When we think about the Egyptian pyramids, we envision endless ramps, ropes pulled by hundreds of men and stone blocks dragged in the blazing sun. It's a powerful, almost cinematic image that's accompanied us for decades. But what if, in reality, it wasn't like this?
Try going back in your memory and recall your second birthday. Hardly anyone really succeeds. In most cases, what we think we remember is a construction of stories we have heard a thousand times and photos we have seen in family albums.
In the North Sea, well away from the coast and prying eyes, an unexpected phenomenon is taking place.
Under the ancient McDermitt crater, on the border between Nevada and Oregon, lies a huge lithium deposit, trapped in layers of volcanic clay.
More than 100 years after the night of the sinking, the ship that became the symbol of technological arrogance and human frailty is back in the spotlight thanks to a tool which, in 1912, was pure science fiction.
It should never have appeared in Japan. And yet, during the summer of 2024, a venomous sea creature with hypnotic colours and an astonishing history appeared on the beaches of northern Japan.
US Geological Survey (USGS) instruments have detected ground uplift of 1.5 to 2 centimetres along the northern rim of the Yellowstone caldera, located in the US National Historical Park.