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Previously unknown Iron Age grave of high-ranking individual, two-wheel chariot found in Germany

The grave was discovered during preliminary investigations ahead of construction of a solar park scheduled to be built near Bad Camberg. 

Previously unknown grave of an Iron Age high ranking individual was found during excavations near Bad Camberg in Hesse, Germany, June 25, 2026.
The submarine USS Herring (SS-233) passes Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco on October 12, 1943.

USS Herring’s final resting place confirmed 82 years after being lost in WWII

An armed policeman walks past the main gate of the Senate during a lockdown at the Senate premises in Manila on May 11, 2026 as NBI agents try to serve an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant on former Philippines national police chief and now sitting Senator Ronald Dela Rosa.

Three killed, five wounded in school shooting in central Philippines, one arrested

One of the 3,000 artifacts discovered in Drenthe, the Netherlands, June 19, 2026.

Archaeologists find over 3,000 artifacts from Stone Age to WWII in Netherlands valley


Colossal octopus may have dominated Cretaceous oceans, researchers say

“These giant octopuses likely occupied the same ecological tier and may have competed with marine reptiles and sharks within the same ecosystem,” said paleontologist Kazutaka Iba.

Pacific giant octopus.

NASA tracks colossal asteroid on a close approach to Earth

Close approach expected in 2029 at about 32,000 kilometers above Earth; 'something like this has not been recorded in human history'

 An illustrative image of an asteroid near the Earth.

Secrets of a drowned realm: DNA traces show the North Sea once held sprawling woodlands

Genetic material from oak, elm, hazel, and lime shows that woodlands established themselves thousands of years ahead of previous estimates.

German Helgoland in the North Sea.

'Ghost lineage': Ancient DNA upends the single‑migration myth of the Americas

While separated by vast distances and time, certain populations in the Americas retain hallmarks of ancestry related to modern-day Oceania.

An aerial view shows a plantation field in the Amazon rainforest during a Greenpeace flyover amid the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), near Centro Novo, state of Maranhao, Brazil, November 13, 2025.

He went to work as usual: Husband investigated for burning wife's body in zoo’s animal incinerator

The events unfolded while Asahiyama Zoo has been shut for seasonal maintenance

A brown bear gnaws at the cage it is trapped in in Sunagawa, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan October 16, 2024.

"Biology books will need to be amended": Scientists identify molecule that slims without diet

Scientists in Australia say they have identified a previously unseen way the body controls stored sugar.

White sugar and brown sugar

Great Pyramid of Giza was built over course of 20 years, using multiple ramps, new study claims

Roig’s model found that using a single ramp would have been insufficient and would have required nearly half a century of construction to reach the pyramid’s completion. 

A general view of the Great Pyramids in Giza, Egypt, November 15, 2025.

This is the number of daily coffee cups researchers recommend for optimal mood benefi

The association between coffee and improved mental health outcomes appears stronger in men than in women.

A cup of coffee

Lufthansa cuts 20,000 flights as fuel costs surge, travel expert warns of more turmoil ahead

The company primarily targets less profitable routes from Germany’s two largest hubs. Affected passengers are being notified and offered alternative travel dates.

 An Airbus A320-214 passenger aircraft of Lufthansa airline, takes off from Malaga-Costa del Sol airport, in Malaga, Spain, May 3, 2024.

'IKEA kit' nuclear power plant startup gets $380 million to build reactors in shipyards

The company’s central bet is that shipyards—long accustomed to handling heavy steel at scale—can serve as efficient assembly factories.

Tugboats assist the cruise ship "Disney Adventure" to move out of the ship hall for docking on the quayside of the Meyer shipyard to carry out further construction work in Wismar, Germany April 19, 2025.