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This volcano offers one of the strangest and rare spectacles on the planet: an intense blue light emerges from it at night

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A volcano where the lava suddenly seems to turn blue: the spectacle offered every night by Kawah Ijen, in Indonesia, seems straight out of a science fiction film. However, behind these strange flames which illuminate the crater hides a very real chemical phenomenon... and...

29/09/2026 futura-terre ⚙ Auto-translated

The day an eruption caused temperatures to drop across the planet for several years

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Large volcanic eruptions are capable of altering the planet's climate, and in the past, some have had a major impact that lasted for years. This is what happened on April 5, 1815 on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia: the Tambora volcano erupted and it...

08/05/2026 futura-terre ⚙ Auto-translated

This 67,800-year-old handprint is the oldest art ever found

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Researchers have uncovered the world’s oldest known cave art—a 67,800-year-old hand stencil in Indonesia. The unusual, claw-like design hints at early symbolic thinking and possibly spiritual beliefs. This discovery also strengthens the case that humans reached Australia at least 65,000 years ago. It offers rare insight into the creative lives of some of our earliest ancestors.

22/03/2026 sciencedaily-human-evo

Who were the mystery humans behind Indonesia’s million-year-old tools?

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A groundbreaking discovery on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi reveals that early hominins crossed treacherous seas over a million years ago, leaving behind stone tools that reshape our understanding of ancient migration. These findings, older than previous evidence in the region, highlight Sulawesi as a critical piece of the puzzle in human evolution. Yet, the absence of fossils keeps the identity of these tool-makers shrouded in mystery, sparking new questions about whether they were Homo ere

10/09/2025 sciencedaily-human-evo