Unpublished Egyptian texts reveal new insights into ancient medicine

August 14, 2018 in Natural Sciences

The large collection of documents from Ancient Egypt are held in Copenhagen and are revealing new details about medical sciences in antiquity.

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Violent knights feared posttraumatic stress

December 2, 2011 in Society & Culture

Knights in the Middle Ages were not the brutal and merciless killing machines depicted on film. New research draws a different picture of the medieval military elite.
Fight asthma with fish

December 1, 2011 in Health

Children who start eating fish before the age of nine months are half as likely to develop asthma as ones who don’t.
Depression can damage the brain

December 1, 2011 in Health

People suffering from depression run the risk that their brains shrink and will remain smaller after the disease is over. The discovery provides new knowledge about the brain and new understanding of how antidepressants work.
Shellfish and plastic can save Viking ships

November 30, 2011 in Society & Culture

Many of the 1,000-year-old Viking treasures are pretty fragile. New conservation techniques are being tested that include the use of prawn and crab shells.
Geology behind mass extermination

November 30, 2011 in Environment

New study challenges the established view that a sudden climate change caused a sharp reduction in the number of animal species.
ODD symptoms in girls most often disputed

November 29, 2011 in Society & Culture

Teachers and parents of young elementary school children rarely concur on whether kids display symptoms of oppositional defiance disorder (ODD). They disagree most when the youngsters in question are girls.
Vaccines change our immune defences

November 29, 2011 in Health

Vaccines against measles save more lives than we think. Research shows that the measles vaccine is effective against other fatal infections too.
Sport is good for integration

November 28, 2011 in Society & Culture

Sport can be a good way to integrate foreigners into society, new study finds.
Harnessing the heat below

November 28, 2011 in Technology

The deeper you drill, the hotter it gets. This video shows an example of how to recover geothermal energy from hot bedrock.
Factoring sheep into climate calculations?

November 27, 2011 in Environment

Tree rings in many regions could be more affected by hungry herbivores than by temperatures. This should be taken into account in calculations of historic climate.

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A Digital Fishing Trip

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Four Norwegian research projects develop artificial (marine) intelligence. Their results will change how you view a fish.

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