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  • Middle East: FBI warns collectors about ISIS-smuggled antiquities

    The FBI is warning collectors that buying Iraqi and Syrian artifacts could help fund ISIS activities, as the militant group has been plundering important historic sites and selling stolen items on the black market.Antiquities in Palmyra, Syria [Credit: UNESCO]"We now have credible reports that US persons have been offered cultural…

  • Fossils: Mammals evolved faster after dinosaur extinction

    Our ancestors evolved three times faster in the 10 million years after the extinction of the dinosaurs than in the previous 80 million years, according to UCL researchers.Late cretaceous dinosaurs [Credit: UCL]The team found the speed of evolution of placental mammals -- a group that today includes nearly 5000 species including hu…

  • Ecosystems: Humans artificially drive evolution of new species

    Species across the world are rapidly going extinct due to human activities, but humans are also causing rapid evolution and the emergence of new species. A new study published today summarises the causes of humanmade speciation, and discusses why newly evolved species cannot simply replace extinct wild species. The study was led b…

  • Natural Heritage: Effects of past tropical deforestation will be felt for years to come

    Even if people completely stopped converting tropical forests into farmland, the impacts of tropical deforestation would continue to be felt for many years to come. That's the conclusion of researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal >Current Biology who have used historical rates and patterns of tropical deforestation around …

  • Astronomy: Astronomers release spectacular survey of the distant Universe

    Astronomers have released spectacular new infrared images of the distant Universe, providing the deepest view ever obtained over a large area of sky. The team, led by Prof Omar Almaini, present their results at the National Astronomy Meeting at the University of Nottingham.An image of a small section (0.4%) of the UDS field. Most …

  1. Between Heaven and Earth: Birds in Ancient Egypt
  2. 'Ennion: Master of Roman Glass' at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
  3. Mysteries of Egypt explored in forthcoming exhibition at the Herbert Art Gallery
  4. 'Greece of Origins: Between Dream and Archaeology' at the Musée d'Archéologie Nationale
  5. Peruvian mummy prepared for French exhibition after excavation in 2012