Ancient Architects on MSN

How Did Ancient Egyptians Cut This Rock? The Basalt Puzzle

On the eastern side of the Great Pyramid lies a basalt floor so precisely carved it raises more questions than answers. Could this be evidence of lost technology beyond the reach of tools known to ...
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How To Do Everything

Half advice show. Half survival guide. Half absurdity-fest. (Wait, how does this work again? We're not numbers people.) Each episode, we answer all your burning questions, from how to survive a public ...

Why Do 70% of Diamonds Come From One Bizarre Type of Volcano?

A new study uncovers how volatile-rich magmas propel diamond-bearing kimberlites from Earth’s depths. If you’ve ever admired a diamond, chances are it originated from a kimberlite. More than 70% of ...
ZME Science on MSN

This 6,000-year-old Megalith in Spain Predates Stonehenge by Over a Thousand Years and It’s Still Standing —Here’s How It Was Made

“Megaliths represent the earliest form of monumental stone architecture,” write the authors of the new study, and the Menga ...
The Debrief

“Tectonics, Climate, and Life Co-Evolved Through Deep Time”: How a Supercontinent Breakup Produced All Complex Life on Earth

All complex life on Earth may be the result of plate tectonics tearing apart the ancient supercontinent Nuna 1.5 billion ...