All posts tagged "Science"
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37.8KHeritageÆthelred the Unready – The Lost King
Æthelred II, also dubbed the Unready was King of Saxon England during 978–1013 and 1014–1016. Under his father Kind Edgar, England had...
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19.6KPalaeoanthropologyThe Maxilla of Kent’s Cavern: A Dating Controversy
The site of Kent’s Cavern is one of the most important early archaeological sites in the United Kingdom and caused a heated...
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331.1KArchaeologyRoman Sex, Sexuality, Slaves and Lex Scantinia
In ancient Rome, Latin has no equivalent translation for defining homosexuality, nor heterosexuality as an individual’s sexual nature. Gay or straight, there...
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45.6KAnthropologyBones of the victims at Roman Herculaneum
Are human remains the archaeology of death or the archaeology of life? This strange paradox stated in Pearson (1999), addresses that the...
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24.9KHeritageA History of Harta
Harta is a village located 100 km south of Budapest on the banks of the River Danube, famed for its bespoke artisan...
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2.7KSpace & PlanetaryResearch bolsters possibility of plate tectonics on Europa
A Brown University study provides new evidence that the icy shell of Jupiter's moon Europa may have plate tectonics similar to those...
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2.7KGeologyGeophysicists uncover new evidence for an alternative style of plate tectonics
When renowned University of Toronto (U of T) geophysicist J. Tuzo Wilson cemented concepts in the emerging field of plate tectonics in...
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2.4KNatural HistoryEvolution: In the beginning there was the sponge
Which group of animals evolved first? This problem has become a bone of contention among biologists. An international research team is now...
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54.1KHeritage Lists7 Ancient Long Barrows in England
A long barrow is a prehistoric monument dating to the early Neolithic period.
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5.3KAtmospheric ScienceDinosaur-killing asteroid impact cooled Earth’s climate more than previously thought
The Chicxulub asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs likely released far more climate-altering sulfur gas into the atmosphere than originally thought,...
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3.8KPalaeontologyAncient petrified salamander reveals its last meal
A new study on an exceptionally preserved salamander from the Eocene of France reveals that its soft organs are conserved under its...
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3.0KSpace & PlanetaryNew study highlights ‘hidden figure’ of sun-watchers
Few people have heard of Hisako Koyama, but the dedicated female solar observer, born in Tokyo in 1916, created one of the...
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3.1KAtmospheric ScienceNew evidence that Siberian volcanic eruptions caused extinction 250 million yrs ago
A team of scientists has found new evidence that the Great Permian Extinction, which occurred approximately 250 million years ago, was caused...
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5.9KSpace & PlanetaryThe volatile processes that shaped the Earth
Oxford University scientists have shed new light on how the Earth was first formed.
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4.2KGeologyLost continent of Zealandia: Scientists return from expedition to sunken land
After a nine-week voyage to study the lost, submerged continent of Zealandia in the South Pacific, a team of 32 scientists from 12 countries...
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3.8KSpace & PlanetaryScientists propose new concept of terrestrial planet formation
Scientists have long been intrigued by the surfaces of terrestrial bodies other than Earth which reveal deep similarities beneath their superficially differing...
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5.5KAtmospheric ScienceAncient tree reveals cause of spike in Arctic temperature
A kauri tree preserved in a New Zealand peat swamp for 30,000 years has revealed a new mechanism that may explain how...
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2.6KSpace & PlanetarySize matters in the detection of exoplanet atmospheres
A group-analysis of 30 exoplanets orbiting distant stars suggests that size, not mass, is a key factor in whether a planet’s atmosphere...
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2.9KSpace & PlanetaryNanosat fleet proposed for voyage to 300 asteroids
A fleet of tiny spacecraft could visit over 300 asteroids in just over three years, according to a mission study led by...
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3.5KSpace & PlanetaryNew research suggests Mercury’s poles are icier than scientists thought
The scorching hot surface of Mercury seems like an unlikely place to find ice, but research over the past three decades has...
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4.4KAtmospheric ScienceWarm periods in the 20th century are not unprecedented during the last 2,000 years
A great deal of evidence relating to ancient climate variation is preserved in proxy data such as tree rings, lake sediments, ice...
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4.7KSpace & PlanetaryScientists get best measure of star-forming material in galaxy clusters in early universe
The international Spitzer Adaptation of the Red-sequence Cluster Survey (SpARCS) collaboration based at the University of California, Riverside has combined observations from...
