News in Brief
Career - Today
The British Academy chooses Birmingham as first hub for Early Career Researcher Network
The British Academy chooses Birmingham as first hub for Early Career Researcher Network
Life Sciences - Today
New mouse model for studying the cognitive protection mechanisms in Alzheimer's
New mouse model for studying the cognitive protection mechanisms in Alzheimer's
Life Sciences - Sep 27
Withdrawal from Psychostimulants Restructures Functional Architecture of Brain
Withdrawal from Psychostimulants Restructures Functional Architecture of Brain
science wire
« BACK
History / Archeology - 27.09.2021
History / Archeology - Linguistics / Literature - 24.09.2021
History / Archeology - 16.09.2021
History / Archeology - 15.09.2021 
In northern Arabia, the monumental sculptures of the Camel Site date back to prehistoric times
An exceptional rock art site in northern Arabia, the Camel Site consists of three rocky spurs in which a dozen life-sized camels and wild donkeys have been sculpted in relief.
History / Archeology - Physics - 15.09.2021
History / Archeology - 09.09.2021
History / Archeology - 07.09.2021 
Fuller House: biographies mark lives of the House of Reps
The lives of some of the most prominent individuals missing from the annals of Australian history and our story as a democracy have been brought to life in a new biographical dictionary project.
History / Archeology - Social Sciences - 02.09.2021
Agronomy / Food Science - History / Archeology - 31.08.2021 
The first farmers of Europe
A research team from the University of Bern has managed to precisely date pile dwellings on the banks of Lake Ohrid in the south-western Balkans for the first time: they came into being in the middle of the 5th millennium BC.
History / Archeology - Politics - 30.08.2021
Art and Design - History / Archeology - 17.08.2021
Religions - History / Archeology - 13.08.2021
Campus - History / Archeology - 11.08.2021
History / Archeology - Social Sciences - 06.08.2021 
The scientific method throughout history
SUMMER SERIES: HOW SCIENCE WORKS - Looking to the past can help us better understand the workings of science today. Jérôme Baudry, Professor at the College of Humanities at EPFL, explains how the procedures for proving and communicating scientific results have changed over time. We often hear people talk about "the scientific method" as the ultimate guarantee of rigor in experimental research, but what exactly does it entail?
History / Archeology - Art and Design - 04.08.2021
History / Archeology - 02.08.2021
History / Archeology - Astronomy / Space Science - 01.08.2021
Health - History / Archeology - 30.07.2021
History / Archeology - 30.07.2021
Linguistics / Literature - History / Archeology - 29.07.2021
History / Archeology - Career - 28.07.2021
Campus - History / Archeology - 27.07.2021
History / Archeology - 27.07.2021 
Stained glass present at the murder of Thomas Becket could be the oldest existing in England
A group of glass panels from Canterbury Cathedral may be the oldest existing stained glass windows in England, according to a team of scientists from UCL and cathedral conservators.
Social Sciences - History / Archeology - 16.07.2021
History / Archeology - 15.07.2021
History / Archeology - 15.07.2021
Law - History / Archeology - 12.07.2021
History / Archeology - Social Sciences - 02.07.2021
Health - History / Archeology - 01.07.2021 
British consumers complicit in forty-year ’healthy eating’ failure
'Healthy eating' campaigns have largely failed in Britain for the last four decades because consumers have adapted confusing advice, and incorporated fast and convenience foods into self-defined 'balanced' lifestyles, a new study argues.
History / Archeology - Campus - 28.06.2021
History / Archeology - 17.06.2021
History / Archeology - 09.06.2021
History / Archeology - 03.06.2021
History / Archeology - Social Sciences - 02.06.2021 
A ’treasure’ map of Indigenous history in Australia
A new project at The Australian National University (ANU) shifts from the Australian history told from our colonial beginnings to one told by Aboriginal people, with stories that connect their recent past to the ancient history of their traditional lands.
Religions - History / Archeology - 01.06.2021
Physics - History / Archeology - 28.05.2021 
Synchrotron light to unravel the history of 15th Century Chinese porcelain
An article published in the journal Ceramics International reveals a new methodology that combines two characterization techniques based on synchrotron light to study Chinese blue and white porcelain from the Ming dynasty, a lineage that governed in China from 1368 to 1644. This innovative protocol could contribute to elucidate production technology in a wide range of modern and archaeological ceramics.
History / Archeology - 28.05.2021
History / Archeology - 27.05.2021
History / Archeology - 25.05.2021 
Researchers look at new modern prehistoric burial trend
University of Glasgow researchers look at new modern prehistoric burial trend University of Glasgow academics are to look at the modern-day phenomenon of why people are wishing to be buried like their prehistoric ancestors, it has been announced today (25 May 2021) Archaeologist Dr Kenny Brophy and researcher Andrew Watson have received a British Academy Leverhulme small grant to undertake research.
History / Archeology - Computer Science - 24.05.2021
History / Archeology - 11.05.2021
Social Sciences - History / Archeology - 10.05.2021
History / Archeology - 10.05.2021
Music - History / Archeology - 05.05.2021 
New online resource uncovers the hidden history of Scottish fiddle music
A new online resource dedicated to the earliest known sources of Scottish fiddle music is being launched today.
Mathematics - History / Archeology - 02.05.2021
History / Archeology - 30.04.2021
Campus - History / Archeology - 28.04.2021
History / Archeology - Environment - 22.04.2021
History / Archeology - 22.04.2021 
Oceans examined through historical and literary lenses
With a publication date coinciding with Earth Day, a new, six-volume set edited by Stanford English Professor Margaret Cohen explores the cultural history of Earth's oceans from antiquity to the modern era.
Environment - History / Archeology - 15.04.2021 
Archaeology offers a way to measure the extent humans have contributed to global climate change
A worldwide team of academics are offering a new way to measure and quantify the extent humans have contributed to global climate change using archaeology, a new paper shows.
History/Archeology
Results 1 - 50 of 3849.
An exceptional rock art site in northern Arabia, the Camel Site consists of three rocky spurs in which a dozen life-sized camels and wild donkeys have been sculpted in relief.
The lives of some of the most prominent individuals missing from the annals of Australian history and our story as a democracy have been brought to life in a new biographical dictionary project.
A research team from the University of Bern has managed to precisely date pile dwellings on the banks of Lake Ohrid in the south-western Balkans for the first time: they came into being in the middle of the 5th millennium BC.
SUMMER SERIES: HOW SCIENCE WORKS - Looking to the past can help us better understand the workings of science today. Jérôme Baudry, Professor at the College of Humanities at EPFL, explains how the procedures for proving and communicating scientific results have changed over time. We often hear people talk about "the scientific method" as the ultimate guarantee of rigor in experimental research, but what exactly does it entail?
Scottish and Irish researchers to investigate ancient Ogham script
Academics from Scotland and Ireland are harnessing cutting-edge digital and 3D technologies to protect the inscriptions and transform our understanding of the ancient Celtic Ogham writing system, it was announced today.
Academics from Scotland and Ireland are harnessing cutting-edge digital and 3D technologies to protect the inscriptions and transform our understanding of the ancient Celtic Ogham writing system, it was announced today.
Remains of U.S. Pilot Recovered offshore Vietnam
Scripps Oceanography's Project Recover uses advanced underwater technology to aid in recovery U.S. Air Force Maj.
Scripps Oceanography's Project Recover uses advanced underwater technology to aid in recovery U.S. Air Force Maj.
A group of glass panels from Canterbury Cathedral may be the oldest existing stained glass windows in England, according to a team of scientists from UCL and cathedral conservators.
'Healthy eating' campaigns have largely failed in Britain for the last four decades because consumers have adapted confusing advice, and incorporated fast and convenience foods into self-defined 'balanced' lifestyles, a new study argues.
Impact of lead in children of Roman Empire
Researchers from our Department of Archaeology have found for the first time that widespread use of lead in Roman culture was one of the main contributing factors to childhood death and illness throughout the Roman Empire.
Researchers from our Department of Archaeology have found for the first time that widespread use of lead in Roman culture was one of the main contributing factors to childhood death and illness throughout the Roman Empire.
New Book on History of Scripps Institution of Oceanography to be Published
A new book on the history of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego hits bookstore shelves and online sites June 7.
A new book on the history of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego hits bookstore shelves and online sites June 7.
A new project at The Australian National University (ANU) shifts from the Australian history told from our colonial beginnings to one told by Aboriginal people, with stories that connect their recent past to the ancient history of their traditional lands.
An article published in the journal Ceramics International reveals a new methodology that combines two characterization techniques based on synchrotron light to study Chinese blue and white porcelain from the Ming dynasty, a lineage that governed in China from 1368 to 1644. This innovative protocol could contribute to elucidate production technology in a wide range of modern and archaeological ceramics.
UCL experts advise on landmark BBC series on the legacy of slavery in modern Britain
BBC Radio 4 has worked closely with experts from the UCL Centre for the Study of Legacies of British Slavery on a 7-part series called Descendants looking at how far the legacy of slavery reaches into modern Britain.
BBC Radio 4 has worked closely with experts from the UCL Centre for the Study of Legacies of British Slavery on a 7-part series called Descendants looking at how far the legacy of slavery reaches into modern Britain.
University of Glasgow researchers look at new modern prehistoric burial trend University of Glasgow academics are to look at the modern-day phenomenon of why people are wishing to be buried like their prehistoric ancestors, it has been announced today (25 May 2021) Archaeologist Dr Kenny Brophy and researcher Andrew Watson have received a British Academy Leverhulme small grant to undertake research.
A new online resource dedicated to the earliest known sources of Scottish fiddle music is being launched today.
The statistician in the library: Stephen Stigler’s four decades crossing disciplinary lines
Pioneering scholar talks Stigler's Law, French lotteries and statistical history At any given university, statisticians aren't usually at the top of the list of library visitors.
Pioneering scholar talks Stigler's Law, French lotteries and statistical history At any given university, statisticians aren't usually at the top of the list of library visitors.
With a publication date coinciding with Earth Day, a new, six-volume set edited by Stanford English Professor Margaret Cohen explores the cultural history of Earth's oceans from antiquity to the modern era.
A worldwide team of academics are offering a new way to measure and quantify the extent humans have contributed to global climate change using archaeology, a new paper shows.
News in Brief
Career - Today
The British Academy chooses Birmingham as first hub for Early Career Researcher Network
The British Academy chooses Birmingham as first hub for Early Career Researcher Network
Life Sciences - Today
New mouse model for studying the cognitive protection mechanisms in Alzheimer's
New mouse model for studying the cognitive protection mechanisms in Alzheimer's
Life Sciences - Sep 27
Withdrawal from Psychostimulants Restructures Functional Architecture of Brain
Withdrawal from Psychostimulants Restructures Functional Architecture of Brain