From Cybersyn to Social Synthesis: Designing a Revolution
An MIT professor and students collaborate with Chilean partners for an exhibition marking 50 years since the Allende presidency. It is widely recognized that the…
History News
Researchers Decipher Benjamin Franklin’s Money Secrets
Physics techniques provide a rare glimpse into the early American monetary history. Benjamin Franklin is often celebrated for inventing bifocals and the lightning rod. However,…
3,400 Years Old – Chemists Uncover Secrets of Ancient Egyptian Painters
As part of a comprehensive research project in collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and the University of Liège, a global team of researchers…
Decoding the 1931 Yangtze River Flood Disaster: A Catastrophe That Claimed Over 2 Million Lives
The 1931 Yangtze River flood affected 25 million people and took 2 million lives. Recent research links the disaster to both tropical and extratropical factors,…
Count Dracula Resurrected: Scientists Shed New Light on the Legendary Figure Behind the King of Vampires
Vlad III, often referred to as Vlad the Impaler, was a 15th-century prince and commander whose chilling reputation is believed to have inspired the creation…
Climate Change: The Unseen Power Behind the Rise and Fall of the Tibetan Empire
New research conducted by Dr. Juzhi Hou, Dr. Fahu Chen, and Dr. Kejia Ji has unveiled significant findings. The study was published in the journal…
A Unique “Bawdy Bard” Act – Researchers Discover Extremely Rare Forms of Medieval Literature in a 15th-Century Manuscript
An unprecedented record of medieval live comedy performance has been identified in a 15th-century manuscript. These boisterous texts – which include jests at the expense…
Unveiling the “Mysterious” Gaza Wine: Scientists Analyze Ancient Grapes
Investigations into grape seeds, unearthed from a Byzantine monastery in Israel, provide clues to the “mysterious” origins of Gaza wine and the historical progression of…
Mysterious Author of Early Astronomy Textbooks Unveiled – Researcher Uncovers New Details
In the early 1800s, an English schoolmistress, Margaret Bryan, wrote several well-regarded textbooks on astronomy and physics for young women. Despite her correspondence with some…
The Lager Legacy: German Researchers Discover How a 400-Year-Old Mistake Revolutionized Beer
Researchers suggest that lager beer, which now makes up around 90% of beer consumption, originated from a hybrid yeast species in Munich in 1602. This…
The Dark Secrets of Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus: Researchers Unmask the Culprit
A study published in the prestigious journal Scientific Reports has revealed the nature of the black stains on the passepartout of the ancient document. The…
Divine Discovery: Ultraviolet Rays Illuminate 1,750-Year-Old New Testament Translation
It is an important piece of the jigsaw puzzle in New Testament history and one of the oldest textual witnesses of the Gospels: a small…
Unexpected Contribution: How Medieval Monks Helped Advance Modern Volcanology
An international team, led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), has successfully dated some of the largest eruptions in history by analyzing medieval texts. While…
How Copper Deposits Turned a Village Into One of the Most Important Trade Hubs of the Late Bronze Age
Researchers from the University of Gothenburg have uncovered evidence that highlights the significance of the Cypriot village of Hala Sultan Tekke during the Late Bronze…
Unlocking Beethoven’s Secrets: Groundbreaking DNA Analysis Reveals Health Mysteries and Family Scandal
Ludwig van Beethoven’s genome has been sequenced for the first time by an international team of scientists using five genetically matching locks of the well-known…
A Hairy Tale of Beethoven’s Maladies: The Genetic Key to His Life’s Crescendo
In 1802, Ludwig van Beethoven asked his brothers to request that his doctor, J.A. Schmidt, describe his malady—his progressive hearing loss—to the world upon his…
Moon Mountain Named in Honor of NASA Mathematician and Computer Programmer
NASA has named a lunar mountain “Mons Mouton” after Melba Roy Mouton, an influential mathematician and computer programmer at NASA. The naming comes as part…
Scientists Have Discovered the Remains of Two 455 Million-Year-Old Worms
A study led by the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and the Institute of Geoscience (IGEO, CSIC-UCM) has uncovered two well-preserved species of marine worms…
