The Great London [06/02/22] 

  • Forensics: Five things you can learn from a Roman skeleton

    The stories of Roman lives are written their bones: diet, disease, childbirth and trauma all leave their mark. Individual skeletons can tell rich tales, but the fullest information comes from large groups, when we can look at populations. So what can we learn about about a Roman community from their skeletons?The stories of Roman …

  • Astronomy: Winds of rubies and sapphires strike the sky of giant planet

    Signs of powerful changing winds have been detected on a planet 16 times larger than Earth, over 1000 light years away -- the first time ever that weather systems have been found on a gas giant outside our solar system -- according to new research by the University of Warwick.Artist's impression of planet HAT-P-7b [Credit: Univers…

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