London, Sept.29 : Norwegian archaeologists have reportedly discovered a Viking era cabin on the island Hrútey in Mjóifjördur Fjord in Ísafjardardjúp, also known as the West Fjords.

According to Ragnar Edvardsson, an archeologist at the West Fjords' Natural Science Center, diggings had revealed an oval building structure with a double layer of rocks and turf in between that can at least be traced back to the Middle Ages.

Washington, Sept.29 : Analysis of high-resolution satellite images by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has revealed evidence of grave human rights violations in Myanmar, including destruction of villages, forced relocations, and a growing military presence at 25 sites across the eastern part of the military-junta-ruled country.

Washington, Sept.28 : A small space capsule has been lost in Earth orbit after a space tether experiment went awry on Tuesday.

Washington, Sept.28 : A national public opinion survey conducted by the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University and the Associated Press has concluded that a majority of Americans continue to remain pessimistic about the environment and desire prompt action taken to improve its health.

London, Sept 28 : A radio burst that originated from beyond the Milky Way galaxy has befuddled astronomers.

Initial suspects include the merger of two dense stellar corpses called neutron stars and the complete evaporation of a black hole.

David Narkevic, an undergraduate student at West Virginia University in Morgantown, US, discovered the burst while searching through archived data taken in 2001 by the Parkes radio dish in Australia. He was looking for periodic signals from pulsars – rotating neutron stars – within our galaxy.

Washington, Sept 28 : Early Polynesians sailed thousands of miles for exploration and trade, analysis of early stone woodworking tools by a team of Australian researchers from the University of Queensland has revealed.

They say the study confirms traditional tales of vast ocean voyages and hints that a trading network existed between Hawaii and Tahiti as early as a thousand years ago.