DAILYCALLER (Dylan Kresak) - EXCLUSIVE: University Of Washington Scrubbed Pentagon-Funded Professor’s Ties To Chinese Military Firm, Report Finds
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NEWSCATS (MeighTimbol) - China-linked investment raises new questions about access to U.S. schools
Consul General Wang Baodong attends a YES Friends Club event and a China-US interschool memorandum-signing ceremony with Chicago Public Schools. Photo courtesy of the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Chicago. Reported [...]
AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Egyptian-Spanish team uncovers 4,300-year-old tomb of ancient judge and his father at Saqqara
Archaeologists working near Cairo have unearthed the remarkably preserved tomb of a Fifth Dynasty judge and his father, a find Egypt hopes will draw fresh attention and tourist dollars to its ancient heritage. A joint Egyptian-Spanish mission discovered the burial site during this summer's excavation season at Saqqara, the sprawling necropolis south of Egypt's capital. […] The post Egyptian-Spanish team uncovers 4,300-year-old tomb of ancient judge and his father at Saqqara appeared first on American Almanac .
Archaeologists working near Cairo have unearthed the remarkably preserved tomb of a Fifth Dynasty judge and his father, a find Egypt hopes will draw fresh attention and tourist dollars to its ancient heritage. A joint Egyptian-Spanish mission discovered the burial site during this summer's excavation season at Saqqara, the sprawling necropolis south of Egypt's capital. The tomb, a flat-roofed structure known as a mastaba, dates back roughly 4,300 years to the reign of Pharaoh Djedkare Isesi, one of the most influential rulers of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty. CBS News reported that the find came from the Mariette Cemetery area of northern Saqqara, part of a long-running collaboration between the Autonomous University of Barcelona and Egypt's…Open
NYTIMES (Benjamin Mueller and Glenn Thrush) - Inside the D.O.J.’s Investigation of Fauci and Other Virus Scientists
As Dr. Anthony Fauci has faced public scrutiny from congressional Republicans, the D.O.J. has pursued a quieter and more expansive effort against a wider circle of researchers.
NYTIMES (Vjosa Isai) - Canada Hires U.S. Scholars From Harvard and Other Top Universities
A crackdown on American academia by the Trump administration has handed Canadian universities a rare opportunity to lure some top researchers north.
AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Five extinct shark species unearthed in Egypt's desert from the age of dinosaurs
Scientists digging in Egypt's southwestern desert have uncovered fossilized remains of five extinct shark species dating to the Late Cretaceous period, a find that includes the first fossil record of its kind for Egypt and the African continent. Archaeologists excavating phosphate beds in the Duwi Formation, a geological deposit laid down when sea levels ran […] The post Five extinct shark species unearthed in Egypt's desert from the age of dinosaurs appeared first on American Almanac .
Scientists digging in Egypt's southwestern desert have uncovered fossilized remains of five extinct shark species dating to the Late Cretaceous period, a find that includes the first fossil record of its kind for Egypt and the African continent. Archaeologists excavating phosphate beds in the Duwi Formation, a geological deposit laid down when sea levels ran between 320 and 850 feet higher than they stand today, pulled 14 fossilized shark teeth from what was once a warm, tropical marine environment. The discovery, published in the journal Cretaceous Research , represents a new assemblage of extinct lamniform sharks, an order that includes some of the most formidable predators ever to patrol the world's oceans. The find matters because it…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Fossilized shark teeth reveal a prehistoric ocean hidden beneath Egypt's desert
Cairo University researchers pulled 14 fossilized shark teeth from a remote Egyptian plateau, identifying five extinct species that once prowled a warm sea where sand and rock now stretch for hundreds of miles. The teeth came from the Abu-Tartur Plateau, a phosphate-rich highland in Egypt's Western Desert roughly 400 miles southwest of Cairo. The plateau […] The post Fossilized shark teeth reveal a prehistoric ocean hidden beneath Egypt's desert appeared first on American Almanac .
Cairo University researchers pulled 14 fossilized shark teeth from a remote Egyptian plateau, identifying five extinct species that once prowled a warm sea where sand and rock now stretch for hundreds of miles. The teeth came from the Abu-Tartur Plateau, a phosphate-rich highland in Egypt's Western Desert roughly 400 miles southwest of Cairo. The plateau sits between the Kharga and Dakhla oases, today one of the country's most important mining and fertilizer sites. More than 70 million years ago, it was the floor of a tropical ocean. A team led by Cairo University recovered the fossils from a phosphate layer at the site and matched them against specimens found elsewhere in the world. Their findings, published in the peer-reviewed journal…Open
NYTIMES (K. R. Callaway) - This Skeleton is the First Confirmed Death by Trebuchet
Researchers believe a young man buried inside a Scottish castle was a victim of the long-feared siege weapon, more powerful than a typical catapult.
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AMERICANALMANAC (Jonah Adams) - Researchers may have found the Devon hillfort where Alfred the Great's men crushed a Viking army in 878 AD
A historian's new book identifies a remote Iron Age hillfort in North Devon as the long-sought site of the Battle of Cynuit, where Anglo-Saxon forces routed a Viking invasion force and helped save the kingdom of Wessex. Castle Hill, a crumbling earthwork near the village of Beaford in North Devon, England, has stood quietly for […] The post Researchers may have found the Devon hillfort where Alfred the Great's men crushed a Viking army in 878 AD appeared first on American Almanac .
A historian's new book identifies a remote Iron Age hillfort in North Devon as the long-sought site of the Battle of Cynuit, where Anglo-Saxon forces routed a Viking invasion force and helped save the kingdom of Wessex. Castle Hill, a crumbling earthwork near the village of Beaford in North Devon, England, has stood quietly for centuries, ancient ramparts of earth and stone overlooking a rural landscape most people drive past without a second thought. Now researcher Nick Arnold and historian Paul Harper say the site is the strongest candidate ever put forward for one of the most consequential battles in English history: the 878 AD clash at Cynuit, where a Devon militia loyal to King Alfred the Great destroyed a Viking army and killed its…Open
How does the geography of the modern A3124 road relate to the ancient site of Castle Hill?
The modern A3124 road largely follows the route of an ancient trackway believed to have passed directly beside Castle Hill, linking the towns of Bideford and Exeter, which would have made the site a natural chokepoint for intercepting advancing armies.
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Who was the Viking commander killed during the Battle of Cynuit?
Ubbe Ragnarsson, a leader of the Viking force that pushed into Devon, was reportedly killed in the battle and buried by his followers beneath a mound they named "Ubbelawe" (meaning "Ubba's mound").
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What were the primary findings of the research regarding the physical characteristics of Castle Hill in relation to medieval descriptions?
Castle Hill matches descriptions provided by medieval chroniclers: it is a headland fort with ancient earth and stone ramparts, lacks an obvious internal water source, and has defenses that are weakest on the eastern side. Additionally, a nearby mound, labeled as a "tumulus" on 19th-century maps, measures approximately 39 feet across and over 8 feet high, which aligns with accounts of a burial mound for the Viking leader Ubbe.
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What specific location in North Devon, England, is being identified as the potential site of the Battle of Cynuit?
Castle Hill, a crumbling Iron Age hillfort and earthwork located near the village of Beaford in North Devon, England, is identified as the most likely site.
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NEWSNATIONNOW (Zach Kaplan) - Researchers identify 'Mega-Earth,' prompting questions of how it formed
The exoplanet is 170 million years old and weighs more than 23 times Earth's mass while being just 2 1/2 times its size.
What are the physical characteristics of the newly identified 'Mega-Earth' exoplanet GJ523b?
The exoplanet GJ523b is 170 million years old, weighs more than 23 times the mass of Earth, and is 2 1/2 times the size of Earth.
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