The Great London [04/09/24

  • Natural Heritage: Sampling species' DNA trails is leading to better environmental monitoring

    Using a technique that can tell if a species has passed by from just a sample of water, scientists are developing new ways to assess ecosystems.Great crested newt [Credit: Imperial College London]All animals shed fragments of DNA as they go about their lives – in faeces, mucous, sperm and eggs, shed skin, hair and, eventually, the…

  1. Maya: Secrets of their Ancient World in original exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum
  2. Early archeology an adventure in plunder
  3. "Roads of Arabia" at the Sackler Gallery
  4. Roman water mill found during Cumbrian dig to go on display
  5. 'Celebrating the Arts of Japan: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art