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Tijs Michiel Verwest, better known as Tiesto in the EDM scene, is a people’s performer. In the past two decades...

28 March 2013 10:21 PM IST

Scientists have not found anything fraudulent in the bizzare looking skeletal remains. (Photo: Youtube Screengrab)

Remains found in Peru are 'alien mummies', claims scientist

While bizarre corpses have been branded fake by other scientists, Dr Vivanco said that there details that indicated that...

26 Oct 2017 11:42 AM IST

Indigenous populations in the upper Amazon region today use cacao for fermented drinks and juices. (Photo: AP)

How old is cacao? New research pushes back date

Tests indicate traces of cacao on artifacts from an archaeological site in Ecuador.

30 Oct 2018 9:15 AM IST

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Drinking hot tea can increase risk of oesophageal cancer

The risks to smokers also increase with high-temperature tea drinking.

12 Feb 2018 1:45 PM IST

The first evidence of humans in the Americas older than 12,000 years. (Photo: Representational/Pexels)

Oldest human footprint found in Chile

Southern Chile confirms to have the oldest ever footprint.

28 April 2019 10:47 AM IST

One of the mummies, known as Maria, was found by a team led by controversial Mexican journalist Jamie Maussan in early 2017. (Youtube Screengrab/ Gaia)

Three-fingered mummies in Peru are aliens, claims Russian scientist

A Russian expert' claims that he has done DNA tests to prove that the mummified remains are not human.

13 March 2018 11:41 AM IST

Using her skull, researchers at Britains University of Manchester had managed to produce a digital image of her face. (Photo: AFP)

Brazil's first human, 12,000-year-old fossil, lost in Rio museum fire

The jewel in the crown of the museum's collection of 20 million valuable pieces, Luzia was the first human fossil found...

4 Sept 2018 8:54 AM IST