Apollo 11: Michael Collins shares he hopes to know more about what lies in the universe
Jun 30, 2020 08:39 am UTC| Science
Michael Collins, alongside his colleagues Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, made history when they touched down on the moons surface. In a 2019 interview, Collins shared his hopes about what lies beyond Earth and throughout...
Dinosaurs: Volcanic activity may have played a part in warming the climate after asteroid collision
Jun 30, 2020 08:39 am UTC| Science
66 million years ago, a massive asteroid collided with Earth, resulting in the extinction of the dinosaurs along with a drastic change in the planets climate. A new study shows that volcanic activity may have played a part...
NASA satellite detects 8,000-year old lost cities
Jun 30, 2020 08:39 am UTC| Science
Although many cities and civilizations have since been discovered and recovered over the years, archaeologists still manage to find proof of places and civilizations that have been buried throughout history. With the use...
Archaeologists discover mass burial site of children
Jun 29, 2020 06:04 am UTC| Science
It is not unusual for archaeologists to discover mass burial sites in excavation, but this one may have come as a surprise. A group of archaeologists in Poland unearthed a mass burial site, most of the graves belonging to...
Black holes: Astronomers witness flare from merging black holes
Jun 29, 2020 06:01 am UTC| Science
Despite being known as a black hole, this space object still manages to catch the attention of astronomers because of the extremely bright light it produces. Recently, astronomers were able to witness for the first time, a...
Asteroids: Upcoming Asteroid Day sees no asteroids making a close approach
Jun 29, 2020 06:01 am UTC| Science
Asteroid Day is celebrated at the end of June every year, and this is the sixth year that such a day is celebrated. However, despite it being a day celebrating space rocks, there will not be any asteroid passing by Earth...
Lost continent of Zealandia discovered in new geological maps of the ocean
Jun 26, 2020 08:40 am UTC| Science
Over time, there have been cities that have submerged in the water that would eventually become lost to many until it gets discovered again. A new geological map of the ocean floor made a big discovery as it detected the...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight