10,000-year-old DNA pens the first tales of the earliest domesticated goats
Credit: The 'Tracking Cultural and Environmental Change project'. New research has revealed the genetic makeup of the earliest goat herds. ...
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Latest issue of Pacific Asia Inquiry showcases philosophical wisdom of the Pacific
University of Guam releases 11th volume of its peer-reviewed journalCredit: University of Guam The University of Guam College of Liberal ...
The entire genome from Peştera Muierii 1 sequenced
Credit: Mattias Jakobsson For the first time, researchers have successfully sequenced the entire genome from the skull of Peştera Muierii ...
Swiss farmers contributed to the domestication of the opium poppy
Credit: Raül Soteras, AgriChange Project Fields of opium poppies once bloomed where the Zurich Opera House underground garage now stands. ...
Caltech professor helps solve Hindenburg disaster
Credit: Caltech On the evening of May 6, 1937, the largest aircraft ever built by mankind, a towering example of ...
Scientists explore Tesla roads not taken — and find new potential present-day utility
Study tests viability of 100-year old patented device by inventorCredit: NYU's Applied Mathematics Laboratory A valve invented by engineer Nikola ...
New research shows: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek led rivals astray
Credit: Rijksmuseum Boerhaave/TU Delft A microscope used by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to conduct pioneering research contains a surprisingly ordinary lens, ...
Previously unknown letter reveals Einstein’s thinking on bees, birds and physics
A recently discovered letter written by Albert Einstein discusses a link between physics and biology, seven decades before evidence emerges.Credit: ...
Cinema in Flux | The Evolution of Motion Picture Technology
New Springer book traces the history of motion picture technology from the magic lantern (slide projector) to the digital eraCredit: ...
First member of ill-fated 1845 Franklin expedition is identified by DNA analysis
With a living descendant's DNA sample, a team of researchers have identified the remains of John Gregory, engineer aboard HMS ...
Ancient DNA reveals origin of first Bronze Age civilizations in Europe
Finding shed light on role of migration in Neolithic to Bronze Age transition and emergence of Indo-European languagesCredit: Ephorate of ...
Newly identified saber-toothed cat is one of largest in history
Giant cat roamed North America 5-9 million years agoCredit: Photo courtesy of John Orcutt COLUMBUS, Ohio - A giant saber-toothed ...
200-year old poop shows rural elites in New England had parasitic infections
Study Finds Parasites in Fecal Samples from the 1830s-1840s in Privy on Dartmouth's CampusCredit: Images by Theresa Gildner. In the ...
Cancer rates in medieval Britain around ten times higher than previously thought, study suggests
Credit: Jenna Dittmar The first study to use x-rays and CT scans to detect evidence of cancer among the skeletal ...
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