From unmasking art forgery to uncovering the secrets of the Notre-Dame cathedral, an imposing machine outside Paris can turn back the clock to reveal the truth. It uses a technique called carbon ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Once shrouded in history and legend, the so-called tunics of St. Peter and St. John the Evangelist have been subjected to a full restoration and carbon-dating analysis by experts ...

When local law enforcement are unable to identify skeletal remains, they may seek out external resources and capabilities like those at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) Center for ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

BUXTON, N.C. (WAVY) — When we brought you this story last year, Scott Dawson had amassed years worth of finds. They link English settlers to Native Americans on Croatoan Island. A layer in the ground, ...

BUXTON, N.C. (WAVY) — When NewsNation local affiliate WAVY brought you this story last year, Scott Dawson had amassed year’s worth of finds. They link English settlers to Native Americans on Croatoan ...

A project at China's Zhejiang Normal University (ZJNU) has applied laser spectroscopy to bomb-peak dating, potentially assisting a number of carbon-dating and forensic applications. Bomb-peak dating ...

Carbon dating underpins almost everything we think we know about ancient Britain, but critics claim dates get ignored, changed, and manipulated to fit the narrative. Paul investigates whether ...

Researchers have found dozens of human bones on the banks of the iconic river, many of them thousands of years old. By Alexander Nazaryan Archaeologists in Norway have confirmed that an ancient set of ...

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