The transportation of the colossal moai on Easter Island has been one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in history for archaeologists. For years, how they appeared along the coast has been a real puzzle for researchers, who now have a new hypothesis.
The Face Lab archaeological research team at Liverpool John Moores University (UK) has digitally reconstructed the faces of four Andean mummies from Colombia.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, stated that artificial intelligence could surpass human intelligence before the end of this decade.
This Sunday, September 28, the residents of Guizhou Province, in southwest China, experienced a historic day with the opening of a new bridge over the Huajiang Grand Canyon, a megastructure that becomes the highest bridge on the planet.
Earth's natural satellite, the Moon, is moving 3.8 centimeters away from this inhabited planet every year, a phenomenon that scientists can now measure with laser precision, according to an article in ScienceAlert.
Iceberg A23a, once the largest in the world, has accelerated its fragmentation process and could disappear completely in the coming weeks.
A team of paleontologists has discovered new remains of a species of ankylosaur, called Spicomellus afer, characterized by its unique bone structures. According to a statement from the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom), which participated in the study published in the journal Nature, this is the oldest ankylosaur in the world and one of the dinosaurs with the most imposing and unique morphology.
The meteorite that survived its entry into Earth's atmosphere on June 26 and impacted the roof of a house in the town of McDonough, near Atlanta, in the United States, was formed 4.56 billion years ago, making it older than Earth.
A large-scale study from Tufts University in Massachusetts suggests that drinking one to three cups of caffeinated coffee a day is associated with lower overall mortality, especially from cardiovascular causes.
A team led by Chinese scientists has discovered vibrant marine communities in the depths of the ocean that live completely untouched by sunlight. Nearly 10,000 meters below the sea, these creatures get their energy not from the sun, but from chemical reactions occurring in the geological fluids of the seabed.
USA, July 30. - Excited or fearful, calm or anxious, the way a dog watches television says a lot about its character and personality: some, for example, follow objects moving on the screen, while others respond more to audible stimuli like a car horn.
London, 28 Jul. - Walking seven thousand steps as a preventive habit to slow the onset of cardiovascular disease, cognitive impairment and diabetes is the suggestion of research published today in The Lancet Public Health with more than 160,000 people.