discoveries
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Two Teens Discovered A 6000-Year-Old Stone Axe At Mount Vernon
A group of students last month was involved with the discovery of a stone artefact nearly 6000 years old while on a school trip to Mount Vernon, and officials are characterising the find as particularly noteworthy. The item, a stone axe head approximately 17.8cm long and 7.6cm wide, is believed to be work of a…
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Did Scientists Actually Turn Hydrogen Into A Metal?
The more scientists achieve the same result, the more robust that result is. On the flip side, there’s reason to be sceptical when a single group claims to make a discovery based on a single observation.
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Scientists Have Confirmed The Existence Of Gravitational Waves
Since Albert Einstein first predicted their existence a century ago, physicists have been on the hunt for gravitational waves, ripples in the fabric of spacetime. That hunt is now over. Gravitational waves exist, and we’ve found them.
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Archaeologists Baffled By 2000 Tiny Gold Spirals Discovered In Denmark
Finding gold in Boeslunde, Denmark, is no huge surprise — it’s known as an area where Bronze Age gold offering are often uncovered, as curators there are explaining this month. But a recent discovery has surprised and baffled archaeologists: 2000 tiny gold spirals. It’s a “golden enigma“.gold spirals. It’s a “golden enigma“.