Recently, a remarkable discovery has been made. Ancient Chinese scrolls, well-preserved and steeped in history, are shedding new light on our understanding of optics. These ancient texts suggest an ...

Poisoning by lead is usually thought of as a disease of relatively modern civilisations. Yet in a paper just published in ...

The Virtual Museum of Ancient Inventions is a project that was begun by students in the course Ancient Inventions, first taught by Marjorie Senechal, which was offered at Smith from 1997 through 2004.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Instead of putting the pedal to the metal, a team of scientists from ...

Researchers have developed a novel application of histological staining to screen for ancient proteins in situ—within the ...

Hacker, Barton C. 1968. "Greek Catapults and Catapult Technology: Science, Technology, and War in the Ancient World." Technology and Culture, 9, (1) 34–50. https ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The golden silk, a luxury once reserved for Roman emperors, has been ...

Mathematics education in India must stay strongly focused on areas that directly contribute to employability, research ...

Digital humanities has become an integral component of China studies in the data age. According to Feng Huiling, director of ...

Once they awaken, these microbes continue to break down soil and release carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere.

When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of the World Health Organization’s mYoga app on International Yoga Day in 2021, he lauded the initiative’s exemplary “fusion of modern ...

Frozen in time, ancient microbes or their remains could be found in Martian ice deposits during future missions to the red ...