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New music festival to take place at ancient Sicilian temple
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Cosmic rays turned ancient sand into a geological time machine
Curtin University scientists have developed a new technique to explore the deep history of Australia’s landscapes. The approach could help…
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Health
A 4,000-year-old sheep reveals the secret of an ancient plague
During the Middle Ages, a devastating plague wiped out roughly one third of Europe’s population. The disease spread through fleas…
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Ancient mystery on K’gari: World’s largest sand island lakes dried up during rainy era
K’gari, the largest sand island on Earth, is famous for its clear freshwater lakes. New research from the University of…
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Travel
How Athens’s ancient history hides in plain sight
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Earth
Congo basin blackwater lakes are releasing ancient carbon into the atmosphere
Tropical swamps and peatlands are critical players in Earth’s carbon cycle and, by extension, the global climate. In regions such…
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Earth
Ancient microbes may have used oxygen 500 million years before it filled Earth’s atmosphere
Today, oxygen is essential to life and constantly present in the air we breathe. But for most of Earth’s early…
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Health
Ancient DNA solves 12,000-year-old mystery of rare genetic growth disorder
An international team led by the University of Vienna and Liège University Hospital Centre has uncovered genetic changes linked to…
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News
Ancient bone may prove legendary war elephant crossing of Alps
It would be the first hard evidence that elephants were used in battle by General Hannibal.
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Health
Ancient Chinese medicine may hold the key to hair regrowth
Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is the most widespread form of hair loss, affecting millions of people around the world. Medications such…
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