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The stone-eaters that threaten Iran"s ancient Persepolis

Conservationists at Persepolis, Iran's most iconic ancient site, are waging a delicate battle against an unlikely adversary: tiny but persistent lichens eroding the millennia-old monuments......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgSep 16th, 2024

Locked in a glacier: Virus adaptations to extreme weather provide climate change insights

Ancient viruses preserved in glacial ice hold valuable information about changes in Earth's climate, a new study suggests......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsAug 26th, 2024

Bonobo evidence suggests ancient origin of the "common enemy effect"

In the face of threats from other groups, humans, chimpanzees, and a selection of other species get closer to their own. Now an international team led by Kyoto University has shown that even our more peaceful cousins, bonobos—who have never been ob.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 23rd, 2024

World"s second largest diamond found in Botswana

A massive 2,492-carat diamond—the second largest in the world—has been discovered in Botswana, the Canadian mining company that found the stone announced Thursday......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsAug 23rd, 2024

Ancient microbes linked to evolution of human immune proteins

When you become infected with a virus, some of the first weapons your body deploys to fight it are those passed down to us from our microbial ancestors billions of years ago. According to new research from The University of Texas at Austin, two key e.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsAug 21st, 2024

Ancient civilizations had ways to counter the urban heat island effect—how history"s lessons apply to cities today

As intense heat breaks records around the world, a little-reported fact offers some hope for cooling down cities: Under even the most intense periods of extreme heat, some city blocks never experience heat wave temperatures......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 20th, 2024

Ancient tree resin artifacts provide earliest-known evidence of humans dispersing through the Pacific

Exactly when and how humans dispersed into and through the Pacific remains an intensely debated topic. Previous studies have been hampered by imprecise chronometric dating, making the exact timing and movement of people into the Pacific difficult to.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 20th, 2024

UAW president uses DNC speech to threaten Stellantis, praise Harris

The union leader wore a shirt calling former President Donald Trump a scab and said workers will take action against Stellantis if it doesn't follow through on promises it made in last year's labor agreement......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsAug 20th, 2024

Four things ancient Greeks and Romans got right about mental health

According to the World Health Organization, about 280 million people worldwide have depression and about one billion have a mental health problem of any kind......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 19th, 2024

How researchers determined that Stonehenge"s giant Altar Stone came all the way from northeast Scotland

No one is certain why Stonehenge was built. This world-famous monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire is thought to commemorate the dead, and is aligned with movements of the sun and moon......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsAug 18th, 2024

Ancient DNA reveals Indigenous dog lineages found at Jamestown, Virginia

Previous scientific studies have indicated that North American dog lineages were replaced with European ones between 1492 and the present day. To better understand the timing of this replacement, researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Cha.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 17th, 2024

This Code Breaker Is Using AI to Decode the Heart’s Secret Rhythms

Inspired by his expertise in breaking ancient codes, Roeland Decorte built a smartphone app that continuously listens for signs of disease hidden in our pulse......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsAug 16th, 2024

New Windows 11 build removes ancient, arbitrary 32GB size limit for FAT32 disks

But the Windows NT-era disk formatting UI hasn't been fixed yet. Enlarge / If you've formatted a disk in Windows in the last 30 years, you may have come across this dialog box. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) As we wait for.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsAug 16th, 2024

Google’s threat team confirms Iran targeting Trump, Biden, and Harris campaigns

Another Big Tech firm seems to confirm Trump adviser Roger Stone was hacked. Enlarge / Roger Stone, former adviser to Donald Trump's presidential campaign, center, during the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee on J.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsAug 15th, 2024

Cactus dreams: Revealing the secrets of mescaline making

Mescaline, a natural hallucinogen known since ancient times, was not only a favorite of artists and bohemians but also a mainstay of brain research throughout the first half of the 20th century, until it was eclipsed in the 1950s by the much more pot.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsAug 15th, 2024

Scientists solved mysterious origin of Stonehenge’s Altar Stone: Scotland

The stone's chemical fingerprint closely matches old red sandstone from Orkney region. Enlarge / The Altar Stone at Stonehenge weighs roughly 6 tons and was probably transported by land—or possibly by sea. (credit: English Heri.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsAug 14th, 2024

Stonehenge"s Altar Stone origins reveal advanced ancient Britain

New research led by Curtin University has revealed Stonehenge's monumental six-ton Altar Stone, long believed to originate from Wales, actually hails from Scotland. The study titled "A Scottish Provenance for the Altar Stone of Stonehenge" was publis.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 14th, 2024

House call: A new study rethinks early Christian landmark

Since its discovery by modern researchers a century ago, an ancient structure known as the "Christian building" has become widely considered the cornerstone of early Christian architecture. Constructed around 232 C.E. in the ancient city of Dura-Euro.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 14th, 2024

Findings reveal eurypterids evolved giant size independently at least nine times

Sea scorpions, ancient predators that patrolled Earth's marine and freshwater habitats hundreds of millions of years ago, are the focus of a sizable scientific mystery......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 13th, 2024

Jamestown DNA helps solve a 400-year-old mystery and unexpectedly reveals a family secret

An ancient DNA (aDNA) study at the 17th-century English colony of Jamestown, Virginia, has identified two of the town's earliest settlers, and revealed an unexpected family secret......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 13th, 2024

New study unveils 16,000 years of climate history in the tropical Andes

A new study that explores ancient temperatures and rainfall patterns in the tropical Andes of South America has revealed how 16,000 years of climate history in this part of the world was driven by carbon dioxide levels and ocean currents from global.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsAug 12th, 2024