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Sometimes, great discoveries are hidden under one’s own nose in the humblest places: on paper.
Unreadable documents may be kept for years. A proper case: A treasure trove of lost letters written by the Queen of Scotland, commonly seen in 2023.
After obtaining the letter from a box of unmarked documents, three researchers were able to decipher the letter to reveal more about the Queen’s secret.
Now another new discovery adds weight to the old saying that you don’t judge a book by its cover.
When archivists at the University of Cambridge library in England inspected the covers of 16th century real estate records, they realized it was made of pages reused from medieval manuscripts.
A rare 13th century fragment known as the “Sweet Bargate du Merlin” explains how the shape-changing Merlin supported King Arthur early in his reign.
Rather than risking damage to fragile, bound pages, a team of Cambridge photographers and parents have effectively spread the pages of the text to reveal hidden details.
New research will help scientists unravel the heavily debated origins of the dinosaur king.
The direct ancestor of Tyrannosaurus Rex arrived in North America 70 million years ago by crossing a land bridge from Asia, latest research suggests.
The mathematical model is T. We have shown that the size of tyrannosaurus such as Rex increases rapidly as the earth temperature drops.
T. Rex also climbed to the top of the food chain in a vacuum left behind by the extinction of another carnivorous group 90 million years ago.
Scientifically completed coffee brews use fewer beans to use fewer beans
Do you want to make the most of your morning coffee as prices rise? Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have tested how to brew powerful coffee using fewer beans.
For thousands of years, Hae-Nyos have bounced back from Jeju Island, South Korea, to collect seafood from the seabed. And new evidence suggests that they may have adapted to life underwater.
Female free divers descend as many as 60 feet (18 meters) multiple times a day, throughout pregnancy and old age, with no breathing equipment and only the help of a wet suit.
New research shows that the fly-neo have slow heart rates and unique genetic differences that allow them to cope with the pressure of free diving, and that they have the potential to protect the fetuses of pregnant divers.
Underwater volcanoes in geological hot spots can erupt at any time. Scientists plan to live stream explosive events publicly.
As volcanoes are known, the sailors on the shaft are bulging with magma, causing earthquakes with two huge tectonic plates (the Pacific Ocean and the Van de Vka plates).
But life in this seemingly hostile environment is thriving. Marine life can be seen gathering around a hot water hole called “snow bas,” which blows hot water and microbes away huge waves. And it will return from burning within a few months of the eruption.
Meanwhile, to mark his 99th birthday, broadcaster David Attenborough has released a new documentary called “Ocean.” Peek into the underwater species and reveal the threat he faces in what he calls “the most important place on earth.”
These new stories are worth your time:
– Uturunk, the peak of the central Andes, has not erupted for over 250,000 years. Signs of recent activity like gas plumes suggest that “zombie volcanoes” may be awakening, but experts aren’t so sure.
– The Soviet-era spacecraft called the Cosmos 482, which broke down on a journey to explore Venus in 1972, is likely crashed on Earth. According to the European Space Agency, it was early Saturday. This could have landed.
– Researchers deciphered the authors and titles of the scrolls that were burned in the year 79 AD by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
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