Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, working with University of Oxford, University of York and Oxford Archaeology, have developed a new technique to measure the number of chromosomes in ancient genomes more […]
Severe Consequences As Ocean Temperatures Rise #ClimateEmergency
For the past decade, each year has been hotter than the prior year in the ocean. The ocean is an important part of the Earth’s climate system – it covers 70% of […]
Hawthorn Ridge: The Somme, one of the deadliest battles in human history
“Hawthorn Crater is a prominent feature of the former Somme battlefield near Beaumont Hamel, Northern France. It resulted from the detonation of arguably the most famous of nine mines that the British […]
What impact will the expansion of Offshore Wind Farms have on the marine ecosystem?
Scotland’s waters, where oil has been exploited for decades, is now a point of interest for the location of vast wind farms. The move away from fossil fuels to renewable sources of […]
In Tune with Chickens
Are your chickens happy or sad? Are they annoyed or contented? Now research led by the University of Queensland has analysed the results of human responses to chicken clucking to show that […]
How Fossil Fuel Giants Reset #ClimateChange Conversations
Researchers from the University of Cambridge, Harvard University and the California Institute of Technology have found that the fossil fuel industry rarely respond to online discussions about extreme weather such as storms, […]
Excavation Reveals Early Farming of the Tibetan Plateau
Once widespread in the Tibetan Plateau, wild yak are now listed as “vulnerable” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, with only an estimated 7,500 to 10,000 mature individuals left in […]
What lies Beneath Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
Rembrandt’s largest and most famous painting was made for one of the three headquarters of Amsterdam’s civic guard. These groups of civilian soldiers defended the city from attack. Rembrandt was the first […]
SSE & UHI Sign Partnership Agreement
SSE and the University of Highlands and Islands (UHI) have officially announced a partnership to work closely, and build on the delivery of research, education, and employability initiatives which are to be targeted […]
Archaeogenetics: Revealing a new & richer picture of the Roman Military Frontier
Analysis of whole genome data from 146 ancient people excavated primarily from Serbia and Croatia included more than a third from the Roman military frontier at the massive archaeological site of Viminacium […]