Science
April 23, 2024

Scholar Discovers 11th-Century Astrolabe With Inscriptions in Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin

An 11th-century astrolabe inscribed with Arabic, Hebrew, and Western numbers shows a strong collaboration between different religions and cultures. In a new report, Dr. Federica Gigante of the University of Cambridge discusses this scientific instrument, which she discovered thanks to a photo uploaded to a museum in Verona, Italy. Dr. Gigante, an expert on Islamic astrolabes, contacted the museum, which didn't know much about the astrolabe and thought it could be a fake.

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Endangered Animals
April 22, 2024

Arctic Researchers Get Surprised by Polar Bear Visitors While Making Breakfast

Many unique creatures call the Arctic home, but few humans have the luxury of ever getting face-to-face with these animals. In late March, meteorologist Katarzyna Kudłacz was making breakfast at her research station on the tiny island of Spitsbergen, when she realized that she had a small group of visitors watching her from outside the window. When she turned to look at them, she realized that her nosy visitors were polar bears.

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Style
April 22, 2024

The “World’s Youngest Makeup Artist” Transforms Herself and Her Family Into Spooky Creatures

From a young age, many children take an interest in makeup, especially little girls. While most are attracted to the playfulness of feminine looks, one girl was instead drawn to the creative possibilities of special effects (SFX) makeup. A 6-year-old named Dakota Patton is now being lauded as the “World’s Youngest Makeup Artist.

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History
April 21, 2024

Mexico Recovers Long-Lost Manuscripts About the Aztec Empire’s Rise and Fall

When studying history, academics use ancient documents as the key to understanding and putting together the puzzle of different cultures. An example of such documents are the codices of San Andrés Tetepilco, three pictographic documents related to Mexican history between the 16th and 17 centuries, which was a key period of transition from the Aztec empire to the Viceroyalty of New Spain.

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