The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released 20 pages of training materials concerning the collection, processing, and analysis of biological evidence following fatal aviation accidents. The…
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Larry W. Bryant was a UFO researcher, writer, and government transparency advocate who pursued federal records through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). His work…
Read MoreSISTAN AND BALUCHISTAN PROVINCE, IRAN—According to the Greek Reporter, excavations conducted at Shahr-i-Sokhta, a Bronze Age site in southeastern Iran known as the "Burnt City," have uncovered a 4,600-year-old board game and an engraved bone comb. “These discoveries can provide researchers with new information about less-known aspects of the life, culture, and social relations of…
Circular Roman bath, Vrelo-Šarkamen, Serbia BELGRADE, SERBIA—According to a Live Science report, a private bath has been found at the bottom of a monumental tower at the fortified imperial palace at Vrelo-Šarkamen. The complex belonged to Galerius Valerius Maximinus, who was Roman emperor from A.D. 310 to 313, when he committed suicide after losing a…
The nascent country adopted its name 250 years ago, on September 9, 1776. Americans have debated the moniker ever since. One congressman even proposed the "United States of the Earth"
Many researchers and students in Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda struggle to access and publish scientific and technical articles because of financial barriers including publishing fees and subscriptions to research libraries. To help, IEEE has made its Xplore Digital Library more accessible by offering discounts on subscriptions and lowering fees to publish articles. But the number…
Archaeologists have identified tiny 80,000-year-old projectile points in Uzbekistan that may have been used like arrowheads. Their size, design, and impact damage closely resemble weapons found much later at a Homo sapiens site in France. The discovery suggests sophisticated projectile technology may have appeared in Central Asia long before modern humans became firmly established in…
UDINE, ITALY—La Brújula Verde reports that a team of researchers led by Daniele Morandi Bonacossi and Francesca Simi of the University of Udine have created a high-resolution map of the more than 800 acres surrounding the acropolis mound of Nimrud, an Assyrian capital in northern Iraq. This area, once protected by nearly five miles of…
Page from a medieval manuscript of the Epistles of St. Paul DUBLIN, IRELAND—According to a statement released by University College Dublin (UCD), DNA samples obtained from the parchment pages of historic manuscripts have been used to track the sheep pox virus. Sheep pox is a highly contagious disease with high mortality rates. It can also…
DEBELT, BULGARIA—According to a Live Science report, remains of a man, two iron knives, and a belt have been discovered in a huge dolium, or storage jar, in a gate tower at the site of the Roman colony of Deultum in southeastern Bulgaria. Roman soldiers at Deultum battled East Germanic tribes and Huns during the…
This article is brought to you by Tsubaki KabelSchlepp.In modern automated manufacturing, six-axis articulated robots perform high-speed, multidirectional maneuvers under demanding operational cycles. However, as robot arms swivel, rotate, and extend, the electrical cables, fiber optics, and pneumatic hoses supplying them endure severe mechanical stress. Torsional twist, rapid acceleration, and repeated contact with machine structures…
A painting of a red Rainbow Serpent with three dog-like creatures painted over part of its tail (top) and a version of the image enhanced with DStretch (above) QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA—Phys.org reports that a new study of Aboriginal artworks in northern Australia’s Arnhem Land suggests that massive paintings dating to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries may…
