These ancient refrigerators built by Persian engineers were used primarily to store ice for use in the summer, as well as for food storage, in the hot, dry desert climate of Iran.
A Gene is a single functional unit of DNA. For example, there may be a gene or two for hair colour, eye colour, whether or not we hate green peppers,…
Mehdi Bilel, a Tunisian, was driving home from a wedding in the north of his nation when he came across a big body of water shimmering in the scorching desert…
Scientists believe that a supermassive black hole lurks at the centre of virtually every galaxy in the universe, with a mass that is millions or billions of times that of the Sun…
They are so precisely cut that even a razor blade can't fit through their interlocking joints – a technology that didn't exist until centuries later.
The ‘feral child’ Oxana Malaya’s story is a pretty clear indicator that nurture plays a bigger role than nature. At merely 3 years old, her alcoholic parents neglected her and left…
The Oakville Blobs are an unknown, gelatinous, translucent substance that fell from the sky over Oakville, Washington, in 1994, causing mysterious sickness that plagued the town and sparking speculation about their origin.
The Castle of Edinburgh is lying on a prehistoric site dating back to the Iron Age and prevailed over the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. Many people believe…
Located in the Peruvian Andes Mountains, on a high, arid terrace overlooking a lush river valley, is a series of American pyramids that may be way older than the Egyptian…
People say Lizzie killed her parents. If she really did it, then why??
