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New archaeological discoveries reveal birch bark tar was used in medieval England
Scientists from the University of Bristol and the British Museum, in collaboration with Oxford Archaeology East and Canterbury Archaeological Trust, have, for the first time, identified the use of birch...
A 'Jackalope' of an ancient spider fossil deemed a hoax, unmasked as a crayfish
A team used fluorescence microscopy to analyze the supposed spider and differentiate what parts of the specimen were fossilized organism, and which parts were potentially doctored.
Watch: 'Little America': Immigrants chase their dreams in first trailer for Apple TV+ series
Immigrants from around the world try to find their way in the United States in the first trailer for upcoming Apple TV+ series, "Little America."
A 'Jackalope' of an ancient spider fossil deemed a hoax, unmasked as a crayfish
Earlier this year, a remarkable new fossil specimen was unearthed in the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China by area fossil hunters—possibly a huge ancient spider species, as yet unknown...
Modern trees emerged earlier than previously believed, new research reveals
A research team led by faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York has uncovered evidence that the transition toward forests as we know them today began earlier than...
Sam Corlett, Skye Marshall join 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,' Part 3
Sam Corlett, Skye Marshall and Jonathan Whitesell will have recurring roles in "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina," Part 3.
World's oldest forest uncovered in New York
Fossil trees, dating back 386 million years, have been found at an abandoned quarry in New York.
Scientists uncover world's oldest forest
Scientists have discovered remnants of the world's oldest fossil forest in a sandstone quarry in Cairo, New York.
A real-life deluminator for spotting exoplanets by reflected starlight
Perhaps you remember the opening scene of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" that took place on Privet Drive. A bearded man pulled a mysterious device, called a deluminator, from...
A ‘Jackalope’ of an ancient spider fossil deemed a hoax, unmasked as a crayfish
Earlier this year, a remarkable new fossil specimen was unearthed in the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China by area fossil hunters – possibly a huge ancient spider species, as...
New archaeological discoveries reveal birch bark tar was used in medieval England
Scientists from the University of Bristol and the British Museum, in collaboration with Oxford Archaeology East and Canterbury Archaeological Trust, have, for the first time, identified the use of birch...
Stephen Biegun arrives in Beijing amid North Korea tensions
The United States' top envoy on North Korea arrived in Beijing on Thursday, raising speculation he could make contact with the North Koreans this week.
This is why binge-watching is no longer in fashion
A leading TV academic believes binge-watching has now finally fallen out of fashion.
Origin story: Rewriting human history through DNA
For most of our evolutionary history—for most of the time anatomically modern humans have been on Earth—we've shared the planet with other species of humans. It's only been in the...
Fossil expands ancient fish family tree
A second ancient lungfish has been discovered in Africa, adding another piece to the jigsaw of evolving aquatic life forms more than 400 million years ago.
Hand anatomy has no influence on emotional reactions during stone tool handling
Within the framework of electrodermography studies applied to cognitive archaeology, the Paleoneurology team of the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), led by Emiliano Bruner, has published...
Human ancestor homo erectus may have survived until 108,000 years ago
Scientists say they have finally calculated the age of the youngest known remains of Homo erectus, which is generally considered an ancestor of our species.
Seafaring South Americans began settling Greater Antilles 5,800 years ago
The first South Americans to migrate to the Caribbean settled the larger, northernmost islands of the Greater Antilles, what is today Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico.
Our top 12 science facts from 2019
by Josefine Kroll From bacterial invisibility cloaks to unexpected dinosaur colors, Horizon uncovered some fascinating facts in 2019. Here are our 12 favourites. 1. Meerkats live in cooperative societies where only...
For Canadian researcher, it's a microscopic Christmas
There was Tiny Tim, and then the Little Drummer Boy—but they had nothing on the microscopic gingerbread house believed to be the smallest in the world and unveiled Wednesday by...
Wayne Brady as Fox wins 'Masked Singer' Season 2
Wayne Brady was crowned the Season 2 winner of the competition series "The Masked Singer" on Wednesday.
Maryland man convicted of killing Army lieutenant on college campus
A Maryland jury convicted a man of first-degree murder Wednesday for stabbing an Army lieutenant on the University of Maryland-College Park campus in 2017.
Harvard Professor James McCarthy, environmentalist, dead at 75
James J. McCarthy, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Biological Oceanography and director emeritus of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, died on Dec. 11 after a long battle with pulmonary fibrosis. He was 75. A...
Two Chicago men get decades in prison for killing 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee
An Illinois judge sentenced two men to decades in prison Wednesday for the shooting death of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee nearly four years ago.
Researchers determine age for last known settlement by a direct ancestor to modern humans
An international team of researchers has determined the age of the last known settlement of the species Homo erectus, one of modern humans' direct ancestors. The site is called Ngandong,...
Homo erectus: Ancient humans survived longer than we thought
An ancient ancestor of modern humans survived into relatively recent times in South-East Asia.
Earliest known coastal seawall uncovered at Neolithic settlement Tel Hreiz
Possibly one of the first attempts to protect against sea-level rise in a human settlement is described in a study published December 18, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE...
Caribbean settlement began in Greater Antilles, researchers say
A fresh, comprehensive look at archaeological data suggests that seafaring South Americans settled first on the large northernmost islands of the Greater Antilles rather than gradually moving northward from the...