It started out as a restoration, not an excavation. The Saint Philibert Church in Dijon, France—salt-weathered and centuries-old—was crumbling. Laborers anticipated granulating stone and perhaps cracked floors. Something they did not anticipate, however, was a secret staircase—one no living human foot had stepped upon in
Beneath Antarctica's endless white sheets of frigid ice, something is whispering back at us—a signal so strange, it's left some of the world's top minds in a state of shock. When a research team began looking for cosmic particles, they stumbled onto something far more out
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene recently reignited controversy by claiming a link between President John F. Kennedy’s assassination and his opposition to Israel’s nuclear program. Her statements emerged amid heightened tensions between the US, Iran, and Israel, particularly following US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. Greene
Ants are some of the least intimidating critters out there, but some of these species have quite a punch in their bite, especially this silent but serious threat creeping through the United States. Native to East Asia, these Asian needle ants have raised alarms among
East Antarctica conceals more than snow and silence. Under its thickest ice, a half-billion-year-old secret has lain undisturbed. Initially hypothesized by a Soviet Cold War team, what is being concealed confounded geologists for decades. And now, new research is stripping away layers of time to
The discovery of 3,400-year-old plague evidence during the recent excavation of the Exodus Pharaoh's tomb has sparked a renewed global debate. Devastating plagues afflicted Egypt long before the notorious Black Death ravaged Europe, as demonstrated by the discovery of Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes the
The actual scope and complexity of Native American power structures are frequently ignored by the dominant narrative. The majority of stories about the strongest tribe in history center on their survival in the face of overwhelming odds or their resistance to European colonization. These hopes were dashed,
There have been some pretty ambitious projects when it comes to exploring space and the planets within, but China and Russia have taken exploration to a whole other level. The International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), spearheaded by China and Russia, is set to feature a
Have you ever wondered whether humans were truly the first advanced civilization on Earth? The Silurian hypothesis suggests that millions of years ago, an intelligent society might have thrived here long before humans existed. This theory challenges what we know about Earth's history, and it
Mars seems to always find a way to surprise us with discoveries that challenge what we know about the Red Planet. Recently, scientists detected enormous underground structures stretching for miles beneath Mars’ surface. These formations are solid and unlike anything seen on the dusty surface,
