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How did ancient civilizations make sense of the cosmos, and what did they get right?

In the spring of 1900, a group of Greek sponge divers, blown off course by a storm in the Aegean, stumbled upon the wreck of an ancient Roman ship loaded with treasure that had sunk more than 2,000 years earlier off the remote Greek island of Antikyt.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgMar 7th, 2022

Rare fossils of extinct elephant document the earliest known instance of butchery in India

During the late middle Pleistocene, between 300 and 400 thousand years ago, at least three ancient elephant relatives died near a river in the Kashmir Valley of South Asia. Not long after, they were covered in sediment and preserved along with 87 sto.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

Island arcs study reveals ancient connections between ocean chemistry and volcanic rocks

Bringing a novel approach to a classic problem, researchers have revealed how changes in ocean chemistry over the past 2 billion years have left an imprint on volcanic rocks formed in island arcs. Island arcs, which arise from volcanic activity along.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

Archaeologist reveals factors affecting ocher application in ancient burials at Khok Phanom Di

A study by Dr. Sarah Elizabeth Paris published in the International Journal of Osteoarcheology has investigated the link between ocher burials and chronology, age, sex mobility and funerary tradition at the site of Khok Phanom Di (~4000–3500BP), Th.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

Integrated space-ground technologies empower archaeological research into ancient tombs

A team of international researchers has employed an integrated approach to uncover the mysteries of the Eastern Mausoleum of Qin State, an ancient royal burial site from China's Warring States period......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

Deciphering the language of cells: How they sense and respond to mechanical forces

Cells, the fundamental building blocks of life, are constantly subjected to a variety of mechanical forces within our bodies. These forces, which can arise from both internal and external sources, play crucial roles in regulating cellular processes s.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

You Asked: 8K TVs and gaming, upscaling best bets, and the cone connection

Do 8K TVs for gaming make sense now? When is it time to replace a TV? How does the way a TV makes a picture match up with how our vision works?.....»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 20th, 2024

Bizarre fish has sensory “legs” it uses for walking and tasting

Some sea robin species can use their legs to sense prey. Evolution has turned out bizarre and baffling creatures, such as walking fish. It only gets weirder from there. Some of th.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 18th, 2024

The refrigerator as a harbinger of a better life

To get a good sense of a country's level of development, you need to look at the items people have in their homes, according to economists Rutger Schilpzand and Jeroen Smits from Radboud University......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 18th, 2024

In search of evidence of ancient human existence, researchers traverse the inhospitable Namib desert

Strewn across the Namib desert is a treasure trove of stone tools of which little is known because getting to them is so difficult. There are few roads and vehicles have limited access in this protected area that lies in the desert of western Namibia.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

Astronomers detect ancient lonely quasars with murky origins

A quasar is the extremely bright core of a galaxy that hosts an active supermassive black hole at its center. As the black hole draws in surrounding gas and dust, it blasts out an enormous amount of energy, making quasars some of the brightest object.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

Ancient ‘Age of Dinosaurs’ Seafloor Found beneath Pacific Ocean

A vast, ancient slab of seafloor plunged beneath the Pacific Ocean and has hovered in Earth’s mantle for more than 120 million years, a new study suggests.....»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

How profits from big pharma"s use of genetic information could revolutionize nature conservation

The blue blood of threatened horseshoe crabs contains a chemical essential for testing the safety of vaccines. So these ancient creatures are highly sought after by pharmaceutical companies worldwide, contributing to declines in their populations......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 15th, 2024

Scientists apply ancient construction methods to help fabricate modern microparticles

Inspired by the ancient East Asian method of constructing wooden structures using a "tongue and groove" technique, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have developed a new approach to fabricating advanced ceramic mi.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 15th, 2024

Did child labor fuel the ancient pottery industry?

Archaeologists from Tel Aviv University and the National Museum in Copenhagen have analyzed 450 pottery vessels made in Tel Hama, a town at the edge of the Ebla Kingdom, one of the most important Syrian kingdoms in the Early Bronze Age (about 4,500 y.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 15th, 2024

Ancient hominins had humanlike hands, indicating earlier tool use, study reveals

An analysis by Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany, on the manual capabilities of early hominins reveals that some Australopithecus species exhibited hand use similar to modern humans......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 15th, 2024

Traces of ancient immigration patterns to Japan found in 2,000-year-old genome

A joint research group led by Jonghyun Kim and Jun Ohashi of the University of Tokyo has demonstrated that the majority of immigration to the Japanese Archipelago in the Yayoi and Kofun periods (between 3000 BCE and 538 CE) came from the Korean Penin.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 15th, 2024

Archaeologists discover Armenia"s oldest church

Archaeologists from the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia and the University of Münster have discovered the remains of a previously unknown early Christian church in the ancient city of Artaxata. The find consists of an octagonal building with.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 14th, 2024

Ancient humans were so good at surviving the last ice age, they didn"t have to migrate like other species

Humans seem to have been adapted to the last ice age in similar ways to wolves and bears, according to our recent study, challenging longstanding theories about how and where our ancestors lived during this glacial period......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 14th, 2024

Study suggests that "Jedi" rodents remotely move matter using sound to enhance their sense of smell

Scientists have debated the purpose of the ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) produced by rodents since the discovery of these sounds in the 1950s. There's a wide research consensus suggesting USVs are a form of social communication, a courtship display.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 14th, 2024

Where to find Ancient Debris and Netherite Ingots in Minecraft

Nether Ingots can help create some very strong tools and armor, but they can be tricky to make. If you're unsure how to craft this material, we can help you!.....»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 13th, 2024