The 'Young Man Of Byrsa' Actually Had European Heritage and other top stories.

• The 'Young Man Of Byrsa' Actually Had European Heritage

  

  (Photo : Getty Images/ Bo Zaunders) DNA analysis of the 2,500-year-old remains of the “Young Man of Byrsa” has found that he has European heritage. DNA analysis of the 2,500-year-old remains of the "Young Man of Byrsa" has found that he has European heritage. The remains of the ancient Phoenician, named Ariche, were found in 1994 in a burial crypt across the National Museum of Carthage. The French and Tunisian excavators that found the bones sent them to France for further research. DNA sequ..

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• Could Shark Attacks Reach Record Highs In 2016?

  

  Last year saw a record number of shark attacks around the globe, and as summer kicks off this Memorial Day weekend, one well-regarded expert has posited that 2016 could see an even greater number of interactions between the oceanic predators and mankind. George Burgess heads the International Shark Attack File at the University of Florida, according to Reuters. In a recent interview conducted ahead of the Memorial Day holiday weekend, he predicted that a confluence of factors could make this su..

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• Fifth Force Of Nature: Physicists Think They've Found It

  

  Physicists think they’ve just discovered a fifth force of nature, and if so, it could totally redefine how we understand the workings of the universe. Physics can be a pretty daunting subject, especially for the layperson, but one of the field’s most straightforward fundamentals is that everything in the universe is controlled by four fundamental forces of nature: gravity, electromagnetic force, and weak and strong nuclear forces. If physicists in Hungary are correct, this most “straightforward..

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• Sharks too have distinct personalities: study

  

  Just like humans, sharks too have individual personality differences with unique preferences and behaviours, scientists have found for the first time. Researchers from the Macquarie University observed the behaviour of sharks from the east coast of Australia and found that individual sharks had distinct and consistent responses when exposed to an unfamiliar environment and stress. In humans, personality defines who we are and how we are likely to respond to certain situations. If y..

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• Climate change threatens U.N. World Heritage sites

  

  The catastrophes seem like the stuff filmmaker Roland Emmerich’s dreams are made of: In the United States, Yellowstone National Park morphs from thick woods to sparser brushland in the aftermath of frequent and furious forest fires. In Italy, Venice sinks beneath a swelling Adriatic Sea. In England, Stonehenge tumbles to the ground when the local mole and badger populations explode, and their burrows weaken the earth beneath the 5,000-year-old rock monuments. None of these disasters are cer..

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