Scientists have discovered a fossilised piece of amber deep beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, providing the first evidence of amber on the continent The thought of Antarctica brings about many images, and the first things that come to mind when one thinks of Antarctica are those of an endless frozen desert. Large glaciers, harsh…
What began as a routine day of excavation in a Lithuanian field turned into an extraordinary rediscovery when farmer Laurynas Družas struck a large metal object buried beneath the soil near the town of Antašava in the Kupiškis district. As the earth was cleared away, a massive church bell slowly emerged, one that locals believed…
Angel Falls, the world’s tallest waterfall, Image credit: Wikimedia There’s a place on our planet where time appears to have stood still. Long before the first backpacker ever stamped a passport or Instagram algorithms started dictating our travel bucket lists, nature was busy sculpting an impossible landscape deep in the south-eastern stretches of Venezuela. The…
Life’s constant negotiations often feel like a rigged game, but Oxford professor Michael Wooldridge argues we can escape the ‘zero-sum mindset.’ Image Credit: Wikipedia Life is messy, life is unpredictable, and most of the time it’s one long series of negotiations. Whether you’re in the middle of a tense salary negotiation, trying to figure out…
Zorawar S Kohli was charged after a massive car crash in New Jersey. (Photo: Daily Voice New Jersey) A massive crash involving a BMW and a Land Rover on Route 80 east on the Hackensack River Bridge in New Jersey saw the BMW hit the concrete barrier and plunge into the river while the driver…
A British radio station has apologised after mistakenly broadcasting that King Charles III had died due to what it described as a computer error, according to The Guardian.The false announcement was aired on Tuesday afternoon by Radio Caroline, a historic broadcaster based in Essex.An internal “Death of a Monarch” procedure was accidentally triggered at its…
Ancient Egyptians ingeniously utilized a forgotten, high-volume Nile branch, the Khufu Branch, to transport massive pyramid stones. Image credit: Chatgpt If you’ve spent any time on TikTok or history subreddits, you’ve definitely seen the wild theories on how the Great Pyramid of Giza was built. Aliens, lost future civilisations, complicated sound-wave levitation- people will believe…
Pencil marks, composed of graphite flakes, adhere to paper fibers through weak van der Waals interactions. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons A new sheet of paper is a blank canvas, but a microscope shows that it’s a wild, tangled jungle of cellulose fibres. “Every time you drag a pencil across that grid, you’re causing a little…
Bad dog breath is a common issue for pet owners. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons If you have a dog, you know the exact moment when the honeymoon phase is over. It often happens during a cosy morning cuddle when your furry best friend leans in for a sweet puppy kiss, and you’re hit with a…
A remarkable dinosaur footprint, 220 million years old, was found by a young girl in Wales. This trace fossil offers insights into prehistoric life and animal behavior. Image Credits: Greg Willis from Denver, via Wikimedia Commons Some of the most awe-inspiring scientific discoveries have not been made through costly and technologically advanced laboratory experiments. In…