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Ecologists are concerned that forest ecosystems will not keep pace with a rapidly changing climate, failing to remain healthy ...
When Siberian volcanoes kicked off the Great Dying, the real climate villain turned out to be the rainforests themselves: ...
Paleontologists have identified a new ancient reptile from the Solnhofen limestone slabs, thanks to a chance discovery. A ...
Despite its ancient origins, this tiling trend is just as applicable today. In fact, there is something strikingly modern about the collage-like look of this style. As mosaic artist, Helen Miles, ...
The discovery at a 2,000-year-old fast-food establishment in Pollentia, Mallorca, revealed an extensive collection of thrush bones in a refuse pit outside what researchers identify as a "popina" - a ...
Archaeology & History Scientists Have Recreated the Long-Lost Formula for Ancient Egyptian Blue Pigment It started out as a “fun” museum project, but it could have high-tech applications.
“ALUMEN” is mentioned frequently in the Historia Naturalis of the elder Pliny, and there has been some controversy about its identity. It is probable that the term was used loosely to describe ...
Pliny the Elder likened the smell of luxury garum to that of the finest of perfumes. When the fermentation stage was finished, the malodorous mixture was strained.
The ancient Roman writer Pliny the Elder, who lived in the first century AD, was concerned about the way human beings were abusing Earth. In his work titled Natural History, he wrote: ...
The term zoopharmacognosy — meaning "animal medicine knowledge" — was invented in 1987, but humans have watched animals self-medicate for thousands of years and made medical discoveries along ...
Accessed 14 May 2024. Pliny the Elder, The Natural History, BOOK VII. 1 MAN, HIS BIRTH, HIS ORGANIZATION, AND THE INVENTION OF THE ARTS., CHAP. 7.
Russian River Brewing’s cult fave, Pliny the Younger, is celebrating its 20th anniversary, a landmark for a triple IPA that makes an appearance for just two weeks at the brewery each year.