Archaeologists have discovered links between cylinder seal symbols (4400-3400 BC) and early proto-cuneiform symbols (3350-3000 BC) from Uruk in southern Iraq.
Uruk, one of the earliest cities played a leading role in the urbanisation of Sumer from…
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Interdisciplinary Collaboration: A Look Into the AI Maker Space
11/05/2024 Mallory Lindahl
Greg Armstrong (manager) and Leonardo Mouta (student worker) calibrate robots in the AI Maker Space.
At the Carnegie Mellon University AI Maker Space, interdisciplinary collaboration thrives….
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Padlocked “vampire” died from incurable illness
Archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń have conducted an examination of the “vampire” burial found near Bydgoszcz, a city in northern Poland.
In 2022, archaeologists announced the…
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2024 Math Prize for Girls at MIT sees six-way tie | MIT News
After 274 young women spent two-and-a-half hours working through 20 advanced math problems for the 16th annual Advantage Testing Foundation/Jane Street Math Prize for Girls (MP4G) contest held Oct. 4-6 at MIT, a six-way…
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Skeletal remains found on Mary Rose provides new insights into ageing bone chemistry
A recent study of skeletal remains found on the Mary Rose suggests that a person’s dominant hand may affect how the chemistry of their clavicle bone changes with age.
The Mary Rose was a carrack warship in the English Tudor navy and served as…
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AI Meets Fusion: CMU, Princeton Join Forces to Pursue Clean, Abundant Power
October 29, 2024 Mallory Lindahl
What if the future of energy could be as limitless as the stars? As nuclear fission powers today’s reactors, researchers are looking toward nuclear fusion as a cleaner, safer, and…
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Preserving America’s Place in Global Science
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In the summer of 1862, at the height of the Civil War, President Abraham…
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Two teenagers have once again proved an ancient math rule
Two years ago, a couple of high school classmates each composed a mathematical marvel, a trigonometric proof of the Pythagorean theorem. Now, they’re unveiling 10 more.
For over 2,000 years, such proofs were considered impossible….
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Crystalizing Our Comprehension of Malaria – Chemistry | Weizmann Wonder Wander
Prof. Leslie Leiserowitz first became intrigued by malaria when he was a young boy in South Africa. His father, who scouted the continent in search of wood for the family business, brought back not only tales of elephants and gorillas but also…
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Archaeologists make significant discoveries in Central Moravia
Archaeologists from the Olomouc Archaeological Centre have discovered two major Bronze Age cemeteries, including the largest known burial ground of the Nitra culture in the Czech Republic.
Both cemeteries were uncovered in Central Moravia along…
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