Two German air force sergeants are facing courts martial after drawing their own blood to make traditional sausage. picked by Mitzuzake 2 years ago

TWO German air force sergeants are facing courts martial after drawing their own blood to make traditional sausage. picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

The remains of a man who could be the world's oldest known paralysis victim have been unearthed by Australian bio-archaeologists in northern Vietnam. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

A 35,000-year-old ivory carving of a busty woman found in a German cave was unveiled Wednesday by archaeologists who believe it is the oldest known sculpture of the human form. The voluptuous carving found in six fragments in Germany's Hohle Fels cave, depicts a woman with a swollen belly, wide-set thighs and large, protruding breasts. But...is it porn? picked by suebe 7 months ago

The elixir of life may be a concoction of honey, cherries and secret herbs infused in a full Chianti wine, according to a centuries-old recipe discovered in one of Italy's oldest pharmacies. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A newly found species small enough to fit in the palm of a hand is North America's oldest known primate, according to a new study. The fossil is 55 million years old. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

Is a Nazi slogan still a Nazi slogan if it is uttered in English instead of German? Not necessarily -- at least according to Germany's Federal Court of Justice.

Using Nazi symbols and slogans is a punishable crime in Germany. But now neo-Nazis may have more leeway after a federal German court ruled that slogans are not illegal if they are translated into another language. picked by Bingo 3 months ago

Howard Falcon-Lang discovered this fossil near Dorchester Cape last August. Lang believes the fossil is the oldest known reptile evidence in the world. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Scientists from Oregon State University and the Natural History Museum in London have announced the discovery of the oldest known fossil of a gecko, with body parts that are forever preserved in life-like form after 100 million years of being entombed in amber. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

In the past year, a Corvallis entomologist has discovered the oldest known bee, mushroom and a chemical-spewing beetle. Now, George Poinar has come up with another ancient discovery: the oldest vertebrate eggshell, most likely that of a hummingbird. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The oldest known human hair belonged to a 9,000-year-old mummy disinterred from an ancient Chilean cemetery.

Until now: a recent discovery pushes the record back some 200,000 years. (And the newly discovered strands received a rather less dignified burial.) picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Two of the oldest people in the United States met Saturday. A relative drove 113-year-old Bertha Fry of Muncie to a Shelbyville nursing home to visit Edna Parker, who celebrated her 114th birthday Friday. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

The analysis of a termite entombed for 100 million years in an ancient piece of amber has revealed the oldest example of "mutualism" ever discovered between an animal and microorganism, and also shows the unusual biology that helped make this one of the most successful, although frequently despised insect groups in the world. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

The oldest known fossils of jellyfish have been found in rocks in Utah that are more than 500 million years old. The fossils are an unusual discovery because soft-bodied creatures, such as jellyfish, rarely survive in the fossil record, unlike animals with hard shells or bones. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

AN experimental German cook accidentally blew off both his hands attempting to concoct a "molecular gastronomy" dish with liquid nitrogen.
The 24-year-old man from Stahnsdorf near Berlin somehow obtained some of the dangerous chemical and was poised to try out a new recipe from the school of molecular cooking, which aims to apply scientific processes to gastronomy. picked by kakana 5 months ago

The decomposed corpse of a German man was found alone in his bed after nearly seven years, police in the western city of Essen said Thursday. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

The world's oldest spider web was found by an amateur fossil hunter. The 1 millimeter threads of web, similar to those woven by orb spiders today, were encased in amber, and are around 140 million years old. picked by bingo 4 weeks ago

A German woman missing for 12 years and recently discovered in a Swiss forest was asked Tuesday by authorities to leave the umbrella-and-tarpaulin shelter she has made her home for the last year. picked by suebe 10 months ago

American, Walter Avery battled his opponent, Karl Menckhoff in one of the last dogfights of the first world war. After shooting the German down, he landed and cut a piece of the aircraft's cloth insignia from the side. It sat in a trunk for nearly 9 decades before it was discovered and returned to the German pilot's family. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

A 300-million-year-old fossilized brain has been discovered by researchers studying a type of fish that once lived in what is now Kansas and Oklahoma.

"Fossilized brains are unusual, and this is by far the oldest known example," said John Maisey. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago