The anniversaries of two of Japan’s largest earthquakes fall in early March. What lies behind the country’s turbulent seismic history?
Japan’s History of Devastating Earthquakes
Beautiful Science: Picturing Data, Inspiring Insight – Exhibition at British Library
Florence Nightingale’s ‘rose diagram’ is part of a new British Library exhibit showing the beauty in artistically-expressed scientific data.
The New Madrid Earthquake Series of 1811-12
Earthquakes are rare in the eastern United States – but recent minor tremors in the Mississippi valley are a reminder that the region has, in the past, experienced much larger and more damaging seismic events.
The Apollo of Gaza: Symptom of A Threatened Past
Erosion, looters, and a lack of funding threaten Gaza’s ancient heritage. Could the Apollo be a looted statue, rather than a sunken find in the ocean?
Success Decoding Medieval Voynich Manuscript? Ancient Herbal’s Code Cracked
We’re closer than ever to learning the contents of the ancient Voynich Manuscript: Could the medieval text be written in Nahuatl or a form of ancient Arabic?