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Acclaimed video artist Bill Viola dies at 73, created landmark `Tristan und Isolde' production
CP24· 14 hours agoLONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Bill Viola, a video artist who combined with director Peter Sellars on a groundbreaking production of Wagner's “Tristan und Isolde” originally seen in Los Angeles, ...
Reconstructed Bronze Age boat aces its maiden voyage
CNN.com· 2 days agoEyed needles made of bone, antlers and ivory appear in the fossil record about 40,000 years ago in southern Siberia. Fast-forward to seventh century East...
10 historical photos that capture turning points of gay liberation in America
INSIDER via Yahoo Canada News· 3 days agoKathy Kozachenko.Courtesy of the Human Rights Party (Ann Arbor, Mich.) records / Bentley Historical...
3D DNA Preserved for 52,000 Years in Freeze-Dried Woolly Mammoth Remains
Smithsonian Magazine· 3 days agoThe region’s dry, cold climate freeze-dried the hulking creature’s body, transforming its flesh and...
UK is top destination in Europe for tech sector venture capital investment
Sky News via Yahoo Canada News· 4 days agoThere was also news that the UK has retained its crown as the number one destination in Europe for...
Fossils of ancient chromosomes found for the first time in 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth skin
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 4 days agoA piece of woolly mammoth skin excavated from permafrost has been found to contain fossilized...
A Mammoth First: 52,000-Year-Old DNA, in 3-D
New York Times· 4 days agoHendrik Poinar, an evolutionary geneticist at McMaster University in Canada, was “floored” — the technique had successfully captured the original...
World-first study decodes the DNA structure of a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth sample
The Conversation· 4 days agoIn a world-first study, we have revealed and analysed remarkably preserved fragments of ancient DNA from the skin of a woolly mammoth. For the first time, we’ve been able to understand how the ...
Warming Baltic Sea: a red flag for global oceans
The Raw Story· 5 days agoThis should be a red flag, they warned, noting that other coastal marine zones around the world are trending in the same direction. "We are at the...
The problematic chemicals fueling America's electric vehicle revolution
Mother Jones· 5 days agoThis investigation was reported in collaboration with The Examination, The Post and Courier,...