Thursday, October 15, 2026
Neanderthal Dentistry Dates Back 60,000 Years
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Neanderthal Dentistry Dates Back 60,000 Years

SIBERIA, RUSSIA—According to a CNN report, Neanderthal dentists may have used sophisticated tools to treat toothaches 60,000 years ago. A lone Neanderthal lower molar recently stood out among dozens of hominin teeth, fossils, and other artifacts that archaeologists recovered from the Chagyrskaya Cave in Siberia’s Altai Mountains. The tooth’s crown featured an unusual deep hole…

Plaster Wall from Tut’s Tomb Revealed

LUXOR, EGYPT—Authorities from Egypt’s Luxor Museum revealed a never-before-seen plaster wall from King Tutankhamun’s tomb, The Independent reports. The wall was originally constructed just before the burial chamber was sealed to protect the young pharaoh’s grave from intruders. It still bears stamps associated with the funerary rituals and seals belonging to Tutankhamun as well as those…

New Details Emerge About Pompeii Victim
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New Details Emerge About Pompeii Victim

A researcher analyzes the fabric bag recovered from Pompeii's Garden of the Fugitives. POMPEII, ITALY—In 1961, archaeologists working in a property in Pompeii known as the Garden of the Fugitives uncovered the remains of 14 victims who failed to escape the a.d. 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius. They made plaster casts of the deceased individuals…

Stunning fossil discovery in Ethiopia rewrites human origins

A stunning fossil discovery in Ethiopia shows that early Homo and a previously unknown Australopithecus species lived together around 2.6 to 2.8 million years ago. The find overturns the classic “ape-to-human” progression and paints human evolution as a crowded, branching tree with multiple species coexisting. Scientists dated the fossils using volcanic ash deposits and are…

Striking New Views of the First Atomic Bomb Test

Editor’s note: If you’d like to pinpoint the instant when the world entered the nuclear age, 5:29:45 a.m. Mountain War Time on 16 July 1945, is an excellent choice. That was the moment when human beings first unleashed the power of the nucleus in an immense, blinding ball of fire above a gloomy stretch of…

Lost Notebook Found in Medieval Toilet
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Lost Notebook Found in Medieval Toilet

Wax tablet notebook PADERBORN, GERMANY—La Brújula Verde reports that a German archaeological team under the supervision of the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL) recovered an exceptionally well-preserved notebook from a medieval toilet in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The discovery was made during construction of a new administrative headquarters in the city of Paderborn. The four-…

Mysterious Ancient Tunnel Discovered Beneath Jerusalem Streets
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Mysterious Ancient Tunnel Discovered Beneath Jerusalem Streets

Tunnel, Jerusalem, Israel JERUSALEM, ISRAEL—According to a statement released by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), archaeologists unearthed a mysterious tunnel beneath the streets of Jerusalem. During construction work near Kibbutz Ramat Rachel, workers unexpectedly discovered the entrance to an ancient cavity, measuring 16 feet high and 10 feet wide, that was once accessed via a…

Why RF Coexistence Testing Is Critical for Shared Spectrum

A comprehensive review of how spectrum congestion, dynamic sharing, and cognitive radio systems are reshaping RF coexistence testing for military and commercial applications.What Attendees will LearnWhy spectrum congestion threatens wireless reliability — Explore how over 30 billion connected devices, more than 4,000 allocation changes worldwide, and the expansion from 11 to over 80 cellular bands…

IEEE Society Helps Researchers Meet Their Next Corporate Backer

The IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc)’s Research Collaboration Pitch Session initiative is proving to be a catalyst for meaningful engagement between academic researchers and industry innovators. Launched last year, the program connects promising researchers with industry leaders who can offer them funding, mentorship, and connections to bring interesting ideas closer to real-world deployment.Rather than relying on…