(Natural News) In the past few years, archaeologists have used lasers to discover previously hidden ancient civilizations. This laser technology, called light detection and ranging (LiDAR), employs planes or drones to beam thousands of laser pulses from the sky to the ground below. These pulses penetrate through the thick, deep forest covering – which researchers then use […]

(Natural News) Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of an ancient Mayan civilization that developed more than 2,000 years ago. The ruins, located in northern Guatemala, were revealed with the help of laser technology. The long-lost urban jungle was composed of almost 1,000 settlements spread out across 650 square miles. The settlements, connected by a vast […]

(Natural News) A United Nations (UN) report revealed that unmanned combat aerial vehicles and lethal autonomous weapons systems bombarded rebels in Libya last year. The drones, which can be operated manually, were self-guided during the encounter – using onboard cameras and machine learning to find and target enemies. According to the March report from the UN Security […]

(Natural News) Archaeologists unearthed what might be an embassy hidden in the ancient Maya city of Tikal in what is now Guatemala. Built around A.D. 300, the embassy was a sprawling courtyard that featured a pyramid, a burial site and sundry items, all of which appeared to have been informed by the artistic sensibilities of Teotihuacan, a rival city hundreds of miles […]

(Natural News) The Mayan civilization dominated Mesoamerica before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors. A recent excavation in Guatemala uncovered the remains of a Mayan royal in a pyramid deep in the jungle. One of the three pyramids archaeologists found hosted the complete skeleton of a woman believed to be a Mayan queen. Researchers say her mortal remains are 1,500 years […]

(Natural News) After deciding recently to end his company’s partnership with established computer chip manufacturer Nvidia Corp., Tesla’s Elon Musk went on a bragging spree, making all sorts of false claims about how his company’s new proprietary chip technology is somehow “the best in the world” – which couldn’t be further from the truth. In […]