A shipwreck has been finally identified as a whaler lost more than 160 years ago after scientists analysed TREE RINGS in the rotting timber. The rings revealed the wreckage off the coast of Argentina are the remains of the Dolphin, an American whaling ship lost in 1859 some 10,000 miles…
Boffins believe they have discovered the origin of the Venus of Willendorf - an 11-centimetre-tall figurine considered one of the most significant artefacts ever found. The figurine depicts an adult female with large breasts, broad hips, and what appears to be either an elaborate headdress or hairstyle that obscures her…
A 12-year-old Austrian boy has reportedly died a few days after being given the Pfizer vaccination against COVID-19. The incident took place in the western Austrian state of Tyrol when the unnamed 12-year-old boy reportedly died shortly after receiving the Pfizer version of the coronavirus vaccine, it was announced on…
New research has proved that Alexander von Humboldt was right in a claim he made 200 years ago about the volcanic origin of the so-called 'Cali glass'. The Cali glass is a potato-shaped black lump of glass that is slightly smaller than the size of an open hand and that…
This is the moment an eerie black ring hangs over the afternoon sky, spooking onlookers who believe it may be of alien origin. The apparently supernatural ring-shaped form was filmed moving sluggishly across the sky above an oil facility in the city of Barrancabermeja in the Colombian department of Santander.…
A medieval helmet of Viking origin - among only a handful of known examples of its kind in Europe - has been unearthed in Romania. The helmet, believed to be from between the 10th and 13th centuries, was found during work at Siret River, which flows through the east of…
The Canary Islands are preparing to accept tourists again from 1st July on the condition they are tested for COVID-19 in their home countries or on arrival. The president of the Canary Islands, Angel Victor Torres, told local media that tourists will start returning from 1st July, but they will…
A top doc says a patient in Paris tested positive for COVID-19 in December a month before the first official case, and speculated he may have caught it from his wife who sold fish "next to a sushi stall where people of Chinese origin worked". The patient, who was suffering…
A school has banned two Romanian schoolchildren of Chinese origin until they can prove they do not have the coronavirus despite there currently being no test available for the disease in the country. The incident took place in the Romanian capital Bucharest when staff from the unnamed school prevented the two…