Renowned Renaissance alchemist Tycho Brahe may have been dabbling with a rare element that was not supposed to have been formally discovered until nearly two centuries after the famous astronomer’s death, according to a new chemical analysis of artifacts recovered from the ruins of his laboratory. Although the element mayread more
Two pieces of preserved wood have been discovered at an archaeological site in Zambia that indicate that ancient humans had developed woodworking techniques to build structures nearly a half-million years ago, extending our use of this near-universal building technology to a point before modern humans even emerged. Made from theread more
Two ambitious experiments aimed at uncovering the seat of consciousness in the human brain have failed to meet their goals, resolving a wager that was a quarter-century in the making. Although it is unusual to be reporting on the failure of a series of experiments, it is important in regardsread more
The deeply ancient network of megalithic sites that includes both Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe that stretches across the southern portion of modern-day Türkiye now counts yet another of the suspected twelve sites amongst its number, Boncuklu Tarla, a site with buildings that may prove to be even older than the tworead more