At four to five meters in length, the Greenland shark (Squaliformes, Somniosus microcephalus) is the largest fish native to the Arctic waters. Getting that big must take a while, and scientists have ...

Radiocarbon records are critical to understanding the history of Earth’s climate, magnetic field, and the Sun’s activity, say researchers. Radiocarbon is critical to trace and understand changes in ...

The landmark DNA analysis is shedding new light on the Shroud of Turin.

Willard F. Libby, the American chemist well-known as the discoverer of the carbon 14 (radiocarbon) dating technique for which he won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1960. Thirteen hominid teeth that ...

One of the more significant challenges archaeologists deal with while investigating any archaeological site is determining how old it is. At sites with historic materials, items such as bottles, jars, ...

A team led by Dennis Mizzi and colleagues combined accelerator-mass-spectrometry dating at the D-REAMS laboratory with microscopic study of soil layers to pin down when the monumental, mosaic-paved ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover art in Europe and start-ups focusing on arts and culture. Art fairs often have committees to vet the legitimacy of ...

ANSTO has contributed to research that indicated agriculture affects the organic carbon storage in subsoil up to one metre and challenged the concept that subsoil is a stable repository of organic ...

Archeologists use a number of methods to date the objects they find. Inscriptions etched in stone, pottery markings, and historical documents can all offer clues to an artifact's age. But what happens ...

Radiocarbon is critical to trace and understand changes in Earth’s climate, carbon cycle and magnetic field, and the Sun’s activity, up to 55,000 years ago Scientists have highlighted how recent ...