Tag: discovery

ON THIS DAY: Pioneer of HIV research, Robert Gallo is born (1937)

On this Day March 23, 2026 at 15:43

On this day in 1937, Robert Charles Gallo was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, a scientist whose work would place him at the centre of...

World’s oldest cave art discovered in Indonesia’s Muna island

Life January 30, 2026 at 18:27

Indonesia and the surrounding region is known for some of the world’s most ancient archaeological finds. Archaeologists have discovered that handprints stencilled on limestone caves...

ON THIS DAY: Leif Erikson reaches Vinland (1000 AD)

On this Day October 9, 2025 at 16:52

More than 500 years before Columbus, Leif Erikson- son of Erik the Red- set foot on what he called Vinland, believed by most historians...

Skeleton of extinct hypercarnivore unearthed in Argentina

Life September 5, 2025 at 08:38

A predator with a taste for dinosaurs Tens of millions of years ago, an apex predator resembling a giant crocodile prowled the humid freshwater floodplains...