frankcreedSep 10, 20202 min readSymbols at Gobekli Tepe Reveal A Comet Bombarded Earth Some 13,000 Years AgoOne of the most enigmatic and mysterious temples on the surface of the planet is located in modern-day Turkey. The site, identified by...
frankcreedAug 24, 20201 min readAncient ‘Zombie’ Lifeforms Living 5km Beneath Earth’s Surface a “Challenge to Science”Barely living ‘zombie’ bacteria and other forms of life constitute an immense amount of carbon deep within Earth’s subsurface — 245 to...
frankcreedAug 19, 20201 min readRadiocarbon Dating Accuracy Set To ImproveThe team of researchers at the Universities of Sheffield, Belfast, Bristol, Glasgow, Oxford, St Andrews and Historic England, plus...
frankcreedAug 17, 20202 min readWorld’s oldest camp bedding found in a South African cave.Border Cave is a deep gash in a cliff face, high in the Lebombo Mountains of South Africa. Sheltered from the elements, the spot has...
frankcreedAug 9, 20201 min readAll Humans Descend from One Couple That Lived 200,000 Years AgoA new, revolutionary scientific study has discovered that all modern humans were spawned from a single couple, hundreds of thousands of...
frankcreedAug 8, 20201 min readThe Dead Sea is believed to be at least 3 million years old.The Dead Sea or the Salt Sea was one of Cleopatra’s favourite places mainly because of its medicinal features. The sea is located between...
frankcreedAug 6, 20201 min readFossil captures ancient ‘hell ant’ in actionA new fossil reveals how a mysterious ancient insect captured its meals. The discovery depicts a 99-million-year-old encounter between a...
frankcreedAug 5, 20201 min readResearchers Find Incredibly Well-Preserved Fossilized 10,000-Year-Old Mammoth A local reindeer herder in Russia has come across a sensational discovery: the remains of a teenage woolly mammoth with soft tissue still...
frankcreedAug 4, 20201 min readDoctors diagnose advanced cancer—in a dinosaur.This deformed bone is the first clear example of a malignant tumor diagnosed in a dinosaur. The partial fibula—a bone from the lower...
frankcreedAug 3, 20201 min readUniverse might be 1.2 billion years younger than previously believed.The universe is assumed to be approximately 13.8 billion years old, but a new study from researchers suggests it could be as much as 1.2...
frankcreedAug 2, 20201 min readMassive Impact Crater Caused by One-Kilometer-Wide MeteoriteThe 12-billion-tonne meteor impacted the Earth's surface with the power of 47 million Hiroshima bombs. A team of scientists has recently...
frankcreedJul 30, 20201 min readAncient, 100-Million-Year-Old Bee Fossilized in Amber With Traces of PollenSome 100 million years ago, a bee became stuck in tree resin. Trapped, without any chances of escape, it was preserved in time until...
frankcreedJul 29, 20201 min readScientists pull living microbes, possibly 100 million years old, from beneath the sea.Microbes buried beneath the sea floor for more than 100 million years are still alive, a new study reveals. When brought back to the lab...
frankcreedJul 28, 20201 min readAncient skull could be ‘missing link’ between African and American crocodiles.An ancient crocodile species could have close evolutionary ties to modern American crocs. In a new study, researchers re-examined a...
frankcreedJul 27, 20201 min readScientists think the moon is millions of years younger than anyone realizedResearchers with the German Aerospace Center believe the moon is at least 85 million years younger than we thought, putting the Earth's...
frankcreedJul 26, 20201 min read14,000-Year-Old Human Poop Found in Oregon CaveFor archaeologists, ancient bones and stone tools are important lines of evidence, but sometimes the answers to our past can be found in...
frankcreedJul 24, 20202 min read91-Million-Year-Old shark fossil found in Kansas.Meet Cretodus Houghtonorum. This is the 91-million-year-old fossilized shark that was discovered entirely by chance in Kansas, taking...
frankcreedJul 23, 20201 min readBats have outsmarted viruses—including coronaviruses—for 65 million years.Although the SARS-CoV-2 virus has sickened more than 14 million people, bats contract similar viruses all the time without experiencing...
frankcreedJul 22, 20201 min readEarliest evidence for humans in the AmericasHumans settled in the Americas much earlier than previously thought, according to new finds from Mexico. They suggest people were living...
frankcreedJul 21, 20201 min readEighty million year-old shark found swimming off Portugal coast.The rare frilled shark is considered a living fossil because evidence of its existence dates back to at least 80 million years ago....
