History's crisis detectives: Using math and data to reveal why societies collapse—and clues about the future
American humorist and writer Mark Twain is believed to have once said, "History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes."
American humorist and writer Mark Twain is believed to have once said, "History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes."
Archaeology
Feb 19, 2024
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Many reports from antiquity about outbreaks of plague mention Egypt as the source of pestilences that reached the Mediterranean. But was this really the case? Researchers from the University of Basel are conducting a critical ...
Archaeology
Dec 12, 2023
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Increasingly, more people worldwide are living in cities. By the year 2050, it is projected that two-thirds of the global population will reside in urban areas. Living closely together in relatively small spaces offers advantages ...
Environment
Nov 30, 2023
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Discussions around science and technology can become controversial, such as public conversations around climate science or gene-editing tools.
Social Sciences
Oct 19, 2023
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Officials warned residents and tourists packing Mediterranean destinations on Tuesday to stay indoors during the hottest hours as the second heat wave in as many weeks hits the region and Greece, Spain and Switzerland battled ...
Environment
Jul 18, 2023
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Iraqi archaeological marvels that have survived millennia and the ravages of war now face a modern threat: being blasted and slowly buried by sandstorms linked to climate change.
Archaeology
Apr 16, 2023
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Simon Fraser University scientists say their research on the latest fossil find near Princeton, B.C. is raising questions about how the dispersal of animals and plants occurred across the Northern Hemisphere some 50 million ...
Evolution
Mar 7, 2023
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Ancient climates can help us understand the past, but also the future. 23 million years ago, in a time called the Miocene Epoch, Connecticut was around five to six degrees warmer than today and located roughly where Long ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 24, 2023
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A unique artifact discovered at the Roman fort of Vindolanda may have been used as a device during sex rather than as a good luck symbol, archaeologists suggest.
Archaeology
Feb 20, 2023
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It was once the source of Athens' fabulous golden-age wealth before its hillsides were blackened by fire after fire and scandalously torched by a foreign mining company.
Environment
Feb 15, 2023
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