Image: Universities of Alicante and Zaragoza Deep inside a cave in eastern Spain, archaeologists have uncovered one of the largest collections of Roman cave inscriptions ever found. Hidden more than 200 metres from the entrance of Cova Dones near Millares, Valencia, the inscriptions reveal that the underground chamber was not simply a place of worship;…
In 1996, British publisher Felix Dennis planted a small wood near his home in Dorsington, Warwickshire, without any idea that it would grow into one of the largest privately planted forests in England. What started as a personal project soon turned into something far bigger. Dennis wanted to bring native broadleaf trees back to a…
For centuries, the Haenyeo, South Korea’s legendary “sea women”, have ventured into the cold waters surrounding Jeju Island armed with nothing more than a knife, a floating buoy and their ability to hold their breath. Many continue diving well into their 60s, 70s and even 80s, harvesting abalone, sea urchins, octopus and shellfish without scuba…
For more than two decades, residents of the small Canadian town of St. Mary’s in Newfoundland and Labrador have lived with an overwhelming smell caused by an abandoned fish sauce factory. The site, once operated by the Atlantic Seafood Sauce Company, was left with more than 330,000 gallons (1.25 million litres) of fermenting fish sauce…
Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate Andrew Tate’s attorney has warned US President Donald Trump that failing to support the jailed influencer could cost Republicans support among young male voters, as Andrew and his brother Tristan Tate continue to fight extradition to the United Kingdom over multiple criminal charges.In an interview with Vanity Fair, the…
Quote of the Day by Princess Diana History tends to remember extraordinary people through grand titles, icons, legends, symbols of change. Plenty of those same people saw themselves very differently. Princess Diana put that gap plainly. “Don’t call me an icon,” she said. “I’m just a mother trying to help.” Known across the world as…
For the first time, Brazil faces a significant challenge as bacteria previously exclusive to Asia and the USA have been identified within its borders. These bacteria, known to cause columnaris disease, pose an acute risk to the thriving aquaculture sector. Researchers have isolated four species from the Flavobacterium genus, which can infect both Nile tilapia…
The Deep Time team, deep inside the Lombrives Cave in the French Pyrenees. Image Credits: @HumanAdaptation via X On March 14, 2021, fifteen volunteers, seven women and eight men aged between 27 and 50, entered the Lombrives cave in the French Pyrenees to begin a 40-day experiment with no clocks, no phones, no natural light…
File photo: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (left) and US President Donald Trump Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday said Tehran does not want to escalate tensions in the Middle East but will “act with its full capabilities” to defend the country’s security, national interests and territorial integrity, even as US President Donald Trump warned that…
A Ukrainian drone operator prepares an “Avenger” fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for a night reconnaissance mission. (Source: @DefenceU) Russia’s defence ministry said on Tuesday that it had brought down or destroyed 320 Ukrainian drones overnight across 19 regions, as governors reported six deaths, nine injuries and damage to warehouses near Moscow and St Petersburg….