Scientists have just discovered a supermassive black hole that existed surprisingly early in the history of the universe, and the puzzling find is shedding new light on when the first stars blinked on.
A team of scientists announced their analysis of this quasar J1342+0928 today. The remarkable object originates from...
Researchers have discovered fossils of two new species of sabre-toothed predators, that could help to improve our understanding of the early evolution of mammals.
Most of what we know about these proto-mammals has been skewed due to a sampling bias. The majority of fossils of these creatures have come out...
DNA Tests Prove Egyptian Mummies Shared a Mommy.
Using ‘next generation’ DNA sequencing scientists have found that the famous ‘Two Brothers’ mummies of the Manchester Museum have different fathers so are, in fact, half-brothers.
The Two Brothers are the Museum’s oldest mummies and amongst the best-known human remains in its Egyptology...
MIT Astronomer’s ‘Zoo Theory’ Explains Why Aliens Have Not Made Contact With Earth.
John A. Ball, a radio astronomer from MIT, argues that aliens might be not too keen to contact humans directly because the former essentially act as game wardens.
According to Science Examiner, the astronomer postulates that aliens are...
A blind mystic who is said to have predicted the 9/11 attacks, the Boxing Day tsunami and Brexit is also believed to have forecast two significant events in 2018.
Baba Vanga envisioned two world-changing events happening next year.
The Bulgarian - who died in 1996 aged 85 - left predictions going...
Staring at a deep red light for three minutes a day can significantly improve declining eyesight, finds a new UCL-led study, the first of its kind in humans.
Scientists believe the discovery, published in the Journals of Gerontology, could signal the dawn of new affordable home-based eye therapies, helping the...
Scientists say number of severe quakes is likely to rise strongly next year because of a periodic slowing of the Earth’s rotation.
In a study published in Geophysical Research Letters earlier this year, Roger Bilham of the University of Colorado and Rebecca Bendick of the University of Montana predict that,...
Scientists may have solved one of the riddles about the famous giant statues of Easter Island—why long-ago inhabitants placed them where they did.
A new study in PLOS One makes the case that the statues went up to designate sources of fresh water, one of the island’s most precious commodities....
Linguists working in the Malay Peninsula have identified a language, now called Jedek, that had not previously been recognized outside of the small group of people who speak it.
The newly documented language is spoken by some 280 people, part of a community that once foraged along the Pergau River....
The Great American Eclipse of August 2017 left a ‘wake’ in the Earth’s upper atmosphere, the way a ship does when it moves through water. The phenomenon has been theorized about, but never before detected, according to Gizmodo.
Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Haystack Observatory and the University...
