Harvard University scientists have confirmed that a 19th century French treatise in its libraries is bound in human skin, Harvard University said this week, after a bevvy of scientific testing.
Archaeology
Jun 7, 2014
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Ever since Democritus – a Greek philosopher who lived between the 5th and 4th century's BCE – argued that all of existence was made up of tiny indivisible atoms, scientists have been speculating as to the true nature ...
General Physics
May 20, 2016
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People living in the former industrial heartlands of England and Wales are more disposed to negative emotions such as anxiety and depressive moods, more impulsive and more likely to struggle with planning and self-motivation, ...
Social Sciences
Dec 10, 2017
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Peruvian archeologists have discovered in a sacred pre-Incan site the bodies of 16 men from China who arrived to South America almost two centuries ago as semi-enslaved workers.
Archaeology
Aug 24, 2017
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Computing scientists at the University of Alberta are using artificial intelligence to decipher an ancient manuscript.
Computer Sciences
Jan 29, 2018
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A new snake species has been described from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The new species, now known as Joseph's racer, was first collected in the mid-19th Century, but the confusion around this snake goes back over two ...
Plants & Animals
May 14, 2021
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How should we live when we know we must die? This question is posed by the first work of world literature, the Gilgamesh epic. More than 4,000 years ago, Gilgamesh set out on a quest for immortality. Like all Babylonian literature, ...
Archaeology
Feb 2, 2023
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Grass is cut regularly by our mowers and grazed on by cows and sheep, yet continues to grow back. The secret to its remarkable regenerative powers lies in part in the shape of its leaves, but how that shape arises has been ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 9, 2021
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Ask people what they know about the frontiers of mathematics research, and the response is usually some variation on: "What is there to research about math?"
Mathematics
Nov 17, 2014
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A shipwreck believed to date from the 19th century has washed up on the snow-covered shores of Canada's Atlantic island province of Newfoundland, attracting a bevy of looky-loos and archaeologists probing its mysterious past.
Archaeology
Feb 6, 2024
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