October 25, 2023

These NASA-Approved Watches Include Genuine Moon Dust

There are few sights as romantic as a full moon. For those who love to stargaze or those who simply consider themselves astronomy enthusiasts, there's now a special watch that lets you wear a piece of the Moon on your wrist. Creative brand Interstellar, which belongs to Col&MacArthur, has designed a line of beautiful timepieces which honors past and future lunar missions.

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October 23, 2023

Students Use AI To Decipher Words of Ancient Scroll Burned by Mount Vesuvius

Lost libraries hold something of a mystique. The lost library of Alexandria, for example, famously burned in 48 BCE. Similarly, writings to be found in Pompeii and Herculaneum were so charred by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE that they now resumble scroll-shaped lumps of coal. However, due to the preservation effect of the layered ash, these charred remains survived to be excavated in the 18th century.

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