Cannibalism in Prehistory Discovered? 1.45 million years ago, our relatives butchered each other
A human leg bone dating back to 1.45 million years ago is marked with 11 tiny cut marks. A new study shows that while two were made by an animal,…
Read more‘Man-Eating Dinosaur’ Captured by Texas Man Crocodile Is Believed To Be A Myth
Photo: Getty Images A Texas man made the catch of a lifetime — and he only had to travel over 9,000 miles to do it. Garrett Wales was recently on…
Read moreMegalodon: The truth about the largest shark that ever lived
Megalodon: the truth about the largest shark that ever lived As one of the largest predators to have ever lived, Megalodon captures people’s imagination—and for good reason. But was this…
Read moreAccording to recent research, ancient diseases released by melting glaciers might wreak havoc on the world.
Dangers lying in wait In 2003, bacteria were revived from samples taken from the bottom of an ice core drilled into an ice cap on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau. The ice…
Read more27 Prehistoric Animals That Are Still Alive Today
Want to see prehistoric animals dating back millions of years? We know exactly where you can visit them. Prehistoric Animals That Are Alive Today Awe-inducing creatures like mastodons, giant ground…
Read moreThe B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber is the priciest aircraft in the world.
The B-2 Spirit is the US Air Force’s priciest aircraft at a jaw-dropping $2.1 bn per jet with an operational expense of $135,000 an hour. No wonder the B-2 is…
Read moreThe Real Reason the SR-71 (the Fastest Plane Ever) Was Retired
The SR-71 was truly an amazing spy plane that broke speed record after speed record. But all that speed cost a heck of a lot of money. Even though the…
Read moreDecoding the “Ghost Fighter” Zero and the Most Controversial Kamikaze Tactic in World History
For this session in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, I’m flying the Mitsubishi A6M2, Japan’s main fighter of World War II, famously known as the “Zero.” Introduced in 1940, the A6M…
Read moreRussia destroyed the largest airplane in the world, and Ukraine believes that rebuilding it will cost $500 million. Look at the remnants of the enormous jet.
The Antonov An-225 Mriya—once the world’s largest aircraft—lies in pieces in an airport northwest of Ukraine’s capital city, Kyiv. Heavily damaged during fierce fighting between Russian paratroopers and Ukrainian troops,…
Read moreWhat exactly is this plane? And why does it have such an odd-looking nose?
All airplanes look alike, right? Wrong! Today’s airplanes are anything but common and boring, because there are, in fact, numerous planes that are weird-looking, oddly shaped, or downright ugly. Indeed,…
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