Tag: discovery

Egypt’s oldest mummy and its oldest city unveiled
January 28, 2023 No Responses

Egypt’s oldest mummy and its oldest city unveiled

Mummification was an important part of Ancient Egyptian culture and religion, believed to ensure the soul’s journey to the afterlife. This week, Egyptian archaeologists have discovered what “may be the oldest and most complete mummy found in Egypt to date.”...
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Students Invent Bacteria That Eat Plastic From The Oceans And Turn It Into Water
October 18, 2019 No Responses

Students Invent Bacteria That Eat Plastic From The Oceans And Turn It Into Water

The high pollution in the oceans is a big problem on the planet. According to recent research, it is likely that in the year 2050 we will find more plastic than fish in the waters of the seas, and for...
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Could This Duck-Like Dinosaur Swim?
December 8, 2017 No Responses

Could This Duck-Like Dinosaur Swim?

Paleontologists were studying an unusual fossil that was later identified as a new dinosaur related to the velociraptor The animal seems to have the neck of a swan, a snout like a goose and forelimbs very similar to flippers. The...
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Medical Breakthrough Could Allow Pig-to-Human Organ Transplants
August 13, 2017 No Responses

Medical Breakthrough Could Allow Pig-to-Human Organ Transplants

Scientists are one step closer to transplanting pig organs to humans thanks to a gene-editing breakthrough Harvard Medical School and a Kendall Square start-up joined their forces and made a breakthrough in medicine that could save thousands of lives in...
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Scientists Have Discovered the First Flower to Have Grown on Earth
August 2, 2017 No Responses

Scientists Have Discovered the First Flower to Have Grown on Earth

Scientists discovered the one ancestor of all flowers on Earth and it resembles a water lily The 140-million-year-old flower was bisexual, being both the mother and father of all the flowering plants that are around the Earth today. Even though...
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