Modern researchers have only recently started to piece together the vivid blue adorning ancient Egyptian tombs, sculptures, and jewelry over millennia. Originally created about 3100 BCE and lost to time by the Renaissance, this pigment known as Egyptian blue is the first synthetic color used in humans Now, a group of Washington State University researchers ...
Imagine walking along a dry riverbed and stumbling upon footprints frozen in stone—a silent parade of ancient lives stretching into the horizon. These fossilized tracks are not just marks pressed into mud millions of years ago; they’re direct messages from lost worlds, etched with drama, mystery, and wonder. Every print is a time capsule, bridging ...
It’s almost magical the way artificial intelligence dazzles us with its breakthroughs—self-driving cars, intelligent chatbots, and art-generating machines. But here’s a twist that’s as surprising as it is humbling: much of what feels brand new is often a remix of ideas from centuries past. Have you ever wondered if AI is truly inventing, or simply ...
The sky over Tucson has always felt a little larger, a little wilder—like a secret waiting to be told. Imagine looking up at dusk and catching a glimpse of something impossibly massive, wings stretched wider than a car, casting a shadow that chills your bones. For some locals, this is not just a tall tale ...
Imagine standing in a dense, prehistoric forest, sunlight flickering through ferns as a mysterious, booming call echoes all around you. Your heart jumps—not out of fear, but wonder. That sound isn’t thunder; it’s a dinosaur announcing its presence, using a natural sound system built right into its skull. This isn’t science fiction—it’s science at its ...
Imagine walking into a library where the shelves stretch endlessly, yet not a single book gathers dust. Instead of a librarian, a silent, ever-watchful AI sorts, selects, and shapes the collection. In this brave new world, what stories will be told? Which discoveries will stand the test of time—and who, or what, will decide what’s ...
Finding a 1,000-year-old Viking arm-ring made of gold, beautifully created by tying eight gold rods in a row, metal detectorist Ronald Clucas would cause waves in the field of archeology in a peaceful spring morning in 2025. The relic was discovered on the Viking trading post Isle of Man, the piece of art provides an ...
It’s a scene straight from a storybook: sunlight spills through the tangled green canopy, parrots shriek overhead, and somewhere below, the ground is thick with roots and shadows. For centuries, explorers and scholars believed the Amazon rainforest was a wild, untouched wilderness—too dense, too harsh, and too empty for ancient civilizations to have flourished. But ...
Walking through a city lit up by the latest technology, it’s easy to feel awed by our endless capacity for invention. Dazzling devices, AI assistants, self-driving cars, and smart homes promise a brighter future. But under the surface of all this progress, there’s an unsettling truth: as we race ever faster into tomorrow, we’re quietly ...
Imagine standing on a rugged coastline, where the wind howls with a chill straight from Antarctica, yet the street names echo with the warmth of Scottish tradition. Dunedin, perched on New Zealand’s South Island, is a place of astonishing contradiction—a city where bagpipes once mingled with the squawk of native birds, and where ancient fossils ...
Linnea H, BSc Sociology
