The Great London [01/18/17

  • Greenland: What the Inuit can tell us about omega-3 fats and ‘paleo’ diets

    The traditional diet of Greenland natives — the Inuit — is held up as an example of how high levels of omega-3 fatty acids can counterbalance the bad health effects of a high-fat diet, but a new study hints that what’s true for the Inuit may not be true for everyone else.A village on the coast of Greenland, where the native Inuit …

  • Scotland: 'Skeletons: Our Buried Bones' at the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow

    This special exhibition unearths the stories behind four skeletons from the Museum of London’s 20,000-strong collection and four from burial grounds across Scotland. This is a touring exhibition that, after Glasgow, will travel to Bristol and Leeds in 2017, displaying the Museum of London’s skeletons alongside bones discovered loc…

  • Breaking News: Titan's atmosphere even more Earth-like than previously thought

    Scientists at UCL have observed how a widespread polar wind is driving gas from the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan. The team analysed data gathered over seven years by the international Cassini probe, and found that the interactions between Titan's atmosphere, and the solar magnetic field and radiation, create a wind of hydroca…

  1. Secrets of 'Celtic princess of the Danube' revealed
  2. New Utah museum leaps beyond old-school dioramas
  3. Afghanistan's treasure comes to the British Museum
  4. Beyond planet Earth: The future of space exploration on view at the American Museum of Natural History
  5. Getty's 'Imagining the Past in France' illuminates Middle Ages