A marble fragment from the Acropolis of Athens has been found in the remains of a ship that sank in 1802, according to Greece’s Ministry of Culture.
The ship is the Mentor, a brig that went down southeast of the island of Kythira (also spelled…
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The math of March Madness brackets
Let’s say you somehow manage to sleep through all of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s March Madness and wake up in a stupor after all 64 college basketball teams in the main tournament have competed head-to-head and a champion…
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Gerd Faltings, mathematician who proved the Mordell conjecture, wins the Abel Prize at age 71
March 19, 2026
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Gerd Faltings, mathematician who proved the Mordell conjecture, wins the Abel Prize at age 71
The Mordell conjecture—now known as Faltings’s theorem—concerns the number of special points on a…
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Legal jargon increases guilty verdicts, reduces trust in judicial system, study finds
Jurors grappling with complex legal jargon are more likely to vote guilty while coming away less confident in their own performance and the judicial system, according to a new study published in the Journal of Applied Communication Research.
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Caregiving without a net: Poll shows who needs help most
Nearly a third of Americans over age 50 provide regular care to an adult relative or friend with a health issue or disability, a new poll finds. But many of them don’t know about, or use, local resources that could help them with caregiving.
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Meningitis Outbreak Exposes UK’s Decade-Long Gap in Protection : ScienceAlert
Two young people are dead and 20 are receiving treatment after a meningitis outbreak at the University of Kent. The students caught up in it belong to a generation that has never been routinely vaccinated against the strain responsible.
That…
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An ‘ethereal’ new-to-science poison dart frog from the Amazon: Photo of the week
Scientists in Brazil described a new-to-science species of poison dart frog last year. It was first found among the leaves of wild banana plants on a research expedition to the Juruá River Basin in the western Amazon in 2023. The frog, around…
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Fossil X-ray reveals new species of baby dino named for iconic Korean cartoon
Cute, green, and sporting two sprigs of hair on his head, a mischievous baby dinosaur named Dooly is one of the most beloved cartoon characters in South Korea. So, when researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and the Korean Dinosaur…
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How foreign investor lawsuits stymie environmental protection
New data by the Transnational Institute reveal how an increase in lawsuits by foreign investors is undermining government efforts to protect natural resources and human rights in Latin America and the Caribbean. Countries in the region are facing…
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FieldCamp Introduces AI Dispatcher for Field Service: Skills Matching, Route Optimization, and Emergency Reshuffling Built for the Trades
A new AI-powered dispatching tool helps plumbing, HVAC, electrical, cleaning, and all the field service companies do more with fewer workers, matching technicians to jobs by skill, optimizing routes, and eliminating the 5:30 AM whiteboard…
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