Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. People living on the Arabian Peninsula thousands of years ago went underground when they wanted to beat the heat. They may have stopped there as they traveled between oases and meadows, then plunged into vast … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. People living on the Arabian Peninsula thousands of years ago went underground when they wanted to beat the heat. They may have stopped there as they traveled between oases and meadows, then plunged into vast … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. It is late summer, 2850 years ago. A fire engulfs a stilt village perched above a boggy, slow-moving river that meanders through the wetlands of eastern England. The tightly packed roundhouses, built just nine months … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. It is late summer, 2850 years ago. A fire engulfs a stilt village perched above a boggy, slow-moving river that meanders through the wetlands of eastern England. The tightly packed roundhouses, built just nine months … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. A small stone vial discovered in southeastern Iran contained a red cosmetic that archaeologists say was likely used as a lip color nearly 4,000 years ago. The rare find is “probably the earliest” example of … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. Excavations at an archaeological site in Panama have revealed the grave of a religious leader who was buried more than 1,200 years ago next to a cache of gold artifacts – and countless other human … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered groundbreaking evidence linking prehistoric facial piercings to the bodies of the people who wore them. Personal adornment – including earring-like objects thought to be worn as piercings – has been … Read more