Kakadu National Park has become one of Australia’s most prized cultural landscapes since it was added to the World Heritage List in 1981. Each year, hundreds of thousands of people travel to the region, usually Read More
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A team of Johns Hopkins researchers is using an innovative X-ray imaging approach to reveal how compression reshapes the tiny spaces and stresses within sandstone—findings that could predict how this common rock used for Read More
Steve Gschmeissner’s electron microscope image of liver cholesterol won a Wellcome Photography Prize this year Summary Steve Gschmeissner’s striking electron microscope image of cholesterol crystals in the liver has been awarded the Wellcome Read More
An engraved panel from Aswan may show one of Egypt’s earliest political elites. It reveals how rulers used art to claim space and signal power. A recently documented rock art panel near Aswan, Egypt, Read More
A recent study by Dr. Esther Jacobson-Tepfer, published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal, explores the transformation of elk rock art in the Mongolian Altai. Her research sheds light on the possible factors that influenced these Read More
Lasers, Gas Blasts, and Hidden Water: How Perseverance Cracked Mars’
NASA’s Perseverance rover recently battled a difficult Mars rock nicknamed “Kenmore.” Using powerful tools like a nitrogen gas blaster and a laser-shooting camera, the rover revealed that the rock contained signs of water-rich clay, Read More