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World War II 'horror bunker' run by infamous Unit 731 discovered...
A bunker discovered near the city of Anda in northeast China is believed to be the largest test site of Imperial Japan's infamous...
Mystery pathogen is stripping sea urchins of their flesh...
A mysterious epidemic that began in the Mediterranean at the start of the year looks set to wipe out all of the Mediterranean and...
What is the speed of light?
Light is faster than anything else in the known universe, though its speed can change depending on what it's passing through.
Is vaping healthier than smoking?
Experts agree that all else being equal, it is better to vape than to smoke traditional cigarettes, but e-cigarettes come with their...
153,000-year-old footprints from South Africa are the oldest...
A modern dating method has revealed the oldest Homo sapiens' footprints yet, placing bipedal humans in South Africa around 153,000...
2,700-year-old petroglyphs depicting people, ships and...
About 40 ancient rock carvings have been found on a former rocky island in Sweden.
The Tunguska event was the biggest asteroid impact in recorded...
During the Tunguska event, over 8 million trees covering an area of 830 square miles were flattened when an asteroid entered Earth's...
The oldest tree in the world (and the 7 runner-ups)
From Prometheus and Methuselah to trees in remote forests of China, these are the most ancient known trees on Earth.
