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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.
Louvre heist: the turbulent history of the stolen royal jewels
Laura O’Brien, Northumbria University, Newcastle It sounds like the plot of a heist movie. On October 19, priceless…
Dinosaur ‘mummies’ help scientists visualize the fleshy details of these ancient animals
A mummy of a juvenile duck-billed dinosaur, Edmontosaurus annectens, preserved as a dried carcass. Tyler Keillor/Fossil Lab Paul…
Hindi, Greek and English all come from a single ancient language – here’s how we know
Cast of a Neo-Hittite relief, dating to the 10thC BC. © The Trustees of the British Museum, CC…
Nobel Prize honors discovery of regulatory T cells
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded for the discovery of regulatory T cells and the FOXP3 gene, revolutionizing our understanding of immune tolerance.
Trio wins physics Nobel for quantum ‘tunneling’ in a circuit
A trio of physicists won the 2025 Nobel Prize for revealing macroscopic quantum tunneling and energy quantization in a superconducting electrical circuit, thereby paving the way for the development of quantum technologies.
3 scientists win Nobel for ‘molecular architecture’
Three scientists have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing metal-organic frameworks, highly versatile materials with applications ranging from carbon capture to clean water.
12,000-year-old rock art marked ancient water sources in Arabia’s desert
Sahout Rock Art and Archaeology Project Maria Guagnin, University of Sydney; Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology; Ceri Shipton,…
The thousand-year story of how the fork crossed Europe, and onto your plate today
John of Gaunt dining with the King of Portugal, Chronique d’Angleterre, vol 3, late 14 century. Wikimedia Commons…
12,000-year-old smoked mummies reveal world’s earliest evidence of human mummification
12,000-year-old smoked mummies reveal world’s earliest evidence of human mummification A middle-aged woman, discovered in a tightly flexed position…
A massive eruption 74,000 years ago affected the whole planet – archaeologists use volcanic glass to figure out how people survived
Collecting microscopic glass samples at Border Cave in the Lebombo Mountains in South Africa. Katherine Elmes Jayde N.…