Greek ‘dormant’ volcano found accumulating magma for 100,000 years

Giant Greek volcano thought dormant for 100,000 years is actually steadily accumulating magma - Findings could change how we ...
ZME Science

Archaeologists Found a Copy of the Iliad Stuffed Inside an Ancient Egyptian Mummy

Many centuries later, Roman-era embalmers in the Egyptian desert took those same verses and tucked them inside the gut of a ...

Passage from Homer’s Iliad discovered in the abdomen of a Roman-era Egyptian mummy

Researchers discovered the mummy at a funerary complex located south of Cairo, in Al Bahnasa, the modern-day location of the ...

Greek 'dormant' volcano found accumulating magma for 100,000 years

Giant Greek volcano thought dormant for 100,000 years is actually steadily accumulating magma - Findings could change how we ...
Princeton University

Seven professors elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Princeton faculty members Mark Aguiar, Adele Goldberg, Noreen Goldman, Jenny Greene, Melissa Lane, Atif Mian and Mansour ...

Quote of the day by Greek mathematician Archimedes: 'There are things which seem incredible to most men who…'

Ancient Greek genius Archimedes showed that many unbelievable truths are simply misunderstood. His work in mathematics and physics reveals hidden logic. Learning and knowledge change our perspective.
Scientific American

‘Kraken’ fossils show enormous, intelligent octopuses were top predators in Cretaceous seas

‘Kraken’ fossils show enormous, intelligent octopuses were top predators in Cretaceous seas Fossil jaws from colossal ...

Jaw fossils suggest a 60-foot octopus was the ‘kraken’ of the Cretaceous

The ancient cephalopod, Nanaimoteuthis haggarti, appears to have been an apex predator that rivaled mosasaurs to rule ...

5 European Cities Everyone Is Visiting Instead Of Dubrovnik

The appeal isn’t about replacing Croatian hotspot entirely, but about finding versions of its core experience—medieval ...
Greek Reporter

Maria Gracia Turnbull: The Untold Story of the First Greek Woman in America

Maria Gracia Turnbull from Smyrna, who settled in New Smyrna, Florida in the 18th century, was the first Greek woman in the ...

Did NASA's Curiosity rover find signs of ancient life on Mars? An astrobiologist explains how we determine 'life'

NASA's Curiosity rover has identified seven new organic compounds on the planet Mars, according to new research published in ...
Nature

Did kraken-like octopuses rule Cretaceous seas? Massive jaw fossils offer clues

Extinct cephalopods might have been up to 19 metres in length and probably dined high up the food chain in ancient oceans.