Economist: Trump’s potential purchase of Greenland could be the deal of the century | policy
A report in The Economist magazine highlighted the possibility of a US purchase of Greenland, comparing it to similar historical ...
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DNA study reveals these 19th century lions fed on humans and giraffes
Lions' teeth have been damaged during their lives. Study co-author Thomas Gnoske discovered thousands of hairs embedded in the exposed ...
Necklace with mysterious origins made of 500 diamonds dating from the 18th century to be sold at auction
The auction house Sotheby's announced on Monday the sale of an impressive necklace composed of 500 diamonds dating from the ...
“Theft of the Century” Returns to the Forefront, Baghdad Issues Arrest Warrants | Economy
Iraq's anti-corruption criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for a businessman who is the main suspect in the "theft ...
Evidence of cocaine use by Europeans dates back to the 17th century.
Signs of dry caries on the C2 skull, photograph and radiograph. Credit: Journal of Archaeological Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2024.106040 A ...
Modelling study suggests heat-related deaths in Europe could triple by the end of the century if current climate policies are implemented
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Heat-related deaths could triple in Europe by 2100 due to current climate policies, mainly among people ...
Carbon emissions from the destruction of mangrove forests are expected to increase by 50,000% by the end of the century
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public domain The annual rate of carbon emissions from the degradation of carbon stocks in mangrove forests is ...
The use of the decimal point is a century and a half older than historians thought
Excerpt from Bianchini’s “Compositio instrumenti”. Reproduced with permission from the Biblioteca Estense di Modena (Cod. Lat. 145, f. 7r). Credit: ...
A century of reforestation helped keep eastern U.S. cool, study finds
A century of forest growth likely helped keep the eastern United States cool as the rest of the country warmed, ...
New study shows sea otters helped prevent widespread decline of California’s kelp forests over the past century
A raft of sea otters (Enhydra nereis) congregate on the back deck of the Monterey Bay Aquarium in kelp. Credit: ...
