A 2,000-year-old Polish church, long baffling historians with its lack of an entrance, has revealed its secret. Image Credit: Wikipedia Imagine walking through the historical cobblestone ring of Krakow, Poland, and coming across a 2,000-year-old stone church. It’s small, round and remarkably preserved. However, as you stroll through its sandstone walls that have weathered, there…
This underground water may have been trapped before complex life existed on Earth. Image credit – Gemini Scientists working in a Canadian mine discovered something that has revolutionised the experts’ view of life underground and our planet’s history. The researchers found water trapped within fractures in ancient rocks at a depth of nearly 1.5 miles…
An ornate Roman pan, unearthed in Staffordshire, offers a unique glimpse into life on the empire’s frontier. Image Credits: Portable Antiquities Scheme from London, England, via Wikimedia Commons The Romans also had their own way of commemorating their travels, even before the invention of digital photography and refrigerator magnets. In 2003, an amateur archaeologist using…
Why Earth’s largest volcano may not be a volcano in the usual sense. Image credit – Wikimedia Among all volcanic systems known to humans today, one of the most interesting is located at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. It was called the Tamu Massif, which came into the spotlight when geologists started discussing the…
Strange scattered pink boulders led researchers to a massive secret beneath Antarctic ice. Image credit – Gemini Underneath the West Antarctic ice sheets lies an enormous buried structure of granite that has been discovered by scientists through the link between peculiar pink boulders on the surface and unseen rock below the ice cover. Geologists claim…
Ancient Delphi’s Oracle, once seen as pure spiritualism or political theatre, is now understood through its geology. New research reveals fault lines beneath the temple likely released trance-inducing gases, explaining the Pythia’s prophetic states. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons Delphi’s Temple of Apollo, for many centuries, has served as the greatest representation of ancient Greek spiritualism….
Seven human burials were found, but further analysis is needed to find their exact date. Image Credit: National Highways/AMS Although most people think of the expansion of highways in terms of cones in orange and morning commutes, an upcoming initiative in Nottinghamshire has shown that the soil under our feet can actually be an entire…
Crusher tooth of fossil shark Psephodus magnus (6cm long) discovered by Emma Glanville (NPWS) in the Burren National Park. Image Credit: Eamon Ward The grey aged limestones of Burren, located in County Clare, feel like stepping into another world. The attraction lies in the rarity of Arctic flowers, or the hypnotic stillness of the karst…
Using AI and motion sensors, it translates subtle neck muscle movements into clear speech, even in extremely noisy environments. Image credit: POSTECH We’ve all been there. It becomes a stressful moment when you are trying to make an important call while strolling down a bustling street. Or maybe when you are having a catch-up with…
A discovery at an unfinished Pompeii construction site reveals Roman concrete’s resilience wasn’t a lost secret but a result of hot mixing. Image Credits: An unfinished Pompeian construction site reveals ancient Roman building technology Fig 1 The resilience of Roman concrete has been considered one of those miracles lost from history for decades. Whereas most…