Archaeology
Jul 14, 2025
We can learn a lot from Troy's trash
Beneath the epic tales of heroes and gods, Troy's true story is written in something far less glamorous—its rubbish.
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Paleontology & Fossils
Jul 14, 2025
Japan's first western ichthyosaur discovered during educational museum event
A vertebrate fossil discovered in a rock from the Late Triassic period (approximately 220 million years ago) in Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, has been confirmed through joint research by Okayama University of Science ...
Archaeology
Jul 14, 2025
Ritualistically buried donkey remains provide insight into trade and culture in ancient Israel
Donkeys played an important role in the lives of ancient Mediterranean people, providing both food and a means of carrying goods. New evidence from an early Bronze Age (2900–2600/2550 BCE) archaeological site in modern-day ...
General Â鶹ÒùÔºics
Jul 14, 2025
Development of revolutionizing photo-induced microscopy and its use around the globe celebrated in new publication
Photo-induced force microscopy began as a concept in the mind of Kumar Wickramasinghe when he was employed by IBM in the early years of the new millennium. After he came to the University of California, Irvine in 2006, the ...
Archaeology
Jul 13, 2025
Horsemeat on the table: Medieval Hungarians defied religious norms for centuries
Archaeological analysis of horse remains from medieval Hungary indicates people continued to eat horses long after the country's conversion to Christianity, suggesting the decline in horsemeat consumption (hippophagy) in ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 13, 2025
A Denver dino museum makes a find deep under own parking lot. Like 'a hole in one from the moon.'
A Denver museum known for its dinosaur displays has made a fossil bone discovery closer to home than anyone ever expected, under its own parking lot.
Space Exploration
Jul 13, 2025
The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York
For sale: A 54-pound (25-kilogram) rock. Estimated auction price: $2 million to $4 million. Why so expensive? It's the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.
Earth Sciences
Jul 11, 2025
Polar vortex patterns explain shifting US winter cold despite warming climate
Despite a warming climate, bone-chilling winter cold can grip parts of the U.S. In a study appearing in Science Advances, researchers found that two specific patterns in the polar vortex, a swirling mass of cold air high ...
Polymers
Jul 11, 2025
Retarding corrosion of a magnesium alloy using a polymer coating in dynamic electrolyte flow conditions
Imagine going through a surgery where the doctor proposes the use of a temporary implant that dissolves by itself with time in the human body, thereby avoiding a painful second surgery. As great as that would sound, the challenges ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 10, 2025
How a bubbly barrier could be life-saving for plunging boobies
Exciting new research is investigating how boobies (birds of the genus Sula) may be able to reduce the potentially lethal impact of their high-speed vertical dives by creating a cushion of "supercavitation" bubbles upon impact ...
