New research reveals that Easter Island’s moai statues were built to “walk” upright using a rhythmic rocking motion.

For generations, the massive moai of Easter Island, called Rapa Nui by the locals, have stood in quiet testimony to one of ...

New research suggests Easter Island's moai were stood up vertically and 'walked' along carefully crafted roads.

Easter Island’s Moai statues weren’t dragged - they walked. Physics and experiments uncover how ancient islanders made stone ...

For years, researchers have puzzled over how the ancient people of Rapa Nui did the seemingly impossible and moved their ...

A research team has confirmed via 3D modeling and field experiments that the ancient people of Rapa Nui "walked" the iconic ...

In science and engineering, it's unusual for innovation to come in one fell swoop. It's more often a painstaking plod through ...

Patients who are newly diagnosed with high-grade gliomas (GBMs), one of the most aggressive brain tumours, only have a median survival time of around 15 months – reducing to just 5–7 months for ...