Rock stars: how a group of scientists in South Africa rescued a rare 500kg chunk of human history
Patterns on recovered rock are likely between 143,000 and 91,000 years old
18 October 2022 - 21:14
Scientific breakthroughs can happen in the strangest ways and places. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin because of mould growing on a Petri dish left out while he was on holiday. Chinese monks in the ninth century wanted to make a potion for immortality: instead, they discovered gunpowder...
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