Egyptian Carving Defaced by King Tut's Possible Father Discovered

 Posted on February 11, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  593 words  |  Trudie Dory

A newly discovered Egyptian carving, which dates back more than 3,300 years, bears the scars of a religious revolution that upended the ancient civilization. The panel, carved in Nubian Sandstone, was found recently in a tomb at the site of Sedeinga, in modern-day Sudan. It is about 5.8 feet (1.8 meters) tall by 1.3 feet (0.4 m) wide, and was found in two pieces.  Originally, it adorned the walls of a temple at Sedeinga that was dedicated to Queen Tiye (also spelled Tiyi), who died around 1340 B. [Read More]

Gold 'sun bowl' discovered near Bronze Age swamp

 Posted on February 11, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  483 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

Archaeologists excavating a 3,000-year-old settlement in Austria have unearthed a golden bowl with the image of a sun adorning its underside.  "At the bottom of the bowl, a sun disc with 11 rays is depicted," Michał Sip, an archaeologist with the German company Novetus, who is leading excavations at the site, told Live Science in an email. The artisan (or artisans) who crafted the bowl also included a "circular motif [images] of circles and dots" [Read More]

How 'Jaws' Forever Changed Our View of Great White Sharks

 Posted on February 11, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  596 words  |  Patria Henriques

When "Jaws" burst onto movie screens on June 20, 1975, the film shocked audiences with a terrifying monster. Now, 35 years later, the slogan "Don't go in the water" from the movie has turned out to be a lousy PR campaign for sharks, whose numbers worldwide have been decimated due partly to the frightening and false ideas the film helped spread about them. Although sharks certainly have a fearsome reputation nowadays, incredibly, " [Read More]

In photos: Oldest images of a pharaoh

 Posted on February 11, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  218 words  |  Patria Henriques

Nag el-HamdulabThe plain of Nag el-Hamdulab, desert site of a series of rock carvings that seem to show Egypt's first pharaoh. Read more: Oldest pharaoh carvings discovered in Egypt Site 7 CarvingsSite 7 at Nag el-Hamdurab is the most elaborate carving, showing a white-crowned king travelling with a flotilla of five boats. Boat CarvingsThe Site 7 carving has been recently damaged, but the sickle-shaped boats can be seen. Animal CarvingsA damaged carving of a group of animals. [Read More]

Increase in Major Hurricanes Linked to Warmer Seas

 Posted on February 11, 2023  |  6 minutes  |  1085 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

The number of severe hurricanes has doubled worldwide even though the total number of hurricanes has dropped over the last 35 years, a new study finds. The increase in major storms like Katrina coincides with a global increase of sea surface temperatures, which scientists say is an effect of global warming. The possible relationship between global warming and hurricane strength has been a topic of controversy for years. The new study supports another one released in July, in which climatologist Kerry Emanuel of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology showed for the first time that major storms in both the Atlantic and the Pacific since the 1970s have increased in duration and intensity by about 50 percent. [Read More]

Killer Whales Targeting Sea Lion Pups, Alarming Scientists

 Posted on February 11, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  622 words  |  Fernande Dalal

Killer whales and other ocean predators are targeting and killing the pups of a threatened northern sea lion species at an increasingly high rate, scientists warned this week. Without a reduction in predators, the sea lion population will have difficulty recovering, the researchers added. Endangered eared seals The researchers focused on the endangered western population of the Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), which is the largest member of the eared seals family. [Read More]

Laughter: Not Just for Funny Stuff

 Posted on February 11, 2023  |  4 minutes  |  684 words  |  Patria Henriques

A cackle and a giggle can mean different things. Scientists say there are two types of laughter: the kind that comes from pure glee, and the kind that's meant to send a social message. New research suggests autistic children don't often express the latter type, a finding that could reveal more about the nature of human laughter. From the beginning Laughter probably predates human speech by millions of years, scientists think. [Read More]

Leonardo Da Vinci's 10 Best Ideas

 Posted on February 11, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  462 words  |  Fernande Dalal

The Vitruvian ManDa Vinci modeled his perfect human form after the proportions laid out by Vitruvius, an ancient Roman architect. The angry-looking man drawn by Da Vinci has reason to smile - he's now considered one of the most recognizable figures on earth. Geologic TimePlate tectonics? No sweat. While most of his contemporaries explained inland, mountain-top mollusk fossils as leftovers from the Great Flood, Da Vinci thought otherwise. He supposed (right) that the mountains must once have been coastline before many years of gradually shifting upwards. [Read More]

Mysterious Underwater Thieves Steal 1,600-Lb. Observatory from Bottom of Baltic Sea

 Posted on February 11, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  281 words  |  Trudie Dory

A research station the size of a small car has completely vanished from the bottom of the Baltic Sea. And it looks like the station's been stolen.  The observatory, which was run by the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, consisted of about 1,630 lbs. (740 kilograms) of equipment. Its job was to collect environmental data from the ocean floor and transmit that information to researchers on land.  But on Aug. [Read More]

No, Drinking 'Beer Before Wine' Won't Prevent a Hangover, Study Finds

 Posted on February 11, 2023  |  4 minutes  |  660 words  |  Patria Henriques

The adage, "beer before wine and you'll feel fine, wine before beer and you'll feel queer" doesn't hold up to scientific scrutiny. A new study finds that the order in which you consume alcoholic drinks won't actually help you avoid a hangover. Rather, drinking too much alcohol of any kind — and in any order — will likely give you a hangover, the study researchers conclude. "We didn't find any truth in the idea that drinking beer before wine gives you a milder hangover than the other way around," [Read More]