Several of the ancient Egyptian branding-irons — actually made of bronze — were too small for large animals like cattle and were probably used to brand human slaves. Credit: © The Trustees of the British Museum; (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) A new research study proposes that small branding irons from ancient Egypt were most likely used to mark...
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The social circumstances we grow in are essential when establishing our wellness and health and wellness later in life. Most Americans (67%) record experiencing at least one stress occasion in girlhood. A recent research study reveals that these experiences greatly affect our health dangers as grownups. Physical diseases like weight problems...
International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) The International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), sponsored by the ICPC Foundation, held by the Angolan Collegiate Program Contest (AoCPC) last week at one of Angola's top institutes for superior education ISPTEC, from Thursday to Friday. The Africa and Arab Collegiate Programming Championship (ACPC) serves as a qualifying round for the International...
Credit: Dean Mouhtaropoulos / Getty Images A study describes how scientists conducted the first successful DNA sequencing on old Egyptian mummies. Egyptologists, writers, scholars, and others, have suggested the race of the ancient Egyptians since at least the 1970s. Some today think they were sub-Saharan Africans. We can observe this interpretation portrayed in Michael Jackson's 1991...
More than 300 people in 21 nations outside Africa have been infected with the illness. Monkeypox (orange), shown infecting monkey cells (green) in this colorized electron micrograph, has spread to multiple countries outside Africa. The large outbreak is unusual for the virus, which is transmitted by close contact. NIAID/FLICKR (CC BY 2.0) An outbreak of monkeypox...
An aerial image of Castle Hill Hospital's solar farm. Credit: Open Acess. Solar panels, at Eastern Yorkshire hospital are today producing sufficient energy. To fulfill its whole daytime running needs, officials stated. Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham has set up an 11,000-panel solar farm. Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust said. The ₤ 4.2 m grant-funded plan...
The anchor of Industry, a whaling ship that sank in 1836 in the Gulf of Mexico. Credit: NOAA Ocean Exploration Last month, scientists identified a 207-year-old shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico as the Industry, a whaling ship that tipped over in a harsh 1836 storm. Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) made the thrilling...
This picture of the try-works was drawn from the shipwreck site of the whaler Market by an NOAA ROV. The try-works was a cast-iron stove with two deep kettles utilized to make whale blubber right into the oil. (Picture credit: NOAA Sea Expedition). Indigenous Americans and the descendants of enslaved African individuals functioned as crew...
New, possibly arboreal rice rat species discovered in Ecuador - ScienceDaily - Verve timesVisitar "In total, the expeditions to the Kutukú region in southeastern Ecuador involved 1,200 trap nights, but only one specimen of the new species Mindomys kutuku was found," claims Dr. Claudia Koch, curator of herpetology at the LIB, Gallery Koenig Bonn, describing the effort...
Credit: Adrienn Tomor Reaching a clinic, going to school, the marketplace, or work, for many people in rural Tanzania depends on safely traversing a river. Around 40 million people reside in remote areas of the East African country, among the world's poorest economies. High steel and reinforced concrete costs and a fast-growing population suggest the national...
