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 MoreBERGEN, NORWAY—According to a statement released by the University of Bergen, fragments of the 4,000-year-old skull of a young child have been discovered in the Skipshelleren rock shelter, which is located in an inner fjord on Norway’s west coast. “The find offers rare and important insight into the first agricultural population in Norway, and we…
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND—A geophysical survey of Machrie Moor, which is located on Scotland’s Isle of Arran, has detected a possible prehistoric timber circle, Live Science reports. Researchers were testing their equipment on the peat-covered moor, known for its six ceremonial circles dated to between 3500 and 1500 B.C., when they detected anomalies beneath the surface of…
A practical educational guide to common and uncommon VHF propagation modes, covering the physics, range implications, and real-world behaviors engineers need to understand.What Attendees will Learn1. Why “line of sight” fails as a practical VHF planning model.2. How refraction, reflection, diffraction, and scattering deliver or destroy signals where geometry alone cannot predict.3. How tropospheric refraction…
PAVLODAR, KAZAKHSTAN—Researchers from Margulan University found a large medieval structure while surveying an area in northern Kazakhstan known as the Zhantai tract with lidar and ground-penetrating radar, according to a Qazinform News Agency report. Excavations at the site uncovered fragments of burnt bricks of the type that were used during the so-called Golden Horde period…
3D virtual reconstructions and scanning electron microscopy show horizontal alveolar bone loss in hominin dental fossil remains. JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA—According to a statement released by the University of the Witwatersrand, gum disease and its possible effects on facial structure may have contributed to the evolution of modern humans. A team of researchers including Ugo Ripamonti…
Chariot fragments during excavation, Sirolo, Italy Fibula with an amber core SIROLO, ITALY—A tomb dated to the sixth century B.C. has been discovered within a monumental ring-shaped palisade in central Italy’s Picene necropolis of Conero, according to a report in La Brújula Verde. Fragments of ceramics at the bottom of the palisade’s postholes indicate that…
A stunning fossil discovery shows that ancient bees used the empty tooth sockets of mammal bones as tiny nests after owls scattered the bones across a cave floor 20,000 years ago. It's the first known evidence of bees nesting inside animal bones, revealing an astonishingly creative survival strategy.
Deciphering the Enigmatic Issyk Inscription of the Golden Man In 1969, archaeologists excavating the Issyk kurgan in southeastern Kazakhstan made a discovery that would become a national symbol: the "Golden Man." Among the more than 4,000 gold ornaments and pristine artifacts found in this ancient Saka burial mound was a small, seemingly unassuming silver bowl.…
Many IEEE members who collect historical engineering artifacts often offer them to the IEEE History and Heritage group, which includes the IEEE History Center, to display. To bring these artifacts to the public, the group created the IEEE Global Museum, which curates traveling exhibits for display at conferences and in libraries, universities, and other venues.The…
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure is typically framed as an energy problem. Data centers are projected to consume a growing share of global electricity demand: The International Energy Agency estimates they could account for 3 to 4 percent of total global consumption within this decade.Utilities are already adjusting long-term forecasts to accommodate anticipated…
