Advanced computer modeling of atmospheric movement then produced maps of atmospheric lead pollution ... before increasing around 15BC following the rise of the Roman Empire. Lead pollution ...

Writing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers describe how the ice cores revealed a sharp increase in lead pollution around 15BC after ... models to map how the ...

Researchers uncovered a 13,000-year-old sandstone model in France’s Ségognole 3 rock shelter, possibly the world’s oldest 3D ...

Chipping away to create indentations for basins, these pioneering cartographers then cut grooves into the cave floor to ...

Google Maps is likely your go-to app for getting from point A to point B, but it's more than a navigation tool. Whether you're finding places, checking public transit schedules, or exploring new ...

Israeli forces killed at least 22 people and injured dozens more in southern Lebanon on Sunday, Lebanese officials said, in the deadliest day since Israel’s truce with Hezbollah took effect. In ...

The mysterious disappearance of an elderly woman who vanished without trace after her husband turned his back for a few moments, was solved two years later thanks to Google Maps. Marcel Taret was ...

Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of “Sazae-san,” a cartoon series that premiered in 1969 and never quite joined the modern world. Lena Schilling, the youngest lawmaker in ...

More than a billion people across the world depend on wetlands for their livelihoods – that’s about one in eight people on Earth. The theme for World Wetlands Day is “Wetlands and human ...

What are the best open-world games? From the early days of gaming ... as you explore the Cyberpunk 2077 map. With six unique districts all run by rival gangs and corporations, and plenty of ...

Armandine (seen above) died in 2020, and now prosecutors in the southern city of Montpellier are calling for a life sentence to be handed to her depraved mother, Sandrine Pissarra. The mother-of ...

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