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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.
Blue Origin Beams Up William Shatner As the Oldest Person to Go to Space
“To boldly go where no man has gone before,” or so the famous Captain Kirk of Star Trek…
A Friar Wrote About North America 150 Years Before Columbus Got There
People who live in America may know the Columbus story, and of how he supposedly “discovered” America through…
Israeli Dig Yielded a 2,700-Year-Old Toilet For the Rich
The true impact of our modern sensibilities to our everyday lives compared to what others had in the…
DNA Analysis Reveals the Origins of the Etruscans
For nearly 2,400 years since their civilization first appeared on historical accounts and records, the mystery of the…
Gibraltar Cave Segment Sealed For 40,000 Years May Have Housed the Last Neanderthals
At the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula lies the island of Gibraltar, a 6.7 km2 (2.6 mi2)…
Jerusalem’s Tech Park Had a 2,000-Year-Old Quarry Underneath
Situated in Northwest Jerusalem is a high-tech industrial park named Har Hotzvim. Sometimes referred to as the “Campus…
Here Are the Science Nobel Prize Laureates For 2021
Heads up—the Nobel Prize laureates for 2021 have been announced for the sciences of Physiology and Medicine, Chemistry,…
Researchers Found the Oldest Evidence Yet of Humans in the Americas
The story of human migrations to all corners of the world are vibrant, and showcase the sheer spirit…
Fossilized Handprints on Ancient Tibetan “Mud” Could Be the Oldest Parietal Art
Researchers publishing in the journal Science Bulletin may have found the oldest evidence of parietal art—immobile artwork commonly…
A Bronze-Age City May Have Been Destroyed By an Exploding Asteroid
3,600 years ago, in a city sitting 11.3 km (7 mi) northeast of the Dead Sea in what…