To the north of the Persian Empire, around both sides of Caucasus Mountain, various Scythian (Palaeo-Slavian / Staroslavianskje) tribes lived. They were [...]

A quick look at the fossil record shows that no species lasts forever. On average, most species exist for around a million years, although some species [...]

The Turin mummy, or “Fred,” as it has become known to archaeologists, has been housed in Turin’s Egyptian Museum since the early 1900s and remained [...]

Exoplanets, planets in other solar systems, can orbit very close to their host star. When, in addition to this, the host star is much hotter than our Sun, [...]

The Earth’s building blocks seem to be built from ‘pretty normal’ ingredients, according to researchers working with the world’s [...]

This summer’s world-wide heatwave makes 2018 a particularly hot year. As will be the next few years, according to a study led by Florian Sévellec, a [...]

Museum officials in southeastern Turkey’s Adıyaman province said Monday they have discovered the remains of a Roman-era military observation tower. [...]

The tradition of the ghost marriage is one that supposedly stretches back to the first imperial dynasty of China: the Qin Dynasty, dating from the years [...]

Japanese startup Interstellar Technologies is developing the main engine for an orbital rocket designed to carry 100 kilograms and slated to conduct its [...]

Asteroids are all around us in space — but they’re awfully difficult to weigh Source: space