China houses several early-human (Paleolithic) archaeological sites along the Nihewan Basin near Mongolia, some with artifacts that date back about 1 million years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Horses were first domesticated on the plains of northern Kazakhstan some 5,500 years ago -- 1,000 years earlier than thought -- by people who rode them and drank their milk, researchers said on Thursday. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

New evidence shows humans lived in North America more than 14,000 years ago, 1,000 years earlier than had previously been known. Discovered in a cave in Oregon, fossil feces yielded DNA indicating these early residents were related to people living in Siberia and East Asia. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

More than 100 feet deep in Lake Huron, on a wide stoney ridge that 9,000 years ago was a land bridge, University of Michigan researchers have found the first archeological evidence of human activity preserved beneath the Great Lakes. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

There is a great deal of archeological evidence that the history of life on earth might be far different than what current geological and anthropological texts tell us. picked by Mershaullk 3 years ago

A man who broke his left leg in a motorbike crash 29 years ago is to undergo an amazing operation to grow back 6cm of dead bone. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

For the first time, direct evidence of lightning has been detected on Mars, say University of Michigan researchers who found signs of electrical discharges during dust storms on the Red Planet. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Over the past few years, traffic has become increasingly congested and tempers now flare as slower drivers occupy what has been historically referred to as the “fast lane”. It’s time to get that Left Lane back! picked by muppet 2 years ago

SEX sells, and the newly formed Australian Sex Party knows it.

That's why, even with what seem to be sensible policies rooted in a desire to make sexuality and discussions about it less touchy subjects, the party has chosen a name that stands out from the traditional ballot paper line-up. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Police are to use unprecedented powers to force an entire town to stop selling alcohol and halt a beach party organised on Facebook.

The event has been advertised on the social networking site as 'the biggest ever beach party', with organisers using the catchline: 'Lots of people, lots of alcohol...f***in' rave.' picked by doodlechild 1 year ago

A Norwegian political party has chosen its candidate for a local election in Sarpsborg -- a man who has been dead for a year and a half. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

A new study has concluded that one key part of the immune system, the ability of vitamin D to regulate anti-bactericidal proteins, is so important that is has been conserved through almost 60 million years of evolution and is shared only by primates, including humans – but no other known animal species. picked by Bingo 3 months ago

Will Robins has been writing, exhibiting and giving lessons on ancient and modern coins for about four years. He is the owner of numerous awards and is highly appreciated by the Numismatic Association. What is most curious is that Mr. Robins is jus 16 years old. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

Hurricane Katrina pulled a pair of best friends apart.

But nearly four years later, fate and a whole lot of persistence have brought a dog and his owner back together. That whole time, Jessie Pullins was desperately searching for his best friend and dog, J.J. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

A grandmother has been left virtually housebound for two years because she burps uncontrollably.

Jean Driscoll, 72, said she started belching two years ago and despite visits to two doctors and three hospitals, noone has been able to diagnose what it wrong with her. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

It’s time to put the doom and gloom of 2008 behind us, even it’s only for one night. What better way to do so than with a one-of-a kind New Years Eve celebration that will help you step into 2009 with renewed vigor? So maybe it’ll be more like a stumble into 2009 with a massive a hangover, but either way, here are the seven best places to travel to for a New Years you’ll ne... read full post picked by 1krazykorean 12 months ago

An Australian woman who spent more than 60 years in an iron lung to treat polio has died at the age of 83. June Middleton entered the Guinness World Book of Records in 2006 as the person who has spent the longest time in an iron lung. An American woman hs also been in an irong lung for 60 years. picked by suebe 1 month ago

One can spend a long time in jail in the U.S. without ever being charged with a crime.

It happened to H. Beatty Chadwick, a former Philadelphia-area lawyer, who has been behind bars for nearly 14 years without being charged. picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

On a small wooded island off southern Mauritius, environmentalists are trying to turn back time to an era before humans ever set foot on the volcanic Indian Ocean archipelago. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

A 650-million-year-old underwater reef, 10 times higher than the Great Barrier Reef, has been discovered in the middle of Australia's outback. The ancient reef, formed nearly 100 million years before the first known animal life evolved, is the only one of its age in the world. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago