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When we think of time management, we often picture digital planners, alarms, and smartwatches. But India had its own ...
A network of Earth's best clocks will be synchronised with the most accurate one ever sent into space. But the device has a ...
An intriguing object my husband and I saw during our honeymoon was the Robenhausen door at Switzerland’s National ...
Scientists have unveiled the oldest woolly mammoth specimen ever discovered in North America as part of a major DNA study spanning a million years of mammoth evolution.
Functionally, clock towers are all but redundant today. Yet new ones keep coming up from time to time. This is because beyond ...
Colossal Biosciences has genetically engineered the first dire wolf to live in over 10,000 years. Here's what that means for other extinct species.
Over the past decades, scientists have gleaned details of the “green Sahara.” Now, with the help of ancient DNA from mummified remains, geneticists are figuring out who once lived there. The Takarkori ...
Over the past decades, scientists have gleaned details of the “green Sahara.” Now, with the help of ancient DNA from mummified remains, geneticists are figuring out who once lived there.
However, ancient sediments and rocks hold chemical clues of available nutrients that could support the growth of bacteria. A key turning point was when oxygen accumulated in the atmosphere around ...
“DNA extracted from two pastoralist women who were buried at the rock shelter around 7,000 years ago reveals that most of their ancestry can be traced to a previously unknown ancient North ...
It’s no secret that the dressing is what differentiates a good Caesar from a great one. Many popular recipes insist that the ...
A famous astronomical clock has been sold for £23,000 at auction. The George II longcase clock, made in 1757 by Gandy of Cockermouth, was sold at Mitchells Antiques & Fine Art Sale to an international ...