A Body Encased in Salt: Forensic Scientists Report First Modern Case of Natural Salt Mummification
Forensic pathologists in southern France report the first modern case of a body naturally mummified by a thick crystalline salt ...
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How collagen-eating microbes erased soft animals from the fossil record
Cambridge-led researchers report that the spread of collagen-degrading enzymes among aerobic bacteria after the Ediacaran Period likely caused the sharp ...
Scientists Crack the Code for Staining Human Bone Without Fixing, Decalcifying or Embedding It
Dutch researchers have developed optimized protocols for staining unfixed, undecalcified and unembedded human bone with five common dyes, enabling faster ...
Light, Bones and Time: Spectroscopy Edges Closer to Dating the Dead
A systematic review of a decade of research finds that FTIR and Raman spectroscopy can reliably distinguish ancient from recent ...
What Wild Animals Do to Human Bodies: 25 Years of Greek Forensic Cases Reveal Scavengers’ Secret Patterns
A 25-year analysis of 256 forensic cases in Greece reveals that carnivores preferentially scavenge upper limbs in rural, high-elevation settings, ...
Bone Crystals and the Clock of Death: X-ray Study Tests a Forensic Dating Dream
A new X-ray diffraction study of 50 human clavicles finds that bone crystallinity rises with time since death but overlaps ...
Ancient Stone Found in the Mouth of a Warring States Skeleton Rewrites Burial Riddles
A differential bioarchaeological assessment of a stone object found inside the mouth of a Warring States-period Qin burial in China ...
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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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