(Natural News) A mosaic said to depict one of the Bible’s most enduring stories has been uncovered in the Holy Land. The mosaic, which dates back 1,500 years and is said to depict the Feeding of the Multitude, was found by a team of archaeologists from the University of Haifa among the ruins of the ancient […]

(Natural News) The first people in North America arrived more than a thousand years earlier than previously thought, experts have recently discovered. Proof of this, according to archaeologists, are the stone tools and other artifacts they unearthed at the Cooper’s Ferry site in Idaho. These artifacts are considered to be among the earliest evidence of […]

(Natural News) The key to successfully terraforming the Red Planet may lie in some terrestrial microbes. According to microbiologist Jose Lopez and his colleagues W. Raquel Peixoto and Alexandre Rosado, microbes from Earth may be able to jumpstart the creation of a habitable environment on Mars, the same way early microbes kickstarted the creation of […]

(Natural News) A gigantic collision in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter 466 million years ago plunged the Earth into a prehistoric ice age that ushered in a significant increase in marine biodiversity, scientists have revealed. This event, according to an international team of scientists and experts, occurred during the Ordovician Period, a geologic […]

(Natural News) Cannabis has a long and colorful relationship with humankind. Endemic to the steppes of Central Asia, cannabis (Cannabis sativa) – also known as ganja, weed and marijuana – was first cultivated by the ancient Chinese, according to researcher Barney Warf, adding that the history of cannabis use goes back as far as 12,000 […]

(Natural News) When it comes to tropical fruits, the durian stands out, because of two reasons: its appearance and its smell. Visually, the durian (Durio zibethinus), endemic to Southeast Asia, looks like a large, thorn-covered football, with the fruit often reaching 1 foot in length. The fruit’s most noticeable characteristic, however, is its smell, which […]

(Natural News) Researchers and scientists toying with the idea of terraforming Mars are better off using their expertise to help heal the Earth instead. This is according to conceptual artist Jonathon Keats, who, in a statement, said that “re-wilding” – the act of letting other life forms such as plants and animals take back their […]

(Natural News) Homesteading and farming can be very rewarding. However, it does come with several responsibilities, not the least of which is protecting your livestock from predation. (h/t to HomesteadAdvisor.com) Classified as “wildlife damage,” predation ?– especially when left unchecked ?– can prove to be a costly problem for farmers and homesteaders in the long run. In […]

(Natural News) Hearts evolved to make humans better at endurance tasks, a new study has found. According to research conducted by scientists from Canada, the U.K. and the U.S., this change — which started around the time people shifted from being hunter-gatherers to being farmers — enabled humans to become more efficient at maintaining their energy […]

(Natural News) Gold, long considered to be a symbol of wealth and prosperity, might be on its way to becoming the latest wonder material, following a research team’s successful creation of an ultra-thin gold nanosheet. Synthesized by researchers at the University of Leeds, the material, which is one million times thinner than a human fingernail, […]