Oldest known cosmetics found in ceramic bottles on Balkan Peninsula
A trio of researchers from Slovenia's Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia at the Centre for Preventive Archaeology and Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, in Germany, has found evidence of the oldest known use of cosmetic.....»»
Get 12 bottles of wine delivered to dad for just $85 this Father’s Day
TL;DR: As of June 5, you can get 12 bottles of wine delivered via Winc for just $84.99. It would normally cost $155, so you're saving 44%.In a year where everything is more expensive, it’s a big deal to find something that’s cheaper than.....»»
6 best sailing apps you should try in 2022
Here are the 6 best sailing apps you should try in 2022. The post 6 best sailing apps you should try in 2022 first appeared on Phandroid. Sailing is one of the oldest means of traveling and doing business but over time, it has also turned i.....»»
Tuberculosis Is the Oldest Pandemic, and Poverty Makes It Continue
Tuberculosis is preventable and curable, yet it afflicts one quarter of the world’s population—mostly because of poverty -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Is the World"s Oldest Tree Growing In a Ravine In Chile?
sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: Some 5400 years ago, about the time humans were inventing writing, an alerce tree (Fitzroya cupressoides) may have started to grow in the coastal mountains of present-day Chile. Sheltered in a cool,.....»»
Paleontologists find the jaws of an extremely rare bear in Taurida cave
Ural paleontologists discovered the lower jaws of an Etruscan bear from the Early Pleistocene (2–1.5 million years ago) in the Taurida Cave (Crimean Peninsula). Scientists reported the finding in the international journal of paleobiology Historical.....»»
Research confirms eastern Wyoming Paleoindian site as Americas" oldest mine
Archaeological excavations led by Wyoming's state archaeologist and involving University of Wyoming researchers have confirmed that an ancient mine in eastern Wyoming was used by humans to produce red ocher starting nearly 13,000 years ago......»»
Sea ice can control Antarctic ice sheet stability, new research finds
Despite the rapid melting of ice in many parts of Antarctica during the second half of the 20th century, researchers have found that the floating ice shelves which skirt the eastern Antarctic Peninsula have undergone sustained advance over the past 2.....»»
Japan MLCC makers see strong demand from emerging industries
Japan-based multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) suppliers are seeing robust demand from emerging industries, such as 5G, AIoT, and future vehicles, according to industry sources......»»
Studying the pseudogap in superconducting cuprate materials
Over three decades since the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in ceramic cuprate materials, investigating the electronic states in cuprate materials to advance the understanding of the superconducting phase and related phenomena has de.....»»
Major 2020 Alaska quake triggered neighboring 2021 temblor
A study of two powerful earthquakes in adjacent areas off the Alaska Peninsula in 2020 and 2021 shows a connection between the two. It also suggests they may be a part of an 80-year rupture cascade along the fault......»»
Could this pottery shard be a 1,000-year-old hand grenade? Signs point to yes
Residue analysis suggests it was a grenade, but can't completely rule out other uses. Enlarge / Analysis of the residue inside this shard from a ceramic vessel indicates it may have been used as a hand grenade. The shard was excavated.....»»
Need a last-minute Mother’s Day gift? Don’t sleep on this Wine Insiders deal.
TL;DR: As of May 2, you can get 15 Bottles of Mixed Wines for only $85 from Wine Insiders. That many bottles would usually cost $300, so you're getting 71% off.Want to outdo your siblings this Mother’s Day by giving your mom the best gift? Wine.....»»
Menu design key to increased wine sales and customer satisfaction
Ever since America's oldest restaurant, the White Horse Tavern in Rhode Island, opened its doors in 1673, restaurateurs have been trying to keep their customers happy while increasing profits. Wine has always been a solid source of revenue for restau.....»»
Strong demand for automotive CIS to buoy Tong Hsing 2022 sales
Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, which supplies ceramic substrates and backend services for CMOS image sensors (CIS) and other niche ICs, has enjoyed strong demand for automotive CIS and other automotive products which will climb further as a propor.....»»
The best Apple iPhone 13 screen protectors
Apple's iPhone 13 may feature Ceramic Shield glass, but its screen still isn't indestructible. Protect it with one of the best iPhone 13 screen protectors......»»
Ancient hand grenades: Explosive weapons in medieval Jerusalem during Crusades
New analysis into the residue inside ancient ceramic vessels from 11th–12th century Jerusalem has found that they were potentially used as hand grenades......»»
How to assess a community"s resilience
For ranching communities on the east side of the Baja California Peninsula, groundwater springs are their primary source of freshwater. The economic livelihoods of roughly 4,000 people, who call themselves Choyeros, are closely tied to the springs an.....»»
Earliest geochemical evidence of plate tectonics found in 3.8-billion-year-old crystal
A handful of ancient zircon crystals found in South Africa hold the oldest evidence of subduction, a key element of plate tectonics, according to a new study published today in AGU Advances......»»
Improving the composition of radiation protection glasses
Scientists at the Ural Federal University (UrFU) with colleagues from the Arabian Peninsula have improved the radiation protection properties of glass, in particular borate glasses (boron oxide-based glass). They introduced special additives into the.....»»
Earliest record of a candidate aurora found in Chinese annals
A celestial event mentioned in an ancient Chinese text turns out to be the oldest known reference to a candidate aurora, predating the next oldest one by some three centuries, according to a recent study by Marinus Anthony van der Sluijs, an independ.....»»