Scientists Find the Oldest Human-Made ‘Impossible’ Crystal Formed Out of One of the Most Violent Weapons The consequences of ...

Okagi Hayashi, a 115-year-old woman in central Japan recognized as the country's oldest person, died at the weekend from heart failure, the health ministry said Monday. Hayashi, who was born on Sept 2 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Fresh from space, NASA’s oldest full-time astronaut said Monday that weightlessness made him feel decades younger, with everyday aches and pains vanishing.

A new fossil unearthed in Brazil is the oldest known fossil of this species. Modern ants are one of the most dominant animal groups on Earth, with over 17,000 ant species found throughout every ...

In the depths of a Chilean rainforest stands the 'Gran Abuelo,' an approximately 5,400-year-old tree fighting for survival. A highway project now threatens its existence — and the ecosystem ...

Nechama Grossman, considered Israel's oldest Holocaust survivor, passed away on Thursday, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Grossman passed at the age of 110 in Arad, where she resided over the past few ...

The oldest Holocaust survivor in Israel, Nechama Grossman, passed away at the age of 110 on Thursday, the Arad Municipality announced on Friday morning. Nechama Grossman's death coincided with ...

Hudson’s Bay Co. ULC, a company that’s so old it once played a central role for goods traders in Britain’s North American colonies, is being stripped for parts. The retailer, currently under ...

A weathered sign in the Minnesota River Valley proudly proclaims: “World’s Oldest Rock.” Erected in 1975, it marks a 3.8-billion-year-old gneiss — or so scientists thought. Turns out ...

A newly discovered "hell ant" fossil may be the oldest ant ever found, scientists say. This fossilized insect was unearthed in what is now northeastern Brazil and lived around 113 million years ...

At more than 110 million years old, a fossil excavated in Brazil is the oldest undisputed ant fossil ever discovered. The finding adds to evidence that the first ants evolved on the supercontinent ...

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