Researchers say they’ve used cutting-edge gravitational wave research to shed new light on a nearly 2,000-year-old mystery. In 1901, researchers discovered what’s now known as the Antikythera mechanism in a sunken shipwreck, an ancient artifact that dates back to the second century BC, making it the world’s “oldest computer.” There’s a chance you may have […]
The Antikythera mechanism — an ancient shoebox-sized device that was used to track the motions of the sun, moon and planets — followed the Greek lunar calendar, not the solar one used by the Egyptians, as was previously thought, new research reveals. The Antikythera mechanism, found by sponge divers off the Greek island of Antikythera […]
Archaeologists in Spain have discovered the world’s oldest known liquid wine in an unexpected place: mixed with ashes inside a Roman-era funerary urn, a new study finds. The wine, which the scientists described as “reddish liquid” in appearance, was found in a roughly 2,000-year-old tomb during a house construction project in Carmona, a town in […]
The Center for Investigative Reporting, the nation’s oldest nonprofit newsroom that produces Mother Jones and Reveal sued OpenAI and Microsoft in federal court on Thursday for allegedly using its content to train AI models without consent or compensation. This is the latest in a long line of lawsuits filed by publishers and creators accusing generative […]
NASA’s oldest active astronaut will return to space for a six-month mission in September. Don Pettit, 69, will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) as a part of the Roscosmos-led Soyuz MS-26 mission, which includes Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner. Russian state media source TASS said this week that the launch date […]
Japan is an awe-inspiring country filled with history, tradition, culture, and, of course, great food with a wide variety of dishes everyone should try at least once. Boasting a wealth of ancient landmarks, Japan is home to many centuries-old eateries, among them a sushi restaurant that has stood for nearly a millennia. Tsurubesushi Yasuke is […]
Newsroom employees of The Daily Herald in Everett, Wash. gathered June 18, 2024. Seven of those pictured received layoff notices the next day. (Courtesy photo) At 123 years old, The Daily Herald is tightly woven into the fabric of Snohomish County, its reporters and readers knitted together through generations. There’ve been presidential visits, political scandals, […]
(WJW) – Scientists in Spain have discovered the world’s oldest wine, a 2,000-year-old white wine that contains a man’s ashes. According to researchers at the University of Córdoba who published their discovery on Tuesday in the Journal of Archaeological Science, the wine was found inside a funeral urn in an ancient tomb in Carmona, a […]
This archeological finding redefines “full-bodied” wine. The oldest vintage is people? The oldest wine ever discovered in liquid form harbored an unlikely ingredient — cremated human remains, according to a study published recently in the Journal of Archaeological Science. “This was the first time something like this had been discovered,” José Rafael Ruiz Arrebola, an […]
London — A routine oil and gas survey by an energy firm has uncovered cargo from the remains of what is believed by archaeologists to be the oldest and deepest shipwreck ever discovered in the Mediterranean Sea. Israeli archaeologists said they had retrieved intact storage jars believed to be 3,300 years old from the wreck. The […]
Scientists discovered a 2000-year-old white wine inside an urn that also contained a man’s ashes in a Roman tomb in Spain Juan Manuel Roman/ Journal of Archaeological Science Worlds Oldest Wine discovered in an urn Researchers have discovered the world’s oldest wine in a Roman burial site in Spain. The drink contains a surprising ingredient […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A 2,000-year-old Roman funerary urn unearthed in southern Spain has been shown to contain the oldest wine ever found still in liquid form. Discovered during home renovations at a property in Carmona in 2019, the contents […]