Ancient DNA retells story of Caribbean’s first people, with a few plot twists
Credit: Kristen Grace/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The history of the Caribbean's original islanders comes into sharper focus in a ...
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Researchers track and analyze smallpox epidemics over three centuries
Credit: Courtesy of the Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/londons-dreadful-visitation-bills-of-mortality Researchers from McMaster University have studied and analyzed thousands of weekly records ...
Researchers deconstruct ancient Jewish parchment using multiple imaging techniques
Analyses of the materials in the scrolls helps put the object into an historical context and guides conservators in future ...
New Canada research chairs foster outstanding research at uOttawa
Credit: University of Ottawa The University of Ottawa has earned a total of 10 Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) covering a ...
A non-destructive method for analyzing Ancient Egyptian embalming materials
Credit: Frédérique Vincent, ethnographic conservator Ancient Egyptian mummies have many tales to tell, but unlocking their secrets without destroying delicate ...
New light on polar explorer’s last hours
The Denmark Expedition set out to explore unknown Inuit land in 1906. Three members died.Credit: wikipedia Jørgen Brønlund was one ...
What does East Germany’s rise and fall have to do with pigs? A lot, actually
The communist state's approach to industrial pig farming foreshadowed its demise, a University of Rochester historian arguesCredit: University of Washington ...
RIT students discover hidden 15th-century text on medieval manuscripts
Imaging system they built as freshmen reveals new information about Otto Ege CollectionCredit: RIT Rochester Institute of Technology students discovered ...
Like fire and ice: Why societies are increasingly fragmenting
The phenomenal increase in social contacts leads inevitably to a filter bubble society and thus becomes a danger to democracy ...
Cracking the secrets of dinosaur eggshells
Credit: Adapted from ACS Omega 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c03334 Since the famous discovery of dinosaur eggs in the Gobi Desert in ...
Artificial intelligence dives into thousands of WW2 photographs
In a new study, researchers have used AI to analyse large amounts of historical photos from WW2. Among other things, ...
Can individual differences be detected in same-shaped pottery vessels by unknown craftsmen?
Credit: ©2020 Gandon et al. An interdisciplinary research team has investigated whether there are quantitative differences that can be used ...
If the glove fits
Modern tools and US Army-edition gloves may have uncovered the original dimensions of the tefach, a biblical unit of measurement ...
Women are more concerned about COVID-19 than men, Dartmouth-Gallup study finds
Implications for workplace reopenings and 2020 electionCredit: Table provided by Deborah Jordan Brooks and Lydia Saad. A Dartmouth-Gallup study finds ...
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