Mysterious Stone Spheres Discovered in Ancient Tomb, But What Were They For?
Two polished stone balls shaped about 5,500 years ago – linked to a mysterious practice almost unique to Neolithic Britain – have been discovered in an ancient tomb on the…
Scientists Uncover Dozens of Ancient Baby Elephant Tracks, But They Didn’t Walk Alone
Incredibly well-preserved tracks of prehistoric baby elephants have revealed a crucial, ancient stomping ground for one of the largest animals to walk on Earth’s surface since the dinosaurs. On a…
Gigantic Plankton Bloom Larger Than Australia Spawned by Intense Bushfire Blazes
As well as the local and immediate threat to life and property they present, bushfires can also have far-reaching, long-lasting consequences for the rest of the planet, as was the…
Wild Experiment Coaxes Liquids Into Amazing Square And Hexagonal Shapes
By disrupting the thermodynamic equilibrium of liquids, physicists have made them behave quite differently from how they do in nature – managing to coax liquids into straight-sided squares and hexagons,…
Physicists Create Swirling Tornado of Helium With First-Ever Atomic Vortex Beam
Physicists have created the first-ever atomic vortex beam – a swirling tornado of atoms and molecules with mysterious properties that have yet to be understood. By sending a straight beam…