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…
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Handaxe, Fureidis Cave, Israel HAIFA, ISRAEL—Flint scrapers and handaxes; the bones of fallow deer, gazelle, and ancient horses; and evidence for the controlled use of fire some 300,000 years ago have been discovered in northern Israel’s Fureidis Cave by researchers from the Israel Antiquities Authority and the University of Haifa, according to a report in…
Musicians are accustomed to getting paid each time their creative work is used. Across vinyl/CD sales, streams, radio, cover versions, and those numerous niches like karaoke, there are agreements in place about what “use” means. Underlying this is a simple economic principle: The more something is used, the more money it makes.Generative AI has complicated…
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The rapid evolution of the global engineering landscape requires continuous education. For one week in April, the IEEE community focuses on its educational frameworks. IEEE Education Week, which just concluded its fifth year, provided a comprehensive overview of the resources available to professionals and students.From 11 to 19 April, the organization supplied a variety of…
On April 19, 2026, the Honor Lightning humanoid robot ran a half-marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the human world record by 7 minutes and the best robot time from 2025 by almost two hours.How did they do it? Is there some magical technology or technique that unlocked this performance? How did they…
Silver Viking Age coin, Damhus, Denmark COPENHAGEN, DENMARK—Live Science reports that a new study of Viking coins from the Damhus hoard, a cache of 226 pennies unearthed in Denmark near the site of the Viking town of Ribe in 2018, suggests that they contain silver recycled from Islamic coins. The 1,000-year-old coins, known as pennies,…
Excavation of monumental structure, Bassania, Albania SHKODRA, ALBANIA—According to a report in La Brújula Verde, the foundations of a monumental structure have been excavated on top of a hill overlooking the ancient Illyrian city of Bassania, which is located in what is now northwestern Albania. The rectangular building was aligned with the cardinal points and…
Maya figurine bearing possible numbers, La Blanca, Guatemala AUSTIN, TEXAS—According to a Phys.org report, a small clay “tab” figurine unearthed in northern Guatemala at the Maya site of La Blanca bears columns of dots that may be an early form of number writing. Dated to between 750 and 650 B.C., the figurine lacks a head…
Philadelphia politicians hoped to replicate the success of the 1876 Centennial Exposition. Instead, the 1926 world's fair lost millions of dollars, essentially bankrupting the city on the eve of the Great Depression
Ancient chuño, Acarí Valley, Peru ALBERTA, CANADA—Two freeze-dried potatoes estimated to be 500 years old were discovered in a ceramic jar set into a floor at Tambo Viejo, a coastal Inca site in southern Peru’s arid Acarí Valley, according to a Phys.org report. Lidio Valdez of the University of Calgary said that freeze-dried potatoes, known…
