In a cold store in northern Italy, Ötzi the Iceman lies behind controlled glass and steel, kept at a steady chill that mimics the glacier that once sealed him away. He has been there since 1991, when ...
In the quiet high desert of Oregon, a small discovery is once again reshaping how we think about early human life in North America. It is not a dramatic artefact or a famous skeleton. It is something ...
Ranbir Kapoor‘s sister Riddhima Kapoor is gearing up for her Bollywood debut with ‘Daadi Ki Shaadi’. The film also features Neetu Kapoor and Kapil Sharma. At 45, Riddhima becomes the...
Amid the unendurable, inside hospital wards, in the rubble after a calamity, or in the quiet devastation of personal loss, dark, absurd jokes bubble up like twisted lifelines.“We can either laug...
Neanderthals are also continuing their own journey through history, and the latest scientific study conducted at Stajnia Cave in Poland is bringing an exciting new dimension to it. For the first time,...
A small clay tablet has offered a remarkably human glimpse into life 4,000 years ago. Researchers studying ancient Mesopotamian inscriptions in Denmark have identified what may be the world’s oldest k...
The Antikythera mechanism has been described as the world’s first analogue computer since it was found in a shipwreck off the coast of Greece in 1901, but until now, we have not known precisely how it...
A viral X post by Japanese comedian Eiko Kano, written in Japanese, shows a 1992 timestamp It has been 20 years since Jack Dorsey, co-founder of what is now X, posted “just setting up my twttr,” the f...
In the temperate rainforests of Chile’s Alerce Costero National Park, deep in the ground, is an ancient conifer called ‘Gran Abuelo’ that has been protecting a hidden secret for thousands of yea...
João Marinho Neto, a man from Brazil, has done something very few ever manage. He just turned 113. Yes, 113. That makes him officially the world’s oldest living man. Born back in 1912, Neto has seen m...