Read more about the article Scientists Invent Orbiting Lasers To Zap Space Junk
Photo shows Space Debris Removal, undated. Japan firm is developing world-1st debris-zapping laser satellites to tackle space junk. (Orbital Lasers, SKY Perfect JSAT/Newsflash).

Scientists Invent Orbiting Lasers To Zap Space Junk

Japanese scientists have revealed how they plan to use powerful lasers to zap space junk circling the Earth to clear the planet's orbit. Experts say more than a million pieces…

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Read more about the article Stone Rocks Worshipped As Farm Gods Were Really Dinosaur Eggs
Photo shows people holding stone balls, worshipped as totems in Dhar, in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India, undated. They allegedly turned out to be fossilized dinosaur eggs. (CEN)

Stone Rocks Worshipped As Farm Gods Were Really Dinosaur Eggs

Stone balls worshipped for generations by a family in India have been revealed to be dinosaur eggs more than 70 million years old. The amazing discovery was made by chance…

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Read more about the article 130-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Male Mosquitoes Could Have Been Blood-Suckers, Too
Photo shows a male mosquito fossil that sucked dinosaur blood 130 years ago and it was found near Hammana, Lebanon, undated. The fossil proved that also the male mosquitoes could suck blood back then. (Chinese Academy of Sciences/AsiaWire)

130-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Male Mosquitoes Could Have Been Blood-Suckers, Too

A new study led by expert palaeontologists has revealed that male mosquitoes also used to suck blood back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and only later moved to a diet…

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Read more about the article Show Goes On As Freddie Mercury’s GBP 500,000 Crown And Cloak To Once Again Be On Display
Picture shows the crown and red cape used by Freddie Mercury, in the last shows with Queen in undated photo. Rafael Reisman bought the crown and red cape at an auction. (CEN)

Show Goes On As Freddie Mercury’s GBP 500,000 Crown And Cloak To Once Again Be On Display

Freddie Mercury's stage crown and cloak, sold at auction for an amazing GBP 500,000, are to go on show again, their new owner has revealed. The Queen star's crown and…

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Read more about the article Medicis May Have Been Wiped Out By Malaria Not Assassins
Image shows a tissue from one of the Medici embalming vessels was subjected to microscopic and molecular analysis, undated photo. Evidence of the parasite that causes a virulent type of malaria (Plasmodium falciparum) was detected in a 500-year-old organ stored in a terracotta jar bearing the Medici family crest. (Eurac Research/Newsflash)

Medicis May Have Been Wiped Out By Malaria Not Assassins

Astonishing new evidence has revealed that members of the notoriously plot-ridden Medici family may have died of malaria and not murder. The powerful Rennaisance family spawned four popes and two…

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Read more about the article Ancient Pen Pushers Invented Weights And Measures 3,000 Years Ago
Image shows a fragmentary jar, undated photo. It originated from the Yassiada shipwreck and it has been given an official seal and can be linked to Kos by its material composition. (Frederick H. van Doorninck, Jr., Justin Leidwanger, Jenny Vo-Phamhi, James Gross/Newsflash)

Ancient Pen Pushers Invented Weights And Measures 3,000 Years Ago

Ancient bureaucrats introduced the first weight and measures system to transport food and wine more than 3,000 years ago, scientists have revealed. Experts examined millennia-old amphoras from pre-Roman times to…

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Read more about the article Modern Human Noses Came From Neanderthals, Says Study
Picture shows a Neanderthal skull used in the research from the Museo de La Plata collection, in La Plata, Argentina, undated. Scientist compared the genetic and morphological information of the face of 6,000 Latin Americans and determined a "significant Neanderthal genetic trace", persistent in the genes responsible for the variation of the face, including the shape of the nose. (CONICET/Newsflash)

Modern Human Noses Came From Neanderthals, Says Study

Modern humans have their Neanderthal ancestors to thank for their tall, narrow nose shape, a new study has revealed. The study - led by researchers from the University College London…

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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 Secrets Of Ancient Trade Routes Revealed
Image shows gold from the town of Poliochne, in Lemnos, Greece, undated photo. A total of 26 gold objects from the area were studied by the international team of researchers. (Ch. Schwall, OAI, OAW/Newsflash)

Secrets Of Ancient Trade Routes Revealed

Scientists are redrawing lines of ancient trade routes after discovering that 4,500-year-old gold in treasures found in both Troy and modern-day Iraq were mined in the same place. A new…

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Read more about the article Birdsong Can Boost Mental Health, Says Study
Image shows the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), undated photo. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, Germany and the Universitatsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf showed that birdsong reduces anxiety and irrational thoughts in a study from October 2022. (Universitatsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)/Newsflash)

Birdsong Can Boost Mental Health, Says Study

A new study has revealed that birdsong can boost mental health and have a positive effect on a person's mood and cognition. The study - of nearly 300 subjects -…

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