The Voynich manuscript is a mysterious illustrated book with incomprehensible contents, written some 600 years ago by an unknown author in an unidentified script and unintelligible language. Over its
"One of anthropology's most enduring mysteries - the origins of the ancient Etruscan civilisation - may finally have been solved, with a study of cattle."
"If all goes well with construction, the Poseidon Mystery Island will soon be submerged in 40 feet of water in a 5,000-acre coral lagoon near the coast of a narrow, 225-acre isle located in north
"Snippy, or Snippy's skeleton, dropped out of sight for decades, only to surface last week on eBay with a minimum bid of $50,000." Is there *anything* you can't buy on eBay?
"People who have lower levels of self-esteem prefer crime and detective stories that confirm their suspicions in the end, while those with higher self-esteem enjoy a story that goes against expec
"The scope of what we don’t know is phenomenal. Dark matter calls into question our understanding of mass, and demands that we explain how the visible objects in the universe achieve the configur
"With the help of Google Earth, the objects are to be seen impressively [...] They have four sides and they are even square like the pyramids in Egypt and in Mexico. Its size can quite be matched
"How could you possibly study the interior of a giant planet orbiting another star? Especially when that planet is so drowned in its star’s light that we can’t even see it?"
"An Egyptologist who investigated two hills in central Bosnia believed by some to be ancient pyramids on Wednesday recommended that archaeological digs be carried out there." Could be tricky
“This planet is about one-quarter the density of water [...] in other words, it’s lighter than a giant ball of cork! Just like Saturn, it would float in a bathtub if you could find a tub big enough to
"A century and a half after the first Neanderthal bones were coaxed from a German lime quarry, new evidence suggests that these puzzling hominids survived thousands of years longer than anyone th
On the latest Muse album? Behind big clouds of dust at the centres of galaxies? Behind the fridge, perhaps? All those cosmic X-rays mean they must be out there somewhere