Predicting the world’s deadly scorpion hotspots
A Giant Asian forest scorpion (Heterometrus sp.) Credit: Andrew Downes, Xposure. An international research team have shown how to predict world’s deadly scorpion hotspots to inform sting prevention. The team has identified how to pinpoint and predict hotspots for some...
First skeletal evidence of Roman-era gladiator bitten by lion
Lesion on the left iliac spine of 6DT19. Credit: From the research paper: Unique osteological evidence for human-animal gladiatorial combat in Roman Britain. A groundbreaking study has uncovered the first physical evidence of gladiator-animal combat in the Roman...
New data may hold key to the history of the Universe
Night-time long exposure of the open Samuel Oschin Telescope dome at Palomar Observatory in California. Credit: Palomar/ Caltech. A unique dataset of Type Ia Supernovae being released today could change how cosmologists measure the expansion history of the Universe....