A previously unknown letter from Albert Einstein, dated in the fall of 1949, fell into the hands of researchers. In it, the scientist reflects on how the study of bees, migratory birds, and carrier pigeons can help the development of physics. As noted in a recent scientific article, the letter …

Earlier this year, it was announced that the Giant Magellan Telescope project has begun creating the sixth mirror segment out of seven total. Once completed, the telescope will be one of several groundbreaking instruments capable of next-generation astronomical observations. 10 Reasons why the casting of the sixth mirror of the …

Per leggere questo articolo occorrono 4 minuti Lo scorso 5 maggio ha segnato il bicentenario della morte di Napoleone Bonaparte, declamata anche nella celebre ode di Alessandro Manzoni: il criticato quanto geniale politico e generale francese è ricordato anche per il piano di invasione dell’Egitto rivolto a tagliare le vie …

NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND—BBC News reports that the bones of three guenon monkeys, a species from central and western Africa, were unearthed at Nottingham Castle during an investigation carried out ahead of a construction project. The bones have been dated to the late eighteenth century, according to Gareth Davies of the York …

Architectural structures, as we know, were built already in primitive times: simple huts, primitive huts, as well as megaliths – menhirs, dolmens, and cromlechs. However, the history of architecture as an art, when something else is added to the pure benefit, some kind of additional meaning and striving for beauty, …

The bronze lamp, shaped like a grotesque face that is cut in half, was intentionally deposited in the foundations of a building about 1,900 years ago as a foundation deposit, according to archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA). The 1,900-year-old bronze oil lamp found in Jerusalem, Israel. Image credit: …

Science has made incredible progress in understanding the evolutionary tree of the human species. And yet, scientists are far from reaching any consensus about our origin and evolution. A new study, focused on the most significant discoveries in the field since Darwin’s theory, suggests that fossil apes could have all …

CARDIFF, WALES—The Guardian reports that a team of researchers from Cardiff University, the Mary Rose Trust, HM Naval Base, and the British Geological Survey’s National Environmental Isotope Facility examined the remains of eight sailors recovered from the wreckage of Mary Rose, a Tudor warship that sank in the Solent on …

BERGAMO, ITALY—According to a CNN report, continuing glacier melt has revealed additional World War I artifacts in a cave near the peak of Mount Scorluzzo in northern Italy. Twenty Austrian soldiers took shelter in the cave, which is located near the strategic Stelvio Pass, and camouflaged it from aerial view. …

ONTARIO, CANADA—According to a statement released by the University of Waterloo, skeletal remains of a member of the 1845 Franklin Expedition have been identified through DNA analysis. Sir John Franklin and the 129 members of the expedition set out on the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror to explore the Northwest …