Just Plain WEIRD #2
Former Team GB Olympic athlete Sarah Claxton traced her American father through ancestry DNA testing. Photograph: Anselm Ebulue/The Observer – The Observer Genetics – Many people want to uncover their ancestry, but – driven by Brexit – others also hope to regain access …
The site of the newly uncovered wooden-boarded Roman well. Photograph: Mola The Observer – Roman Britain – ‘Astonishingly preserved’ remains in Cambridgeshire give clues to substantial Romano-British industrial settlement – Dalya Alberge 2024 Aug 17 – The Romans were remarkable engineers, thousands of …
Nuts, seeds, dark leafy greens, and dark chocolate are all good dietary sources of magnesium. Depositphotos – By Michael Franco 2024 Aug 14 – If you’re getting plenty of leafy greens, dark chocolate, nuts, and beans, you’re probably doing fine. But if your diet …
A water pipe that was used to carry water to livestock crosses land burned in the Maui fires in August 2023. Andrew Whelton/Purdue University, CC BY-ND – By Andrew J. Whelton, Professor of Civil, Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University Published: 2024 Aug 13 …
The palms of a patient during an outbreak of mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1997. Getty Images – By Cheryl Walter, Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Science, University of Hull Published: 2024 Aug 13 – Alarmed by the surge in mpox cases, …
Your tongue offers a window to your overall health, especially when a machine-trained algorithm is looking. Depositphotos – By Michael Franco 2024 Aug 13 – Updating an ancient form of health diagnosis with modern machine learning, researchers have developed a remarkable system that can …
The extinction event that killed the dinosaurs, 66 million years ago. Mark Stevenson/UIG via Getty Images – By Hans Sues, Senior Research Geologist and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, Smithsonian Institution Published: 2024 Aug 12 Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. …
Targeting progesterone receptors in the brain may be a route to migraine relief for some people. We Are/DigitalVision via Getty Images – By Suchitra Joshi, Research Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Virginia and by Jaideep Kapur, Professor of Neuroscience and Neurology, University …
The Nilu in all its glory. Nilu27 View 33 Images – By Joe Salas 2024 Aug 10 – In an automotive era where safety, sanity, sustainability, and responsible eco-friendliness have taken center stage, enter Nilu27, stage far-right. America’s newest V12 hypercar is designed explicitly …
Vernon Dalhart was a widely recorded singer in the early 20th century. The Library of Congress – By Ted Olson, Professor of Appalachian Studies and Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music Studies, East Tennessee State University Published: 2024 Aug 09 – Country music’s origin story …
