Monthly Archive: July 2025
This is digital reconstruction of the temple revealing a complex about the size of a city block. Called Palaspata after the native name for the area, the site was strategically perched at the crossroads of several ancient trade routes. José Capriles / Penn …
The committee assigned to draft the Declaration of Independence, from left: Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston and John Adams. Currier & Ives image, photo by MPI/Getty Images – By Maurizio Valsania, Professor of American History, Università di Torino Published: …
In Stephenson’s novel ‘The Diamond Age,’ a device called the Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer offers emotional, social and intellectual support. Christopher Michel/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA – By Rizwan Virk, Faculty Associate, PhD Candidate in Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology, Arizona State …
Diverticulitis risk can be greatly reduced even if you’re genetically more likely to develop it, new study finds. Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2025 Jul 01 – You may not have heard of diverticulitis – unless you’ve suffered through a bout of it – but …
How does Facebook occasionally deliver such disconcertingly timed advertisements? Is it really listening to users through their smartphone microphones? Or is the truth much more unsettling? Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2025 Apr 24 – Perhaps one of the most pervasive longstanding technology conspiracy …
The footprints were first discovered in 2019 and researchers have since debated the accuracy of tools used to trace their age. Courtesy of David Bustos/White Sands National Park – By Jay Kakade 2025 Jun 30 – Using new radiocarbon dating on ancient footprints found …
