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Great Blue Hole off Belize yields new clues to fall of Mayan civilisation

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Research supports theory that drought and climate conditions reduced Mayans from a regional power to survivors abandoning cities to virtual extinction. A massive underwater sinkhole surrounded by reefs, caves and sharks has provided archaeologists with clues in the mystery of the fall of the Mayan civilization, according to new research. Scientists from Rice University and […]

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Whale strandings linked to solar activity

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Whale strandings linked to solar activity

Surges of solar activity may cause whales to run aground, possibly by disrupting the creatures’ internal compasses, according to German scientists...

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Subterranean river discovered beneath Mexico’s Chichen Itza ruins

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Subterranean river discovered beneath Mexico’s Chichen Itza ruins

Scientists reveal cavity 20 metres below the pyramid of Kukulkan, also known as El Castillo. Experts have discovered that the main pyramid at Mexico’s Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza...

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Telescope hunt is on for massive hidden object in space, Nibiru?

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Telescope hunt is on for massive hidden object in space, Nibiru?

This is from an article written by CNN February 15th, 2011 –Scientists, telescope hunt massive hidden object in space Some scientists think a brown dwarf or gas giant...

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Myth of pristine Amazon rainforest busted as old cities reappear

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Myth of pristine Amazon rainforest busted as old cities reappear

Dreamscape: the Amazon was once lined with fields and plazas (Image: Mario Tama/Getty) The first Europeans to penetrate the Amazon rainforests reported cities, roads and fertile fields...

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