The Reuters news agency recently reported that in Peru, paleontologists unearthed the skull of a great sea predator, an ancient ancestor of modern whales, that lived in a prehistoric ocean that once covered part of the country. King Lizard A well-preserved skull, some 36 million years old, was e
The Antikythera Mechanism will always amaze. How could something so advanced have been created so long ago? What would its creators achieve with current technology? In the history of mankind, we can find many devices that were far ahead of their time. Or so it seems to us from the current perspect
An extraordinary discovery was made in the cathedral, still restored after the fire of 2019. Mysterious tombstones and a human-shaped sarcophagus were found under the floor. It happened during preparatory work in the central part of the building, where the transverse nave crosses the nave. They ar
The oldest oil well in the world is located in the village of Bóbrka - in the Podkarpackie Province, Krosno County. It was excavated by hand in 1854. The pioneers of the oil industry and the founders of the mine in Bóbrka were:Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Tytus Trzecieski, and Karol Klobassa-Zrencki. Oil
In India, scientists discovered giant and mysterious jars that in ancient times could be used for human burial. However, it is not known who might have created them. A total of 65 rings made of sandstone were discovered. They are scattered in four locations in the northeastern state of Assam. They
The experimental treatment deprived the patient of H.M. the possibility of creating memories. His case revolutionized research on memory. Who was he? When Henry Molaison was a child, he survived an accident. Hospitals and care centers by the end of his days became a second home for him. Years of r
In these places, decomposing bodies lie on the ground under the watchful eye of forensic scientists. These are the most gruesome research facilities in the world. Despite the drastic nature of the research conducted here, the concept of the corpse farm has proved to be very helpful in gaining know
In August 1897, Adrien de Gerlache and Roald Amundsen, aboard the Belgica ship, set off for the end of the Earth - the ice-covered continent of Antarctica. Belgica left the port of Ostend on August 23, 1897, after sunset. This time we are on our way, wrote the commander to Léonie Osterrieth. - I p
Syracuse built by Archimedes in the 3rd century BC she was a real miracle of technology. What happened to the greatest ship of antiquity? The richest people on Earth compete in ordering bigger and more expensive yachts. Some of the ships sailing on the oceans today could easily be compared to sma
In 1897, the Belgica ship set out on a scientific research expedition to Antarctica. Today, the experience of his crew is useful in ... planning space missions. In the nineteenth century, literature and poetry were full of descriptions of doomed polar expeditions and the horror awaiting the darede
Can a mentally healthy person be diagnosed and treated for severe mental illness? Of course! This was proved by Rosenhans experiment. David Rosenhan was an American psychologist. He lectured, among others at Princeton University, Pennsylvania, and as a guest at Oxford. However, he made history tha
Harry Harlow spent years studying the effects of touch on the development of mammals. He proved that his absence has tragic consequences. However, the course of the experiments is chilling. Harry Harlows experiment turned out to be groundbreaking. The researcher spent years proving that the lack o
For years scientists have been amazed by the sculpture known as the idol Szygirski. They estimate that it may even be over 11,000 years old! What was she? And how was it even created? There are many mysteries of antiquity. But the secrets of even earlier times are incomparably more. For years scie
A cow, a brilliant doctor and a bit of luck - it was enough to make a breakthrough in medicine. The first vaccine was developed in England at the end of the 18th century. The first vaccine in history was designed to fight a disease that had taken its toll on mankind for thousands of years. I am ta
On Tuesday, June 21, an almost complete, mummified baby woolly mammoth was found in the Klondike gold fields of the Traditional Territory of Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin, Canada. The female was named Nun cho ga, which in Hän means big animal. Eureka Creek miners discovered a frozen woolly mammoth while diggi
In 1971, a prison was established at Stanford University. It was founded by a scientist, Philip Zimbardo. His experiment almost ended tragically. This is one of the most famous - and controversial - experiments in the history of psychology, although it lasted only six days. In 1971, 24 volunteers
In 2004, a cemetery was discovered in York, England, where 80 young men were buried. Most of them had their heads chopped off. Researchers believe they were gladiators. Life and death struggle to the delight of the public, senators and the emperor himself. Constant training and the stigma of slave
On July 7, 1930, construction of the Hoover Dam began. Over the next five years, 21,000 people worked to create the largest dam of its time, as well as one of the largest man-made structures ever. Although the construction itself took 5 years, the overall work on it took almost 30 years. Arthur Po
They lived by the Vistula and the Oder at the beginning of our era. They were mentioned by Roman writers from the 1st and 2nd centuries - Pliny the Elder, Tacitus, Ptolemy Claudius. They wrote that a large number of people lived on the Vistula River, called the Wenedowie. What was the origin of this
On April 12, 1961, the Soviet Union astonished the world by sending its first man into space - 27-year-old Yuri Gagarin. It was also a spectacular victory in the Cold War race between the US and the USSR. On this day at 9:22 American radars in the Aleutian Islands tracked radio signals emitted b
It is almost impossible for a Western cultural individual to understand the frustration and hatred of radical Muslims towards anyone who is not a Muslim. Former Mossad chief tells how modern terrorism arose and why nobody should feel safe ... Islam took many religious aspects out of Judaism and
The hot summer of 1944. The crowds of French people take to the streets to greet their liberators. The celebration does not last long, however. Civilians feel the urgent need to take revenge on the collaborators. The great hunt begins, and the first victims of wild purges are women. For those who ma
Vibrators to heal hysteria, sex toys from the home medicine cabinet and a long list of diseases that can be combated with ... sex. This is the story of unconventional medicine for people with strong nerves. Remember Marvin Gayes song Sexual Healing? The classic soul expression expressed in its t
Ashokas reign in 273 BC to 232 BC. Although he was the ruler who believed in all Indian religions, but he was the first Mauryan emperor who worked on behalf of the government for the propagation of Buddhism. In AD 1909, the remains of a circular Buddhist chaitya (Buddhist temple) of 27 feet in diam