6+ min ago (229+ words) Home " "New Radiocarbon Study Reopens the Door to an Exodus Timeline Rooted in the Days of Pharaoh Ahmose Prof. Hendrik J. Bruins of Ben-Gurion University, lead author of the PLOS ONE study, said the new dating places Ahmose several decades after the Thera eruption, not during it. That gap challenges assumptions held for decades and forces a reevaluation of Egypt's relationship with the land of Israel during the transition from the Middle Bronze Age to the Late Bronze Age. This scientific shake-up raises a question at the heart of both archaeology and faith: what happens when the timeline of Egypt shifts, while the Bible's account of the Exodus remains anchored, unwavering, in its own account of plagues, miracles, and Israel's emergence as a nation? Six shabtis'wooden funerary figurines'supported the same timeframe. One bore the name of the mayor of Thebes, mentioned…...

8+ min ago (567+ words) What's common about a rice plant that "remembers' its past, a microbe that manufactures chemicals and a teeny tiny robot? At first glance, it may seem like nothing. But a pattern did reveal itself in this year's Tata Transformation Prize winners, as all three strive to make science precise, yet scalable to be accessible to more people. At the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Padubidri V Shivaprasad has spent more than a decade studying changes made to'Oryza sativa'(subsp'indica)'during the Green Revolution, and how to bring some of its old traits back. As a byproduct of Green revolution, plants were stripped of many of their natural defences to focus on producing more grains per hectare because we needed a lot of grains, he says. Plants' secondary metabolites, which served as defences, are also key nutrients like anthocyanins and flavanols....

24+ min ago (899+ words) In a groundbreaking study that reveals the potential of sustainable materials in modern applications, researchers led by Daniele Rossi have introduced a new method for synthesizing flexible polyurethane foams. What sets this work apart is the significant high bio-based content derived from waste cooking oil, a resource often overlooked in traditional material production. This innovative [] In a groundbreaking study that reveals the potential of sustainable materials in modern applications, researchers led by Daniele Rossi have introduced a new method for synthesizing flexible polyurethane foams. What sets this work apart is the significant high bio-based content derived from waste cooking oil, a resource often overlooked in traditional material production. This innovative approach not only addresses environmental concerns but also positions waste cooking oil as a valuable feedstock in the manufacturing sector. The increasing global demand for environmentally friendly and sustainable materials…...

37+ min ago (631+ words) The discovery of stable dusty bodies near the Milky Way's black hole is reshaping theories about how stars survive in extreme regions. Yet a new set of observations has turned this assumption upside down. Using one of the world's most advanced infrared instruments, scientists have found that several strange "dusty objects" near the black hole are not falling apart at all." Instead, they are calmly circling it on stable orbits, behaving more like hidden stars wrapped in thick dusty shells. "The fact that these objects move in such a stable manner so close to a black hole is fascinating," Florian Peissker, lead researcher and postdoc at the University of Cologne, said. This discovery rewrites what we thought was possible in one of the universe's most extreme environments and may reshape how physicists understand star survival and star formation near supermassive…...

46+ min ago (339+ words) Each month, I pick out North America's celestial highlights for the weeks ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere). Check my main feed for more in-depth articles on stargazing, astronomy, eclipses and more. From Jupiter glowing brightly like a "Christmas Star" to the final supermoon of the year, December 2025 offers skywatchers plenty of gifts. There's also the year's most powerful meteor shower " the Geminids " and the return of bright winter stars as the nights get longer and darker in the Northern Hemisphere. Here's everything you need to know about the night sky in December 2025. When: 2 hours after sunset Where: Eastern and southeastern night sky Go outside and face east to find the bright star Aldebaran, the eye of Taurus the Bull, glowing orange. This marks the start of the Winter Circle " a massive asterism that, going…...

53+ min ago (303+ words) Seven-segment displays are one of the most ho-hum ways to display the time. They were cool for a little bit in the 70s, but by now, they're a little bit "read more Seven-segment displays are one of the most ho-hum ways to display the time. They were cool for a little bit in the 70s, but by now, they're a little bit old hat. That is, unless you get weird with it. This holographic seven-segment clock from [mosivers] qualifies neatly in that category. The first step was to make the holographic segment displays, because they're not really something you can just buy off the shelf. [mosivers] achieved this by using a kit from LitiHolo, which enables you to create holograms by shooting a laser at special holographic film. Only, a few upgrades were made to use the kit with a nicer red…...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago (700+ words) In this area, the team excavated two new Edmontosaurus mummies, a younger individual and a somewhat older one, both preserving large, continuous patches of the external skin surface. These fossils provided crucial pieces needed to build a full, fleshy profile of the animal. "This is a mask, a template, a clay layer so thin you could blow it away," Sereno said. "It was attracted to the outside of the carcass in a fluke event of preservation." Ultra-thin clay films capture dinosaur skin in 3D To investigate how these extraordinary fossils formed, the team used a suite of imaging and analytical approaches. These included hospital and micro-CT scans, thin sections, X-ray spectroscopy, clay mineral analyses, and a close study of the rock layers where the fossils were found. All lines of evidence pointed toward a specific sequence of events that produced this…...

1+ hour, 8+ min ago (823+ words) The valley, largely located in modern-day Pakistan and northwest India, hosted one of the most advanced societies at the time, along with Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. And then " with little signs of fighting or power struggles " it mysteriously disappeared. "The most surprising finding is that the Harappan decline was driven not by a single catastrophic event, but by repeated, long, and intensifying river droughts lasting centuries," said Hiren Solanki, lead author at the Indian Institute of Technology at Gandhinagar, India. Of course, the droughts alone wouldn't be the sole reason for the downfall, said co-author Balaji Rajagopalan, who researches hydrology at the University of Colorado at Boulder. But he said if there is less food and a weak governance structure, for instance, then severe successive droughts can push a society "more and more toward decline and dispersement". Even so, the…...

1+ hour, 8+ min ago (823+ words) The valley, largely located in modern-day Pakistan and northwest India, hosted one of the most advanced societies at the time, along with Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. And then " with little signs of fighting or power struggles " it mysteriously disappeared. "The most surprising finding is that the Harappan decline was driven not by a single catastrophic event, but by repeated, long, and intensifying river droughts lasting centuries," said Hiren Solanki, lead author at the Indian Institute of Technology at Gandhinagar, India. Of course, the droughts alone wouldn't be the sole reason for the downfall, said co-author Balaji Rajagopalan, who researches hydrology at the University of Colorado at Boulder. But he said if there is less food and a weak governance structure, for instance, then severe successive droughts can push a society "more and more toward decline and dispersement". Even so, the…...

1+ hour, 13+ min ago (510+ words) Trending News: The African egg-eater snake, Dasypeltis gansi, exhibits remarkable anatomical adaptations for its unique diet of bird eggs....