Archeology

500-year-old mosque tiles found in the Netherlands

The floral tiles offered for sale by an Oriental Art auction house have been returned to Ankara as a result of state-level talks between Turkey and the Netherlands. Celik said…

7 February 2022 · 2 min read

Environment

Evolution has protected against cancer

Scientists have figured out how giant turtles live for over 100 years According to the researchers, these turtles are genetically protected from the development of diseases that shorten life. Scientists…

7 February 2022 · 2 min read

Who is ready for a Banned Book Club here at Daily Kos?
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Books

Who is ready for a Banned Book Club here at Daily Kos?

Some banned books are famous (or infamous, depending … to offer in terms of book suggestions and the frequency of … what people suggest!) The first book in the series…

7 February 2022 · 2 min read

Health

Biomarker found to help predict severity of Covid-19

An international team of scientists has identified a new biomarker that could predict the severity of coronavirus disease from nasopharyngeal swab. Biology Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Heart…

5 February 2022 · 4 min read

What Kids Lose When They Don’t Read Books Like ‘Maus’
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America

What Kids Lose When They Don’t Read Books Like ‘Maus’

Last month, a Tennessee school board voted unanimously to remove the Pulitzer-prize winning graphic novel “Maus” from the district’s eighth grade curriculum on the Holocaust. In the book, American cartoonist…

5 February 2022 · 10 min read

Environment

Octopuses and squid came from space

Scientists have published an article in the journal Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, entitled "The Cause of the Cambrian Explosion - Earth or Space?" in which the origin of…

4 February 2022 · 3 min read