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 2,400-Year-Old Toilet With Modern-Like Flushing System Unearthed In Ancient Chinese Palace
Picture shows the combination of pottery toilet and elbow, undated. A flush toilet has been discovered in Yanliang District, Shaanxi Province in China. (Cultural Relics Shaanxi/AsiaWire)

2,400-Year-Old Toilet With Modern-Like Flushing System Unearthed In Ancient Chinese Palace

Chinese archaeologists were abso-loo-tely stunned when they unearthed a 2,400-year-old flush toilet while excavating an ancient city. Dating back to the Qin dinasty (221BC-206BC), it is the first and the…

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Read more about the article German Cold War Nuclear Fallout Bunker For Sale On eBay For EUR 1.6 Million
Image shows the bunker advertisement on Ebay, undated photo. The bunker located in the town of Xanten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany was offered at a price of EUR 1.6 million (GBP 1.4 million) on Sep. 15, 2022. (Ebay/Newsflash)

German Cold War Nuclear Fallout Bunker For Sale On eBay For EUR 1.6 Million

This German nuclear fallout bunker with concrete walls that are three metres thick and dating back to the Cold War has gone on sale on eBay for EUR 1.6 million.…

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Read more about the article Mysterious Spheres Could Be From First Ever Board Game
Image shows groups of spheres from Akrotiri, undated photo. Archaeologists from the University of Bristol In England suggested that mysterious stone spheres found at various ancient settlements across the Aegean and Mediterranean could be playing pieces from one of the earliest ever board games. (Konstantinos Trimmis/Newsflash)

Mysterious Spheres Could Be From First Ever Board Game

Scientists believe mysterious stone spheres found at ancient archaeological sites in the Mediterranean and Aegean may be playing pieces from one of the first-ever board games. The experts - from…

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Read more about the article Cyborg Cockroaches Developed By Boffins In Japan
Image shows the Robobug: a rechargeable, remote-controllable cyborg cockroach in an undated photo. The achievement was reported in the scientific journal npj Flexible Electronics on Monday, Sep. 5, 2022. (RIKEN/Newsflash)

Cyborg Cockroaches Developed By Boffins In Japan

Japanese boffins have created part insect part machine cyborg cockroaches capable of tackling jobs ranging from monitoring hazardous areas to environmental protection. The project led by researchers at the RIKEN…

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Read more about the article Stony Corals Use Fan System To Save Themselves From Climate Change
Image shows a coral in an undated photo. Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute in the German city of Bremerhaven discovered that corals can protect themselves from harmful oxygen concentrations by influencing the flow conditions on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. (Julian Gutt, Alfred-Wegener-Institut/Newsflash)

Stony Corals Use Fan System To Save Themselves From Climate Change

Corals have developed a sophisticated internal fan system to protect themselves from climate change, a new study has revealed. Coral reefs are under threat from coral bleaching which eventually leads…

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Read more about the article Palatial 1,200-year-old Rural Estate With Ancient Cooling System Found In Israel
The water cistern of the rural estate uncovered in Rahat, Israel, with the vaulted complex in the centre, undated photo. The estate is the first of its kind discovered in the Negev. (Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority/Newsflash)

Palatial 1,200-year-old Rural Estate With Ancient Cooling System Found In Israel

Archaeologists carrying out a dig prior to the expansion of the town of Rahat have found the remains of a 1,200-year-old palatial estate that had cooled rooms to escape the…

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Read more about the article Sufferer Who Came Off Meds 15 Years Ago Keeps Virus Naturally Under Control
Doctors Josep Mallolas, (left) Nuria Climent, (second from the left) Juan Ambrosioni, (second from the right) and an unidentified man, (right), pose in a screenshot from a press conference, in July, 2022. The doctors present a case of a functional cure of AIDS in a patient in Barcelona, Spain. (Newsflash)

Sufferer Who Came Off Meds 15 Years Ago Keeps Virus Naturally Under Control

An HIV sufferer who came off medication 15 years ago is still living with the virus but her immune system is keeping it under control. This, say experts in Spain,…

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Read more about the article Scientists Develop Breath Check Security System
Breath odor-based individual authentication using an artificial olfactory sensor could become possible in the near future as represented by this artists rendering. (Kyushu University, Yanagida Lab/Newsflash)

Scientists Develop Breath Check Security System

Biometric authentication could soon be revolutionised as scientists in Japan have developed a security tool which identifies people by their breath. Being able to fully rely on identity check systems…

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