A metal detector enthusiast has uncovered Finland’s largest known Viking-era silver hoard in Sysmä, with thousands of coins and other silver objects found buried at the site. Kalle Lappinen discovered on 3 September after his detector picked up an unusually large number of signals. The hoard contains around 4.5 kilograms of silver and was buried…
Forests are often associated with clean water, but a study of Douglas-fir plantations in France and Luxembourg has found that the trees can be linked to much higher nitrate levels in nearby streams and groundwater. Researchers examined paired headwater catchments with different land covers, including Douglas-fir, spruce, deciduous forests, grassland, and clearcuts. The catchments were…
A Spanish glue company’s bonds played an essential role in the binding of stone and steel for the Sagrada Familia temple’s 826 panels. The world’s tallest church, which was blessed by Pope Leo XVI last week, had been a century in the making. Its architect Antoni Gaudi knew exactly what the six central towers should…
For centuries, the northern bald ibis was missing from Europe’s skies, its migratory population wiped out in Central Europe by the 17th century. Bringing it back required more than releasing captive-bred birds into the Alps: conservationists first had to teach them where to go. The Waldrappteam found an ingenious solution, training young ibises to follow…
Brünig Mega Safe, a company owned by Swiss entrepreneur Thomas Gasser, is drilling into the Alpine rocks to build 20 mega bunkers more than 100 metres underground, designed to safeguard the wealth of the super-rich. The project, being executed beneath the mountains of the Brunig Pass, near the village of Lungern, is led by the…
Forty-five kilometres off the Belgian coast, in the middle of the North Sea, humans are creating something that did not naturally exist in the water. It is the world’s first artificial energy island the size of eight football fields, being built with 23 giant concrete caissons, each weighing approximately 22,000 tons. While one might assume…
Copenhagen’s £200 million Natural History Museum will open its new underground galleries in 2027. (Photo: Natural History Museum Denmark) A huge new underground attraction is set to open in one of Europe’s most popular cities, promising visitors immersive experiences, dinosaur fossils and access to millions of specimens collected over centuries.The new Natural History Museum in…
Imagine finishing a meal at an Italian restaurant and leaving with the plate on which your food was served. It sounds unusual, but for more than six decades, a group of Italian restaurants has turned this simple piece of tableware into a lasting souvenir. Known as the Piatti del Buon Ricordo, or “Plates of Good…
Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra, 22, steps into a historic new chapter as King Haakon takes his oath as Norway’s monarch. As Norway begins a new royal chapter, Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra is stepping into the spotlight. At 22, she is the first new heir apparent in the country’s modern royal history to already be an…
Pic courtesy: Lokale Politie Dendermonde Construction workers in Belgium unearthed gold worth an estimated $10.4 million while excavating trenches for a sewage system at a former brewery site earlier this month.Workers contacted the authorities immediately after unearthing the treasure, the police in Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde, a Flemish community outside Brussels, said. The police confirmed that the workers…
