Magical image of ‘tree island’ shortlisted for major photo prize
24 June 2021
This aerial image showing part of Sofiyivsky Park in Ukraine is among the shortlisted entries for the Earth Photo 2021 competition
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New developments in a 10,000-year-old cold case have upended our ideas about how and when tuberculosis began infecting humans – and offered hope for a better vaccine
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A 1000-year-old Indian temple had an early form of air conditioning
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A religious settlement in India located temples and dormitories near a natural reservoir and left gaps in the brick walls to let in cool winds, creating an early air conditioning system
Europeans used to open their relatives’ graves to recover heirlooms
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In the Early Middle Ages, many European people reopened their relatives’ graves to recover family heirlooms. The practice had previously been interpreted as grave robbing, but closer examination has revealed patterns in the objects that were taken
Female inventors hold just a quarter of US biomedical patents
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An analysis of 444,000 US biomedical patents shows that women-majority inventor teams are more likely to patent technology that can help women – but such teams are severely underrepresented
