Northwestern Arabia — the region between Mecca and Aqaba — during the Bronze Age was dotted with interconnected monumental walled oases centered around small fortified towns such as the recently-discovered town of al-Natah in Khaybar Oasis, the Saudi Arabian province of Medinah. 3D virtual reconstruction of the Bronze Age town of al-Natah. Image credit: Charloux
Archaeologists have unearthed a rare dagger dating back to the Copper Age at Tina Jama Cave in the regional decentralization entity of Trieste in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The 4,000-year-old copper dagger found in Tina Jama Cave, Italy. Image credit: Davide Bonaduce. The ancient copper dagger from Tina Jama Cave is just under
The end-Triassic extinction along with the end-Permian and end-Cretaceous events are the most severe mass extinctions in the past 270 million years. The exact mechanisms of the end-Triassic extinction have long been debated, but most prominent: carbon dioxide surfaced by volcanic eruptions built up over many millennia, raising temperatures to unsustainable levels for many creatures
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a magnificent new image of the unbarred spiral galaxy NGC 4414. This Hubble image shows NGC 4414, an unbarred spiral galaxy located 51 million light-years away in the constellation of Coma Berenices. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / O. Graur / S.W. Jha /
Dietary interventions with pistachios — a bioavailable source of the xanthophyll lutein — are efficacious in increasing macular pigment optical density (MPOD) in healthy adults, according to a new study from Tufts University and Tufts Medical Center. Pistachios are the only nut that provides a measurable source of lutein, a powerful antioxidant that helps protect
Archaeologists in Armenia have discovered the remains of an early Christian church at the site of the ancient city of Artaxata. A preliminary reconstruction of the early Christian church of Artaxata. Image credit: Armenian-German Artaxata Project. Artaxata, also known as Artashat, was a major city of ancient Armenia that served as the capital of the
Updated 2 months ago · Published on 11 Sep 2024 4:00PM · The Sarawak DAP assemblyman for Pending, Violet Yong, has claimed that the Autonomous Rapid Transit hydrogen tram project in Kuching will cost up to a shocking RM6 billion. – Facebook pic, September 11, 2024. THE SARAWAK DAP assemblyman for Pending, Violet Yong, has claimed
Home Hydrogen Second European Hydrogen Bank auction with €1.2 billion budget is officially open December 3, 2024, by Ajsa Habibic The European Commission (EC) has officially opened the second auction under the European Hydrogen Bank, via the Innovation Fund (IF24), to allocate €1.2 billion from EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) revenues to support producers of hydrogen categorized as
Paleontologists have identified a new species of the extinct armadillo genus Parutaetus from fossilized osteoderms collected in the state of Paraná in southern Brazil. Hypothetical artistic reconstruction of Parutaetus oliveirai in the Middle-Late Eocene of Brazil. Image credit: Márcio L. Castro. Parutaetus oliveirai inhabited South America between 42 and 39 million years ago (Middle-Late Eocene
The Neanderthal groups that inhabited a cave in what is now Spain approximately 46,000 years ago gathered and collected fossils, according to a paper published in the journal Quaternary. Marine fossils from Prado Vargas Cave, Spain. Image credit: Ruiz et al., doi: 10.3390/quat7040049. Collecting is a form of leisure, and even a passion, consisting of
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WBEZ , a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region. The U.S. Department of Energy is rolling out the first installment of its $1 billion commitment to ramp up clean hydrogen production in the Midwest, part of a bid by the Biden administration
