Francis Dami

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The oldest wooden building in the world was constructed at least 200,000 years before humans.
Early people were already constructing wooden structures around half a million years ago, which is much earlier than previously thought by scholars.
By Francis Dami15 days ago in Feast
China breaks a record-breaking nuclear fusion barrier
Chinese scientists have shown that fusion fuel can stay stable at levels that have long been believed to cause magnetic reactor failure.
By Francis Dami15 days ago in Fiction
The enigma of why a star went dark for months is solved by astronomers.
Typically, stars don't simply disappear. For millions or possibly billions of years, they emit a constant glow. At the end of 2024, scientists took notice when a star 3,200 light-years away from Earth abruptly faded.
By Francis Dami15 days ago in Futurism
Central Italy has rediscovered ancient water tunnels.
The subterranean aqueduct that originally provided water to the Villa of the Casoni outside of Rome has been found and studied by archaeologists.
By Francis Dami15 days ago in History
Early farming's beginnings are rewritten by ancient climatic maps.
According to reconstructed maps, 12,000 years ago, the wild ancestors of wheat, barley, and rye roamed much smaller areas in West Asia than previously thought.
By Francis Dami15 days ago in History
In Spain, archaeologists have discovered a 2,200-year-old war elephant.
A 2,200-year-old elephant ankle bone has been discovered by archaeologists to be concrete proof of a Carthaginian war elephant.
By Francis Dami15 days ago in History
Birds around the world are stressed by human noise, but humans can assist.
Birds don't simply tolerate human cacophony. According to a recent investigation, the noises of construction, traffic, and other human activities are altering the behaviour, stress levels, and even reproductive success of birds.
By Francis Dami15 days ago in Petlife
Microplastic buildup in human brains, mostly in dementia patients, is shown by a disturbing study.
Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic that have been found in food, water, and the air. These microplastics can now cross the blood-brain barrier and gather in deep brain regions, according to a study done on 52 donated human brains.
By Francis Dami17 days ago in Lifehack
Most global maps make Greenland appear larger than it is in reality.
According to a global investigation, people's perceptions of major nations are systematically changed by the type of world map they view, making Greenland one of the most overstated locations on the planet.
By Francis Dami22 days ago in History
Scientists were surprised to learn that Mars has been losing water.
Mars may be losing water in ways that scientists had not completely thought about, according to a brief dust storm that occurred there.
By Francis Dami22 days ago in Futurism
Mummy CT scans provide fascinating insights on ancient Egyptian life.
The purpose of CT scanners is to diagnose the living by precisely mapping concealed tumours, obstructed arteries, and fractured bones. Restoring individual stories that have been silent for thousands of years is an unanticipated outcome of applying the same technology to the ancient past.
By Francis Dami22 days ago in History
Fossils of ancient lungfish show the evolutionary history of some of the earliest fish on Earth.
Scientists are learning more about one of the most significant periods in the history of life on Earth thanks to new hints from very old fish.
By Francis Dami22 days ago in History