Invisible footprints hiding since the end of the last ice age – and what lies beneath them – have been discovered by Cornell University researchers using a special type of radar in a novel way.
The fossilized footprints reveal a wealth of…
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Scientists explore Egyptian mummy bones with x-rays and infrared light
Experiments at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are casting a new light on Egyptian soil and ancient mummified bone samples that could provide a richer understanding of daily life and environmental…
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2,000-year-old Herculaneum Scrolls from Institut de France being studied using UK’s Synchrotron, Diamond Light Source
Researchers led by the renowned ancient artefacts decoder, Professor Brent Seales, will be using Diamond, the UK’s national synchrotron science facility in the heart of Oxfordshire, to examine a collection of world-famous ancient artefacts…
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Elon Musk’s Starship may be more moral catastrophe than bold step in space exploration
Elon Musk, founder of private space-faring company SpaceX, recently unveiled his new Starship craft.
Amazingly, it is designed to carry up to 100 crew members on interplanetary journeys throughout the solar system, starting with Mars in 2024.
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Archaeology at BESSY II
The first thing that catches an archaeologist’s eye on the small piece of papyrus from Elephantine Island on the Nile is the apparently blank patch.
Researchers from the Egyptian Museum, Berlin universities and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin have now…
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What is an electron? | ScienceBlogs
As surprising as it may sound, no one really knows what an electron is, and it is this fundamental question that has been the driving force for much of modern physics and eventually led to the development of quantum field theory.
To answer the…
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Nuclear physics in search of world artifacts
Scientists have published the first results of a “scan” obtained by the method of muon radiography of the underground space in the Derbent fortress of Naryn-Kala.
The preliminary conclusion of the scientists — the hypothesis of…
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An underwater vehicle to explore abandoned mine sites
An international team of researchers, including researchers from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), is developing a new tool that will allow researchers to explore and assess mines in order to find out if it is economically viable to…
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Planet Knowledge available on Youview and Freeview
Planet Knowledge, the free to watch video on demand channel is now available to UK audiences on Youview and Freeview.
The factual channel contains hundreds of documentaries about history, archaeology, culture, nature, crime, science and travel.
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The End Is Not Near, But If An 'Insect Apocalypse' Ever Happens, How Would We Know?
Viral defenses are encoded in their genes, but not ours
Photo of sea sponges by Steve Rupp, National Science Foundation via Wikimedia CommonsThrough the course of evolution vertebrates have apparently lost their gene-encoded…
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