Read more about the article Researchers Find New Species Of Fish And Insects Inside Untouched Cave In Colombia
Picture shows spider found in a cave, undated. Researchers from the Humboldt Institute managed to enter a remote and unexplored area of Caqueta, Colombia, where they found cave-dwelling species, some of which could be new. (Felipe Villegas, Humboldt Institute/Newsflash)

Researchers Find New Species Of Fish And Insects Inside Untouched Cave In Colombia

Researchers in Colombia may have discovered never-before-seen species living inside a remote and untouched cave. Expert teams from Germany's Humboldt Institute and La Venta Esplorazioni Geografiche found various species of…

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Read more about the article Small Sea Snail Shells Were Used As Jewellery 45,000 Years Ago
Image shows snail shells of the Columbella species, undated photo. People used snail shells as jewellery 45,000 years ago, Austrian researchers claim. (Marjolein D. Bosch/OeAW)

Small Sea Snail Shells Were Used As Jewellery 45,000 Years Ago

Sea snail shells discovered during excavation work in Lebanon had been taken there to be used as jewellery some 45,000 years ago. The fact that the items were so used…

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Read more about the article Hundreds Of Cave Drawings Found In Cave In North-Eastern Spain
Picture shows some of the prehistoric engravings, from the Chalcolithic-Bronze period, found in a cave in Febro, Spain, undated. The set of more than a hundred engravings is arranged in an 8-metre-long panel. (Arnau Pascual Monells, Departament de Cultura/Newsflash)

Hundreds Of Cave Drawings Found In Cave In North-Eastern Spain

Hundreds of cave drawings dating back to the Bronze Age have been found in a cave in north-eastern Spain. Newsflash obtained a statement and images from the Catalan Institute of Human…

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Read more about the article Ancient Stone Age Human Tools Could Have Been Made By Monkeys, Says Study
Image shows an example of a long-tailed macaque using a stone tool to access food, undated photo. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in the city of Leipzig, Germany, claimed that some accidentally produced stone fragments made by macaques resemble some of the earliest hominin stone artifacts. ( Lydia V. Luncz/Newsflash)

Ancient Stone Age Human Tools Could Have Been Made By Monkeys, Says Study

New research into ancient tools has revealed that cutting stones once believed to be made by early humans could actually have been the work of monkeys. Scientists from the Max…

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Read more about the article Astronomers Find Rare Rocky Earth-Mass Planet About 31 Light-Years Away Suited To Probe For Life
Image shows an artist's conception of a rocky Earth-mass exoplanet like Wolf 1069 b orbiting a red dwarf star, undated photo. If the planet had retained its atmosphere, chances are high that it would feature liquid water and habitable conditions over a wide area of its dayside. (NASA, Ames Research Center, Daniel Rutter/Newsflash)

Astronomers Find Rare Rocky Earth-Mass Planet About 31 Light-Years Away Suited To Probe For Life

Astronomers have discovered a possibly habitable exoplanet only 31 light-years away from Earth. The international team of researchers led by Diana Kossakowski from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA),…

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Read more about the article Ancient Greeks Married First Cousins To Protect Their Estates
Image shows Bronze Age family harvesting grain, undated photo. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, got new insights into Bronze Age marriage rules and family structures in Greece. (Nikola Nevenov/Newsflash)

Ancient Greeks Married First Cousins To Protect Their Estates

Ancient Greeks kept their estates and farmlands together by arranging for first cousins to marry each other, a new study has revealed. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary…

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Read more about the article Mums’ Moods Influence Their Babies Ability To Talk
Image shows the city of Leipzig, Germany where the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences is headquartered, undated photo. Scientists from the institute claimed that the mother's mood influences her baby's ability to speak in a study published on Sept. 21, 2022. (Stadt Leipzig/Newsflash)

Mums’ Moods Influence Their Babies Ability To Talk

Mothers who develop postnatal baby blues can influence their children's ability to talk, a new study has revealed. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences…

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Read more about the article Study Shows Chimpanzees Have Different Stone Tools Depending On What Nut They Want To Crack
Image shows a female chimpanzee cracking Panda oleosa nuts using a granodiorite hammerstone on a wooden (panda tree root) anvil, undated photo. (Liran Samuni, Tai Chimpanzee Project/Newsflash)

Study Shows Chimpanzees Have Different Stone Tools Depending On What Nut They Want To Crack

A new study has revealed that chimpanzees use a variety of different stone tools depending on what kind of nut they want to crack. The research was led by archaeologists…

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Read more about the article New Cold Plasma Jet Set To Fight Virus
Image shows cold physical plasma analyses at the Centre of Excellence ZIK plasmatis at the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology e.V. (INP). (INP Greifswald/Newsflash)

New Cold Plasma Jet Set To Fight Virus

Scientists could be one step closer to wiping out COVID-19 after having created a cold plasma jet which drastically limits the virus’ capabilities. A research team from the Leibniz Institute…

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