Today our Earth contains vast grasslands, deserts and mountainous regions. But it was not always the case though. A new study suggests that Earth 4.4 billion years ago was flat, barren and almost...
In prehistoric times, a species of humans – probably Neanderthals or some other kind of hominids – were present in what is today the State of California. We are talking about a time 130,000 years in...
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) sends back a new image of the landing platform, which was left behind by Opportunity rover more than 13 years ago. The image shows how the landing site looks...
Britain has now formally decided to leave European Union, but researchers say that this is not the first withdrawal from EU. The original Brexit happened thousands of years ago. And it was more...
For the first time, researchers have found molecular evidence to confirm the presence of ostriches in India as far back as 25,000 years ago. The origin of the ostrich is largely unclear and these...
The study from Northwestern University and Claremont McKenna, Scripps and Pitzer colleges suggests that eyes instead of limbs helped fish get to land.A research argument shows that our aquatic...
Scientists studied the genetics of modern organisms, and found complex life on earth billions of years before. The research findings were published in the journal Nature by MIT scientists.The study...
Giant penguins trod the earth some 61 million years ago. They probably reached heights of 5 feet each. The fossil record shows this very clearly.Even more intriguing is the fact that these waddling...
Recently, Japan’s moon-orbiting Kaguya spacecraft found that there are high energy oxygen atoms above earth’s surface that attack the surface of moon every month for few days.The agency also said...
An Archaeologist discovered bacteria DNA in Troy in a 30 year old woman skeleton that shows infection. The discovery is based on a women buried in Byzantine graveyard, whose skeleton became...