iraqi Kurdistan, and proposed that the site could also have functioned as a sanctuary dedicated to the…
Recent discoveries reveal a significant advance in the artificial generation of human cartilage for the head and neck region, promising potential benefits for those facing degenerative joint diseases and other disorders. The new…
Recently, an intriguing case came to light: a woman developed a lump on her eye over the course of two years, which turned out to be a maggot. It is suspected that she…
In a medical breakthrough considered a milestone, 62-year-old Richard ‘Rick’ Slayman has been released from hospital after being the first to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig. The groundbreaking surgery,…
Philip Goff, Durham University The progress of science in the last 400 years is mind-blowing. Who would have thought we’d be able to trace the history of our universe to its origins 14…
Dan Baumgardt, University of Bristol The neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero announced in 2015 that he could soon be capable of performing the world’s first human head transplant procedure. This would mean that it would…