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 MoreAn exceptionally preserved snake fossil from Brazil reveals that early snakes were far more diverse than scientists once thought. Detailed brain reconstructions show that Tametara mirim was adapted for burrowing, while another ancient snake was suited to life above ground. Other fossils point to marine lifestyles as well. By 80 million years ago, snakes were…
Giant's Tomb at the Carrarzu Iddia site, Bortigali, Sardinia BORTIGALI, SARDINIA—Finestre Sull’Arte reports that an archaeological survey conducted by Italian authorities located a previously unknown monumental tomb at Carrarzu Iddia in central-western Sardinia. The megalithic structure belongs to a group of enigmatic Bronze Age burial complexes on the island known as Giants’ Tombs. These were…
North wall of the Tauchira Gate's southern tower, Ptolemais, Libya PTOLEMAIS, LIBYA—According the Greek Reporter, University of Warsaw archaeologist Anna Urszula Kordas has decoded hundreds of stonemasons’ symbols inscribed into the Tauchira Gate at the ancient city of Ptolemais. For more than a century, visitors to the site have noticed strange markings on the stone…
Sculpture of Thoth as a baboon ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND—According to a statement released by The University of St. Andrews, new research may have finally solved the mystery of why ancient Egyptians associated the moon god Thoth with ibises and baboons. It was not out of the ordinary for Egyptians to connect deities with animals. For…
During the 1944 Cowra breakout, over 900 prisoners attempted to escape from an Allied camp in Australia. The uprising resulted in the deaths of 234 Japanese men and 5 Australians
This report examines R&D waste and how AI adoption has outpaced the intelligence needed to make consequential decisions well.What Attendees will LearnWhere R&D budget is lost. More than a third of organizations spend 25 to 40 percent of their R&D budget on projects that never reach market.Why projects fail late. Almost half of teams estimate…
A tiny 518-million-year-old sea creature has revealed the earliest known evidence of the structures that eventually became spiders’ fangs. Hidden inside the fossil were pincerlike limbs and preserved soft tissues that help explain how the ancestors of spiders and scorpions evolved into formidable hunters.
Photogrammetric model of the library in the villa at Fuente Álamo, Spain, showing the apse, rectangular and semicircular niches, and adjoining anterooms Bacchus mosaic from the villa GRANADA, SPAIN––La Brújula Verde reports that University of Granada researchers identified the oldest known library in Iberia at the sprawling Roman villa of Fuente Álamo near Córdoba. When…
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI—According to a statement released by Washington University in St. Louis, Chinese and Uzbek archaeologists found the earliest known evidence of silkworm cultivation outside of China. The team was excavating the Bronze Age site of Sapalli Tepe in Uzbekistan when they uncovered three well-preserved cocoons. Silk proteins subsequently extracted from the cocoons were…
Fragment of a cuneiform tablet inscribed with a royal grant issued in the name of Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT—According to a statement released by Yale University, scholars recently identified three previously unknown and forgotten Assyrian kings. Archaeologists and historians often rely on a preserved document known as the Assyrian King List (AKL), which…
