AvatarAnthony MercaldiFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoArcheologists reveal how Egypt's great pyramids were builtthebrighterside.news - Joseph ShavitThe construction of the Egyptian pyramids remains one of history's most enduring mysteries. For centuries, both historians and the general public …
AvatarAnthony MercaldiAvatarAvatarGiant Pyramid Buried in Indonesia Could Be The Oldest in The World, Researchers Sayverified_publisherScienceAlert - Carly CassellaA giant underground pyramid-like structure hidden beneath a hillside in Indonesia far outdates Stonehenge or the Giza Pyramids and, according to a …
AvatarAnthony MercaldiAvatarAvatarPerfectly Preserved Declaration of Independence Found Under a $4 Paintingverified_publisherMy Modern Met - Madeleine MuzdakisTalk about a national treasure! Long before Nicholas Cage and his friends stole the Declaration of Independence in their hit film, a man lived out a tale of finding treasure in real life. In 1991, a man shopping at a thrift sale purchased an “ugly painting” for $4 because he liked the frame. Behind …
AvatarAnthony MercaldiFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoHuman Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldestthecollector.com - Greg BeyerUntil very recently, the accepted archeological view about why and when towns and cities first appeared was quite solid. It made sense that people …
AvatarAnthony MercaldiFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe First Mother Spanking Her Child With a Sandal is a Greek Goddessgreekreporter.com - Tasos KokkinidisThe Greek goddess Aphrodite threatening her unruly child, Eros, with the back of her sandal appears to have started a tradition among mothers that is …
AvatarAnthony MercaldiAvatarAvatarGround-Breaking Physics Experiment Shows Light Can Cross Through Gaps in TimeInverse - Charles Q. ChoiQuantum physics never ceases to impress. Quantum physics is the realm of the strange. And one of the strangest discoveries in the field is also one of …
AvatarAnthony MercaldiFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoCarbon dating reveals famed Baja cave paintings to be much older than previously thoughtkpbs.org - Maureen Cavanaugh, Harrison PatiñoRock paintings by ancient indigenous people can be seen all over the Southwest, but in the rugged canyons of Baja California, there are cave …
AvatarAnthony MercaldiFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoHubble spotted a bizarre space object that defies classificationbgr.com - Joshua HawkinsImage source: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Barth, R. Mushotzky And it is indeed a galaxy. Looking at the image, you can easily make out the spiral appearance …
AvatarAnthony MercaldiFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoRevolutionary artificial knee cartilage outperforms the real thing, study findsthebrighterside.news - JJ ShavitDuke University researchers have developed a new gel-based cartilage substitute that is stronger and more durable than natural cartilage. Knee pain …
AvatarAnthony MercaldiFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo8-year-old boy disrupts 100 years of scientific knowledge regarding insects and plantsthebrighterside.news - JJ ShavitPenn State scientists, thanks to 8-year old Hugo Dean's curiousity, have discovered a new level of complexity in plant-insect interactions through a …
AvatarAnthony MercaldiAvatarAvatarWhy are some people always late?Live Science - By Sascha PareBeing late is a tendency that some people cannot seem to shake. Many factors contribute to perpetual lateness, including time perception, time …
AvatarAnthony MercaldiAvatarAvatar‘Bees are sentient’: inside the stunning brains of nature’s hardest workersverified_publisherThe Guardian - Annette McGivney‘Fringe’ research suggests the insects that are essential to agriculture have emotions, dreams and even PTSD, raising complex ethical questions