4 d. ago CIA's covert hunt for Noah's Ark sparks new questions amid claims Biblical boat has been found

After scientists claimed they discovered the remains of Noah's Ark, an unearthed CIA document reveals that the US government may known where the Biblical ship had been for over 50 years.

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1 week ago 'I was an atheist but I've seen proof of heaven and hell – more terrifying than you think'

A man has claimed to have discovered evidence which prove heaven and hell both exist – in his new book the reporter investigates angels, demons, near-death experiences and various other mysteries

Events

2 w. ago Welfare needs reforming – but Liz Kendall must show her workings

Editorial: To be unveiled this week in a green paper, the government’s plans to move people off benefits and into worthwhile employment will help balance the nation’s books and prove a vote-winner, too. Some dispassionate evidence now would help the reforms command even more public confidence

Economics

2 w. ago Unearthed notebooks shed light on Victorian genius who inspired Einstein

Michael Faraday’s illustrated notes that show how radical scientist began his theories at London’s Royal Institution to go online He was a self-educated genius whose groundbreaking discoveries in the fields of physics and chemistry electrified the world of science and laid the foundations for Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity nearly a century later.Now, the little-known notebooks of the Victorian scientist Michael Faraday have been unearthed from the archive of the Royal Institution and are to be digitised and made permanently accessible online for the first time. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Scientists unearthed evidence that could prove Noah's Ark was real

Experts have discovered a boat-shaped formation in Turkey alongside evidence of ancient floods, sparking claims it could be the remains of Noah's Ark from the Bible

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3 w. ago Halt Disney! Flow’s director, and fellow upstart animators, on a new era for the artform

At the Academy Awards last weekend, a little Latvian film scooped the prize for best animation . Here its creator Gints Zilbalodis, and other Oscar nominees of micro-budget films, discuss taking risks and challenging the big studiosFlow is a gorgeous animated Noah’s Ark tale-of-sorts that bobs into cinemas like a message in a bottle. The brainchild of Gints Zilbalodis, a 30-year-old Latvian film-maker, it’s about an unnamed house cat cast adrift on a sailboat alongside a capybara and a ring-tailed lemur. The world has flooded; one disaster follows another. The animals on the boat have to help one another or die. Flow contains no human life and not one line of actual dialogue. Despite this, it is eloquent and humane and almost unbearably tense.Animators, says Zilbalodis, are a little like cats, in that they tend to be self-sufficient, antisocial and have to be coaxed into joining a team. Flow’s production involved Zilbalodis abandoning his desk to oversee a small crew of artists. He ...

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4 w. ago Former CIA agent claims there was life on Mars... and has 'evidence' to prove it

A former CIA spy claims he uncovered life on Mars while working in one of the agency's programs where he spied on distant worlds

Politics