A painting of a kangaroo in Western Australia is the oldest known rock art in the country, according to scientists, who say radiocarbon-dating analysis shows it was created more than 17,000 jare terug.
Researchers to restore what might be the oldest building in the US dedicated to the education of free and enslaved Black children
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After years of examining centuries-old writings and digging up artifacts, researchers recently confirmed that an 18th-century building on the College of William & Mary campus was once a school for free and ensla...
Violent protests over rapper’s arrest and accusations of police brutality rock Catalonia for fifth day
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Angry protesters have now gathered in multiple Spanish cities for five consecutive nights, demonstrating over the dramatic arrest of rapper Pablo Hasel earlier in the week. Thousands gathered in Barcelona on Saturda...
Na 68 years in prison, America’s oldest juvenile lifer was released
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Joe Ligon, believed to be the oldest and longest-serving juvenile lifer in the United States, has been released from a Pennsylvania prison after spending nearly seven decades behind bars. Ligon was incarcerated in ...
World’s oldest DNA sequenced from a mammoth that lived more than a million years ago
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A tooth from a mammoth that roamed the Siberian steppe more than a million years ago has yielded the world's oldest DNA sequence. It's the first time that DNA has been recovered from animal remains more than a mill...
Misteries van massiewe gate wat in Siberiese permafrost gevorm word, word deur wetenskaplikes ontsluit
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The massive crater appeared violently and explosively in the Siberian tundra last year -- a powerful blowout of methane gas throwing ice and rock hundreds of feet away and leaving a gaping circular scar in the empty...
‘Young Rock’ and ‘Kenan’ give NBC a just-so-so comedy tag team
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NBC puts together a high-profile tag team in "Young Rock" en "Kenan," comedies featuring Dwayne Johnson and Kenan Thompson. While the former feels a tad overinflated in its biographical dive into the star's early l...
Antarktiese sponse wat onder die ysrak ontdek is, is wetenskaplikes verbaas
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Die toevallige ontdekking van vreemde lewensvorme op 'n rotsblok onder die ysrak van die Antarktika het wetenskaplikes in die war gebring.. Navorsers het deurgedring 900 meter ys in die Filchner-Ronne-ysrak, s ...
Neanderdal-gene kan groepe van menslike breinweefsel verander, vind wetenskaplikes
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Breine word nie in die fossielverslag bewaar nie, maak dit onmoontlik om te weet hoe moderne menslike breine verskil van ons voorouders wat lank reeds uitgesterf het, die Neanderdalmense. Van versteende skedels weet ons dat hul breine tweemaal ...
Rots & Roll Hall of Fame 2021 nominees announced
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Go ahead and brush the "Dirt Off Your Shoulder," die 2021 Rots & Roll Hall of Fame nominees are a "Tapestry" van "Simply The Best." If you haven't guessed yet, Jay-Z, Carole King and Tina Turner are among those ...
In geval van moontlike verkeerde mummie-identiteit, wetenskaplikes ontdek leidrade
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U weet hoe klerewinkels winkelpoppe in vensters opsteek, pronk met die modieuse goedere wat hulle bied? Dit kan die verklaring wees agter 'n geval van verkeerde mummie-identiteit. Tydens 'n reis na Egipte in die ...
Waarom kak wombats blokkies? Wetenskaplikes het uiteindelik die antwoord
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Vir jare, wetenskaplikes het gewonder waarom wombat-kak kubusvormig is (ja, regtig). Nou, hulle sê dat hulle tot die einde van die raaisel gekom het. Kaalneuswombats, of gewone baarmoeder, kan in die bosveld gevind word ...
Dwayne Johnson says late dad ‘would have loved’ new TV series ‘Young Rock’
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NBC's "Young Rock" may largely be about Dwayne Johnson's good old days, but it also aims to be honest: Those days weren't all good. Daardie, Johnson hopes, will inject the forthcoming sitcom about his life with an aut...