What was the role of warfare in Mayan civilization? New evidence from lake sediments around the abandoned city of Witzna indicates that extreme, total warfare was not just an aspect of the late Mayan period, leading to its ...
Archaeology
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A team of researchers from several institutions in the U.K. and one in South Africa has come to the conclusion that the broiler chicken offers perhaps the most striking evidence of the rise of the Anthropocene. In their paper ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- A researcher from the University of Leicester has identified what looks to be the oldest archaeological evidence for chemical warfare--from Roman times.
Archaeology
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Modern warfare profoundly affects not only the population and economy of the countries involved but also their ecosystems. The war between Russia and Ukraine, ongoing since 2014, impacted an area containing Emerald Network ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 11, 2023
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During the Battle of Flanders in July 1917, German soldiers deployed sulfur mustard-containing artillery shells on unsuspecting British and Canadian troops, marking the first time "mustard gas" had been used as a chemical ...
Biochemistry
Oct 18, 2023
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A team of seismologists at NORSAR, Kjeller, Norway, working with a colleague from the State Space Agency of Ukraine, has found that it is possible to track big explosions associated with the war in Ukraine using earthquake ...
An invasive grass causing havoc in Texas and contributing to wildfires packs a one-two wallop against native plants. Guinea grass uses a combination of crowding that blocks out light from growing seedlings and what amounts ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 10, 2023
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Strength in numbers and experienced individuals are both vital in mongoose warfare, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Jun 13, 2022
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Limpets—those coin-sized, suction-cup critters with conical caps—have had the experts fooled all along.
Plants & Animals
Jun 17, 2020
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War potentially creates a 'boys' club' where men help each other more than they help women, according to new research carried out at the University of St Andrews.
Social Sciences
Feb 24, 2020
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