Elon Musk reveals sleek SpaceX spacesuit for crewed flights in 2018
SpaceX has unveiled a sleek white spacesuit for astronauts on its crewed flights expected to take off next year.
Chief executive Elon Musk revealed the suit on Instagram on Wednesday. He said it was not...
History’s 1st Emoji? Ancient Pitcher Shows a Smiley Face
By Laura Geggel
The iconic smiley face may seem like a modern squiggle, but the discovery of a smiley face-like painting on an ancient piece of pottery suggests that it may be much older.
During an...
Chaco Canyon petroglyph may represent ancient total eclipse
by Jim Scott
As the hullabaloo surrounding the Aug. 21 total eclipse of the sun swells by the day, a University of Colorado Boulder faculty member says a petroglyph in New Mexico's Chaco Canyon may...
Easter Island not victim of ‘ecocide’, analysis of remains shows
BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY—Analysis of remains found on Rapa Nui, Chile (Easter Island) provides evidence contrary to the widely-held belief that the ancient civilization recklessly destroyed its environment, according to new research co-conducted by faculty at...
Ancient Cave in China Filled With 45,000-Year-Old Stone Tools
Archaeologists have recovered thousands of artifacts from a cave in Xinjiang (an autonomous region of northern China) including stone tools, bronze and iron artifacts and animal fossils. Some date as far back as the Paleolithic...
Dead heads: Turkish site reveals more evidence of neolithic ‘skull cult’
Fragments of carved bone unearthed at an ancient site on a Turkish hillside are evidence that the people who spent time there belonged to a neolithic “skull cult” – a group that embraces rituals...
How ancient China and Egypt developed similar structures
Although ancient Egypt and China never communicated with each other, they had many things in common. The exhibition "China and Egypt. Cradles of the World" shows inventions made in both countries a long time...
Subatomic particles reveal a mysterious structure inside Giza’s Great Pyramid
by Rachel Becker
The newly-discovered cavity sits near the center of the pyramid, but its function is still a mystery
A shower of subatomic particles has revealed the outlines...
Nibiru Discovered? ©
"There could be a new ninth planet floating beyond the dark edges of our solar system, according to new research published in The Astronomical Journal from CalTech professors Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin.
Brown and...
Lost City of Etzanoa Found – Indian Country Media Network
Wichita Indian urban center dubbed Etzanoa by Spanish, home to some 20,000
Steve Russell
Another of the “lost cities” of North America may have been found, according to Dr. Donald Blakeslee, an archaeologist at Wichita State...