A new interpretation of the runic inscription on the Forsa Ring (Forsaringen in Swedish), provides new insights into the monetary system used during the Viking Age. These findings represent the oldest documented value in Scandinavia. Find out what the inscription means here!
A new fossil penguin discovered in the Hakataramea Valley, South Canterbury had helped palaeontologists understand how penguins’ wings have evolved throughout geological time and the evolutionary history of the bird.
Using a mindfulness smartphone app for as little as 10 minutes a day can improve your mental health and promote healthy behaviour, new research finds.
Inspired by the famous Climate Warming Stripes, researchers create Air Quality Strips to demonstrate how air quality has changed since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
The extreme El Niño conditions of 2015-2016 caused a significant loss of carbon that was locked away in the Amazon basin. Now it has been shown that these effects may be longer lasting in the carbon cycle.
Microgravity has unimaginable effects on the human body, including increasing height. Why this happens and why it is not always good news.
A new dinosaur from Kyrgyzstan has been named after multiple excavations during 2006 and 2023. This is the first large, predatory dinosaur discovered in the region and the fossil displays some unique characteristics, such as a large protruding “eyebrow”.
Annual report explores the reasons behind wildfires and whether they could have been predicted, and discovered wildfires were three times more likely due to climate change.
UC Berkeley archaeologists claim that people 13,000 years ago would have used planted pikes angled upwards to take down charging animals, allowing a more damaging blow to take down their prey. Here's how they would have hunted.
A breakthrough in chocolate production that sees the entire cocoa fruit used could make the process more sustainable and profitable for farmers.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a glimmering image of the Pegasus Dwarf spheroidal galaxy, a mini-galaxy orbiting Andromeda, the nearest spiral galaxy to our Milky Way, providing fresh insights into galactic evolution.
The finding suggests a connection between PKP precursor signals and volcanism observed in regions such as Yellowstone, the Hawaiian Islands, Samoa, Iceland and the Galapagos Islands.