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Newswise: Scientists try out stone age tools to understand how they were used
Released: 19-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
Scientists try out stone age tools to understand how they were used
Tokyo Metropolitan University

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University crafted replica stone age tools and used them for a range of tasks to see how different activities create traces on the edge.

Newswise: A celebration of Black History Month at Argonne
Released: 14-Feb-2024 3:15 PM EST
A celebration of Black History Month at Argonne
Argonne National Laboratory

To celebrate Black History Month, Argonne is pleased to highlight six employees and one up-and-coming high school STEM student who exemplify how a diverse team drives our science mission forward.

Released: 13-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday: the beginning 40 days of abstinence
University of Agder

Lent in the Church of Norway is a period of 40 days, beginning on Ash Wednesday an ending on Easter Saturday. The Sundays during this period are not considered days of fasting.

Released: 12-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Rutgers Bildner Center Wins NJCH Grant for Symposium, “Black Americans, Jewish Americans: Historical Intersections, Collisions, and Passings,” and Public Programming
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Nancy Sinkoff, professor of history and Jewish studies and the academic director of the Rutgers Bildner Center, has had a longstanding interest in themes of racial and ethnic “passing” for Black and Jewish Americans.

Newswise: Trevor Owens Named as AIP’s First Chief Research Officer
Released: 12-Feb-2024 8:30 AM EST
Trevor Owens Named as AIP’s First Chief Research Officer
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

AIP is delighted to announce the appointment of Trevor Owens as its first Chief Research Officer.

Newswise: New fossil site of worldwide importance uncovered in southern France
Released: 11-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
New fossil site of worldwide importance uncovered in southern France
University of Lausanne

Nearly 400 exceptionally well-preserved fossils dating back 470 million years have been discovered in the south of France by two amateur paleontologists.

Released: 9-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Yale joins the ‘Snowball’ fight over global deep freeze periods
Yale University

A Yale-led research team has picked a side in the “Snowball Earth” debate over the possible cause of planet-wide deep freeze events that occurred in the distant past.

Released: 9-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
MSU explores how intersection of arts and sports shapes history, creates community
Michigan State University

Michigan State University is exploring the intersection of arts and sports — and how they both serve as a social commentary.

Newswise: Ancient pollen trapped in Greenland ice uncovers changes in Canadian forests over 800 years
Released: 8-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
Ancient pollen trapped in Greenland ice uncovers changes in Canadian forests over 800 years
Desert Research Institute (DRI)

The Greenland ice sheet lies thousands of miles from North America yet holds clues to the distant continent’s environmental history.

Released: 8-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Scandinavia’s first farmers slaughtered the hunter-gatherer population
Lund University

Following the arrival of the first farmers in Scandinavia 5,900 years ago, the hunter-gatherer population was wiped out within a few generations, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, among others.

Newswise: Revesz decodes ancient sphinx’s mysterious message
Released: 7-Feb-2024 6:05 PM EST
Revesz decodes ancient sphinx’s mysterious message
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

For nearly two centuries, scholars have puzzled over an inscription of just 20 characters, cast upon an unusual bronze sphinx statue believed to have originated in Potaissa, a Roman Empire military base camp located in present-day Romania.

Newswise: A new origin story for deadly Seattle fault
Released: 6-Feb-2024 6:05 PM EST
A new origin story for deadly Seattle fault
American Geophysical Union (AGU)

The Seattle fault zone is a network of shallow faults slicing through the lowlands of Puget Sound, threatening to create damaging earthquakes for the more than four million people who live there.

Newswise: Understanding the Moon’s History with Chang’e-5 Sample
1-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Understanding the Moon’s History with Chang’e-5 Sample
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

China’s Chang’e-5, the first lunar sample return mission since the Soviet Union’s Luna 24 in 1976, delivered 1.73 kilograms of regolith from the Oceanus Procellarum, a plane named for its vast size.

Newswise: Love and Hate in Ancient Times: New Anthology on Magical Texts Published
Released: 5-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
Love and Hate in Ancient Times: New Anthology on Magical Texts Published
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

A team of scholars spent five years studying them: "magical" texts from Egypt that were written on papyrus, parchment, paper and shards of clay – so-called ostraca – and date from the period between the fourth and twelfth centuries AD.

 
Released: 5-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
How ‘deaths of despair’ differ by race and ethnicity
Ohio State University

White Americans are more likely than Black and Hispanic people in the United States to experience “deaths of despair” even though they are less likely to suffer from severe psychological distress, a new study finds.

Newswise: Breaking Barriers: College History Class Bridges Divide to Connect with Ukrainian Students
Released: 5-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Breaking Barriers: College History Class Bridges Divide to Connect with Ukrainian Students
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

University of Arkansas at Little Rock students got a unique opportunity to explore the lives, struggles, and culture of students living in war-torn Ukraine during the fall 2023 semester. Dr. Marta Ciesklak, director of UA Little Rock Downtown, took a unique approach to helping her students bridge the continental divide.

Newswise: UNLV Experts Available: Super Bowl 2024
Released: 4-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
UNLV Experts Available: Super Bowl 2024
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

The Super Bowl: It's annually one of the nation's most-watched television broadcasts. And this year it's happening in what's perhaps the most fitting destination yet — Las Vegas, the Entertainment Capital of the World. From tourism and gaming to history and health, UNLV has experts who are uniquely poised to share perspectives on the sport, as well as the city where the Big Game is being held.

Newswise: Researchers reveal the best-selling ‘pop’ songs of 17th century England
Released: 2-Feb-2024 6:05 AM EST
Researchers reveal the best-selling ‘pop’ songs of 17th century England
Queen's University Belfast

Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Warwick have compiled the first ever collection of hit songs from seventeenth-century England, including over 100 ballads in total.

Newswise: Prehistoric mobility among Tibetan farmers, herders shaped highland settlement patterns, cultural interaction, study finds
1-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Prehistoric mobility among Tibetan farmers, herders shaped highland settlement patterns, cultural interaction, study finds
Washington University in St. Louis

New research from Washington University in St. Louis and Sichuan University in China explores how and why ancient communities built social relationships and cultural identities across the extreme terrain in Tibet.

   
Released: 1-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
How does the majority population feel about policies for minorities?
University of Konstanz

On the international level, there is broad consensus that it is essential to recognize and implement Indigenous rights as well as to correct inequalities and historical injustices.

 
Released: 31-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Black History Month: FSU expert available to offer insights on contributions and history of Black Americans
Florida State University

By: Jenny Ralph, Rodrigo Santa Maria | Published: January 31, 2024 | 12:27 pm | SHARE: During Black History Month, America celebrates the legacy of Black Americans whose leadership brought about positive change across the nation. Florida State University’s new Civil Rights Institute Director, Ted Ellis, will travel to Capitol Hill this month as Acting Chair for the federal 400 Years of African-American History Commission (400YAAHC).

Released: 29-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
The Grave's Embrace: New research sheds light on Bronze Age family relationships
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Poignant prehistoric burials containing the remains of an adult and child laid in the grave as though embracing in death have long fascinated archaeologists.

Newswise: URI history professor elected Fellow of Medieval Academy of America
Released: 29-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
URI history professor elected Fellow of Medieval Academy of America
University of Rhode Island

Joëlle Rollo-Koster, a history professor at the University of Rhode Island and a renowned medieval scholar, has been elected a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America, one of the highest honors that can be bestowed on a medievalist.

Newswise: NUS scientists develop novel method to estimate biodiversity loss in Singapore over the past two centuries
Released: 29-Jan-2024 2:05 AM EST
NUS scientists develop novel method to estimate biodiversity loss in Singapore over the past two centuries
National University of Singapore (NUS)

Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) employed novel statistical methods to reveal the extent of biodiversity loss in Singapore over the past two centuries.

Released: 26-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Applicants with a History of Burnout Select Different Job Offers
Ghent University

Previous research showed that clinical burnout complicates career resumption because employers are less inclined to hire or promote previously burned-out workers.

Newswise: Replacing the ‘Sin’ with ‘Sports’: Reinventing Las Vegas
Released: 24-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Replacing the ‘Sin’ with ‘Sports’: Reinventing Las Vegas
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

The world knows Las Vegas by a number of names, ‘Sin City’ being one of the most prominent. Gambling and entertainment have long been the primary selling points for tourism here, but the city has now positioned itself as a sports mecca – the ‘Greatest Arena on Earth’. Featuring everything from Formula 1 championship racing to the NFL’s top prize in the Super Bowl, the events signing on are getting larger and more spectacular.

Newswise: New pieces in the puzzle of first life on Earth
Released: 24-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
New pieces in the puzzle of first life on Earth
University of Göttingen

Microorganisms were the first forms of life on our planet. The clues are written in 3.5 billion-year-old rocks by geochemical and morphological traces, such as chemical compounds or structures that these organisms left behind.

Newswise: Deciphering the Patterns of Human Settlements on the Ordos Plateau: A Journey from the Neolithic Age to Present
Released: 24-Jan-2024 8:50 AM EST
Deciphering the Patterns of Human Settlements on the Ordos Plateau: A Journey from the Neolithic Age to Present
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Recent research has unveiled the intricate patterns of human settlements on China's Ordos Plateau, stretching back to the Neolithic Age.

Newswise: Discovering the Physics Behind 300-Year-Old Firefighting Methods
18-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Discovering the Physics Behind 300-Year-Old Firefighting Methods
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Inspired by a 1725 fire engine that pumped water at larger distances and higher speeds than previously possible, authors publishing in the American Journal of Physics analyzed the pressure chamber’s Windkessel effect to capture the physics behind this widely used, enduring technology. They compared the initial state of the chamber, the rate at which bucket brigades could pour water in (volumetric inflow), the length of time pressure builds, and the effects on output flow rate. Next, the authors plan to examine the physiological Windkessel involved in the heart-aorta system.

Newswise: China’s medieval Tang dynasty had a surprising level of social mobility, new study uncovers
Released: 19-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
China’s medieval Tang dynasty had a surprising level of social mobility, new study uncovers
New York University

In studying social mobility in today’s industrialized nations, researchers typically rely on data from the World Economic Forum or, in the United States, the General Social Survey.

   
Newswise: Ancient chewing gum reveals stone age diet
Released: 19-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
Ancient chewing gum reveals stone age diet
Stockholm University

What did people eat on the west coast of Scandinavia 10 000 years ago? A new study of the DNA in a chewing gum shows that deer, trout and hazelnuts were on the diet.

Newswise: Stalagmites as climate archive
Released: 18-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
Stalagmites as climate archive
Universität Heidelberg

When combined with data from tree-ring records, stalagmites can open up a unique archive to study natural climate fluctuations across hundreds of years, a research team including geoscientists from Heidelberg University and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have demonstrated.

Newswise:Video Embedded feeding-mode-of-ancient-vertebrate-tested-for-first-time
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Released: 15-Jan-2024 3:05 AM EST
Feeding mode of ancient vertebrate tested for first time
University of Bristol

A feeding method of the extinct jawless heterostracans, among the oldest of vertebrates, has been examined and dismissed by scientists at the University of Bristol, using fresh techniques.

Released: 12-Jan-2024 10:05 PM EST
Africans discovered fossils first
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Credit for discovering the first dinosaur bones usually goes to British gentlemen for their finds between the 17th and 19th centuries in England.

Newswise: First genome of slime eels uncovers the deep evolutionary history of our genomes and bodies
11-Jan-2024 5:05 AM EST
First genome of slime eels uncovers the deep evolutionary history of our genomes and bodies
University of Bristol

The first genome of hagfish – the only vertebrate lineage without a reference genome - has been sequenced by an international team of scientists.

Newswise: Largest diversity study of ‘magic mushrooms’ investigates the evolution of psychoactive psilocybin production
Released: 9-Jan-2024 6:05 PM EST
Largest diversity study of ‘magic mushrooms’ investigates the evolution of psychoactive psilocybin production
University of Utah

The genomic analysis of 52 Psilocybe specimens includes 39 species that have never been sequenced.

Released: 8-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
First ever scientific study on First World War crater reveals new details on its history
Taylor & Francis

More than 60ft below the surface, British miners had dug a gallery for more than 900 metres from their lines and packed it with 40,000 lbs of explosives. It was one of 19 mines placed beneath German front positions that were detonated on 1st July, 1916 to mark the start of the offensive.

Newswise: Cult Mentality: SLU Professor Makes Monumental Discovery in Italy
3-Jan-2024 2:00 PM EST
Cult Mentality: SLU Professor Makes Monumental Discovery in Italy
Saint Louis University Medical Center

Douglas Boin, Ph.D., a professor of history at Saint Louis University, made a major announcement at the annual meeting of the Archeological Institute of America, revealing he and his team discovered an ancient Roman temple that adds significant insights into the social change from pagan gods to Christianity within the Roman Empire.

Newswise: Unraveling the mysteries of the Mongolian Arc: exploring a monumental 405-kilometer wall system in Eastern Mongolia
Released: 3-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Unraveling the mysteries of the Mongolian Arc: exploring a monumental 405-kilometer wall system in Eastern Mongolia
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

New study sheds light on the previously overlooked Mongolian Arc—a monumental wall system in eastern Mongolia spanning 405 kilometers.

Released: 18-Dec-2023 10:05 AM EST
Rembrandt broke new ground with lead-based impregnation of canvas for The Night Watch
Universiteit van Amsterdam

New research has revealed that Rembrandt impregnated the canvas for his famous 1642 militia painting ‘The Night Watch’ with a lead-containing substance even before applying the first ground layer.

Released: 12-Dec-2023 10:05 AM EST
Expert Available to Offer Insight on 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party
University of New Hampshire

As tea arrives from all over the country for the reenactment of the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, historians say a possible peaceful resolution in 1773 could have changed history. Eliga Gould, a professor of history at the University of New Hampshire and an expert on the American Revolution, said the actions of Boston’s Sons of Liberty dumping more than 300 crates of tea from the British East India Company into Boston Harbor on Dec. 16, 1773, was a pivotal event in the American Revolution.

Released: 7-Dec-2023 2:15 PM EST
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Newswise: Limitations of asteroid crater lakes as climate archives
Released: 6-Dec-2023 5:05 AM EST
Limitations of asteroid crater lakes as climate archives
University of Göttingen

In southern Germany just north of the Danube, there lies a large circular depression between the hilly surroundings: the Nördlinger Ries.

Released: 4-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
How UCI and AI go waaay back
University of California, Irvine

Decades before ChatGPT, Tesla autopilot and Siri, there was Julian Feldman and a monstrous mainframe. It was 1968, and UCI’s interdisciplinary program in information and communication science had just become a pioneering, standalone computer science department. At the helm was Feldman, who had co-edited a groundbreaking anthology of AI research a few years earlier.

Released: 30-Nov-2023 4:05 PM EST
Turnover in the Iberian fauna reduced the availability of carrion one million years ago
Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH)

Ana Mateos and Jesús Rodríguez, scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), have published a paper in the journal Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology which shows that large herbivore carrion, a resource that had formerly been abundant and accessible to hominins, became scarcer at the end of the Early Pleistocene due to changes in the Iberian fauna.

Newswise: 1852 Legislative Session: This Abominable Slavery
Released: 29-Nov-2023 1:05 PM EST
1852 Legislative Session: This Abominable Slavery
University of Utah

The new public history digital database called "This Abominable Slavery," explores Indigenous and African American enslavement in Utah Territory through primary source documents – many of which are available to the public for the first time.



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