The ancient Greek papyrus fragment of the Gospel of John, which reportedly dates back between A.D. 250 and A.D. 350, was spotted for sale on eBay in January for $99. The papyrus includes six lines of text written in Greek from John 1:50-51 on one side and an unidentified Christian text on its other side. A scholar of early Christianity believes the fragment is the only known Greek new Testament papyrus that appears on an unused scroll rather than a codex (the earliest form of books).
A trove of bronze and silver coins left undisturbed for 1,700 years was discovered by a Swiss farmer buried in his cherry orchard.
London-based photographer Mikael Buck took the incredible photos using a Sony 27R II camera with a 90mm macro lens and macro filter.
Is this bizarre 'winged object' flying past the sun a UFO? Mysterious shape is spotted in images released by NASA
The images were taken by NASA's specialist telescopic cameras used to monitor solar activity earlier this month. According to outer space conspiracy theorists, the object is flying too close to the sun to be human technology, and they have therefore concluded that it is an alien spaceship. A YouTube video created by a UFO chaser using the images, posed the question that the shape of the mysterious object indicated that it was more than just 'malformed pixels'.
Get ready for the rise of the CYBERPLANTS: Researchers reveal roses with circuits inside their leaves that can change colour at the touch of a button
Researchers in Sweden have developed fully functional cyberplants, living plants which are engineered to host analog and digital electronic circuits, and the leaves can change colors (right). Using the vascular system of living roses, which distributes water and nutrients, the researchers were able to build key components of electronic circuits inside of the plants.This allowed the team to alter its colour using a syringe of special gel.
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- The beasts lurking in YOUR home: From a spider's hairy mandibles to an earwig's pincers, scary details of bugs captured in close up
- How not to look stupid: Psychologists reveal the three types of foolish behaviour
- Is this the world's first BLING? 24 carat gold jewellery made 6,600 years ago unearthed at prehistoric settlement in Bulgaria
- Get ready for the rise of the CYBERPLANTS: Researchers reveal roses with circuits inside their leaves that can change colour at the touch of a button
- Meet Surena: Iran reveals life-sized humanoid robot that can run, play football and speak Farsi
- The phone you only have to charge once a WEEK: British scientists create material for the screen that uses no power
- Pimp my spacecraft: Orion craft that could take man to Mars gets metallic heat shield
- In the money! Massive hoard of 4,000 Roman coins unearthed in Switzerland after lying undisturbed under a cherry tree for 1,700 years
- Never mind the Big Bang! Life on Earth began with a BIG BREATH as oxygen sprang from microscopic plants 2.5 billion years ago
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A day in the life of a dwarf planet: Stunning new images reveal what 6.4 Earth days look like on Pluto and its moon Charon
The space agency released a series of 10 close-ups of the frosty, faraway world today, representing one Pluto day, which is equivalent to 6.4 Earth days. The New Horizons spacecraft took the pictures as it zoomed past Pluto in an unprecedented flyby in July. Pluto was between 400,000 and 5 million miles from the camera for these photos. A similar series of shots were taken of Pluto's jumbo moon, Charon.
Now that really IS a tail light: Firm unveils clip on LED light for horses to improve rider safety
After Sami Gros's friend was hit by a car while trotting down the street on a horse, he set out on a mission to develop an innovated light safety system. The system showcases LED lights, on both the front and tail units that warn oncoming motorists that there is a rider on the road. It may look like a fashion accessory, but the Tail Lights Rider System aims to save the thousands of horses and riders that are injured and killed each year in collisions.
Pimp my spacecraft: Orion craft that could take man to Mars gets metallic heat shield
Engineers are updating Orion's thermal protection system in preparation for its next mission, where it will travel through the harshest conditions has ever endured. The craft will be heading out to space for the first time since last year, and it will be boasting a newly enhanced heat shield design. Orion will be in space for more than three weeks, according to Nasa, and its return to Earth will be hotter and faster than its last flight.
Weird War One! Parachuting pigeons. Wooden tanks. A riveting new book from the Imperial War Museum unearths the wackiest inventions from WWI
With access to the Imperial War Museum's extensive archives, the author of Weird War One reveals the increasingly desperate quest - on both sides - for any bright idea which might offer the tiniest advantage over the enemy. They also show some of the bizarre scenes which passed for ordinary life behind the front line. Some ideas were audacious and brilliant, not least the tank and a giant periscope. Others - such as a human observation kite or an early air-raid warning system involving a flock of parrots at the top of the Eiffel Tower - were duds from the start. Some owed their inspiration to warriors of antiquity, such as the Brewster Body Shield (bottom, centre), a latter-day suit of armour. All, however, remain an endearing reminder that, when it comes to war, anything and everything is worth a try.
Meet Surena: Iran reveals life-sized humanoid robot that can run, play football and speak Farsi
Step aside Asimo. A robot being developed in Iran has just got a lot smarter. Surena, the third version of a humanoid robot that researchers have been developing for eight years, was unveiled earlier this week. The robot stands is 190 cm (6.2ft) tall, weighs 98 kg (216lb) and has four articulated limbs, similar to Honda's Asimo and Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot. It can interact with people using its voice recognition and speech modules - although it's currently only able to speak Farsi. Surena can also recognise faces, and imitate peoples' motions.
It this the 'Face of God' on MARS? UFO hunters claim to have spotted ancient statue
On Monday, NASA's Mars Opportunity rover sent an image back of a rock that resembles, Nabu, the god of wisdom to the Neo-Assyrians, as suggested by many alien hunters.The image was taken at a site called, 'Concepción Crater,' an area that had been a mystery to scientists due to strange coatings on rocks near the crater.
Force of nature: Breathtaking footage captures the moment an enormous glacier collapses sending an avalanche of ice and rock down a mountain
Ryan Taylor, 22, was skiing and mountaineering in Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand when rocks beneath the ice began to break free and fall (top left). The clip shows 30 seconds of tumbling rubble before one large block of ice dislodges, smashes into a thousand pieces and plummets down the mountain (bottom left). Ryan points the camera at the thousands of tonnes of rock and ice flowing down the steep decline like a raging river (right).
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The lock-breaking LIGHTSABER: Air Force unveils hi-tech tool to let soldiers cut through metal bars and doors
The US Air force and Energetic Materials & Products joined forces to create a hand-held device to help the organization on the battlefield, and it just happens to look like Luke Skywalker's lightsaber.Tech Torch is a compact, light-weight tool that generates a blade-shaped like a flame, and can rip through half-inch steel bars in less than a second.
In the money! Massive hoard of 4,000 Roman coins unearthed in Switzerland after lying undisturbed under a cherry tree for 1,700 years
A farmer made the spectacular discovery when he spotted a molehill with some shimmering green coins (pictured left and in the earth top right) on his land in Ueken in Switzerland. A few months earlier, remains of an early Roman settlement were discovered in a dig in the nearby town of Frick, which made the farmer suspect the site may hold treasure. He contacted the regional archaeological service and his suspicions were confirmed. After months of discrete excavations, the service announced yesterday a total of 4,166 coins had been found in excellent condition (the cleaning process is shown bottom right). However, the farmer will not be allowed to keep the hoard.
'Godzilla' El Nino is getting BIGGER: Weather system could be the most powerful of its kind on record, warn scientists
Earlier this week, scientists said this year's 'El Niño' would be the worst in more than 15 years. Now researchers have upgraded that forecast to the weather system being the worst since records began. Based on weekly data by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the current El Niño is now stronger than the huge events in 1982-83 and 1997-98, and likely 1877-78. One of the biggest indications that this year's El Niño will be huge appeared over the past week, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Meteorologists measured record-high sea surface temperatures across large parts of the central Pacific (as shown by the graph inset).
Watch the Earth BREATHE: Nasa reveals stunning video showing a year of plant life
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