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We are makers of history, yet we are also molded by it. The line connecting us to our ancestors spans decades, centuries, and millennia; the lessons learned from our progenitors are passed down the generations through timeless stories and discovered remnants of our enigmatic yet beautiful past. Modern Sciences recounts the passage of time, how humanity has shaped it, and how it has shaped humanity.
Who was Amelia Frank? The life of a forgotten physicist
Amelia Frank, June 1930. University of Wisconsin Peter Jacobson, The University of Queensland and Beck Wise, The University…
Where did the new year’s resolution come from? Well, we’ve been making them for 4,000 years
Joanne Dickson, Edith Cowan University As we welcome in the new year, a common activity across many cultures…
A 2,000-year-old building site reveals the raw ingredients for ancient Roman self-healing concrete
A detail of the neatly aligned ceramic roof tiles and tuff blocks in a newly excavated site in…
We found a cache of rare Aboriginal artefacts, telling a story of trade and ingenuity
Author provided Yinika L. Perston, Griffith University; Lorna Bogdanek, Indigenous Knowledge, and Lynley Wallis, Griffith University About 170…
Inside the Regency ballroom: what you’d experience on a night out with Jane Austen
Hillary Burlock, University of Liverpool The ballrooms of Jane Austen’s Britain have been hailed in literature and period…
The real reason states first emerged thousands of years ago – new research
Shutterstock/RawPixel Christopher Opie, University of Bristol and Quentin Douglas Atkinson, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Globalisation, migration,…
Perfectly preserved rock art site reveals 1,700 years of Aboriginal string craft
Lynley Wallis, Griffith University; Christine Musgrave, Indigenous Knowledge; Heather Burke, Flinders University, and Roseanne George, Indigenous Knowledge Imagine…
Were Neanderthals capable of making art?
Neanderthal handprints in a replica of Maltravieso Cave, Spain. WH Pics / Shutterstock Paul Pettitt, Durham University The…
Amelia Earhart disappeared almost 90 years ago. Why are so many people still looking for her?
Getty Images Natasha Heap, University of Southern Queensland It has been more than 88 years since the world’s…
A centuries-old grid of holes in the Andes may have been a ‘spreadsheet’ for accounting and exchange
An aerial photo of Monte Sierpe, facing northeast. Jacob L Bongers Jacob L. Bongers, University of Sydney and…