Denman trough (dark blue strip) sinks some 11,000 feet (3,500 meters) below sea level, and could soon become the burial plot of a massive, dying glacier. The glaciers of Antarctica are melting at unprecedented rates, and a giant canyon in…
From the comfort and safety of your own home, you can now explore Walt Disney World all by yourself. Although all Disney parks worldwide are currently closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, aerial images of the empty parks at Walt…
Scientists found an ancient continent’s chemical fingerprints in rock samples taken from Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada. A piece of a lost continent has been discovered lurking beneath Canada — and the evidence was hiding in rocks that originated in…
Homemade face masks contain the coronavirus only a little. For the first time, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that even seemingly healthy people wear masks over their mouths and noses when venturing out of their…
The richly decorated sanctuary in the Red Monastery at Sohag in Egypt. Virtual tours of a handful of Egypt’s archaeological marvels — including the ancient Tomb of Queen Meresankh III and the fourth century Red Monastery — are now available.…
The skull fragment of a 2-million-year-old Homo erectus child found in South Africa In an ancient cave in South Africa, paleontologists have found evidence that three of humankind’s oldest known relatives lived in the same place, at the same time.…