Museum Skulls Tell a Story of Colonial Violence on Austrian Warships
A new study reconstructs how violence shaped the acquisition and curation of human crania collected for Vienna's Natural History Museum ...
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Vienna’s Vaulted Drawers Reveal 776 Bird Specimens That Rewrite Montenegro’s Wild Past
A digitisation project at the Natural History Museum Vienna has documented 776 bird specimens from Montenegro, including 546 never-before-published eggs, ...
Fly collected 200 years ago by Austrian explorer turns out to be a brand-new species
Specimens gathered by Johann Natterer in Brazil two centuries ago have revealed a new species of tachinid fly, Prophorostoma nattereri, ...
After 42 Years and Seven Million Fossils, a Museum Career Built One Specimen at a Time
Roger Portell retired from the Florida Museum of Natural History after 42 years, having grown its invertebrate paleontology collection from ...
Tanzanian Fossil Reveals 240-Million-Year-Old Species and Reshapes Dinosaur Origins
A newly identified 240-million-year-old dicynodont from Tanzania, Dinodontosaurus isiyavamanda, links African and South American rock sequences and suggests the region's ...
Haeckel’s Deep-Sea Jellyfish Vindicated: New Evidence Shows His Famous Plates Were Grounded in Real Science
A reexamination of the type specimen of Atolla wyvillei and the discovery of previously unknown histological slides show that Ernst ...
Fire Extinguisher Powder Found to Corrode Ancient Brass Replica Coins
A new study in Heritage shows that ABC dry chemical fire suppression powder causes lasting phosphate and sulphate corrosion on ...
Chunkiest Jurassic Squid Relative Ever Found Emerges from Wyoming Fossil Drawers
A newly named Jurassic belemnite from Wyoming is the thickest ever recorded and belonged to a family thought to have ...
Predicting How Light Fades Forty Wood Species: A Colorimetric and Chemometric Study for Art Conservation
A new study in Heritage models light-induced discoloration across forty wood species used in artistic objects, combining colorimetry and chemometrics ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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