iOS and macOS Important update for ancient Apple devices: Time to pull the iPhone 5S out of the drawer again The iPhone 5S was released in September 2013 - and is therefore truly a thing of the past. Nevertheless, Apple provides the devices with another update. © Lam Yik Fei / Getty Images When it comes to gaping security gaps, Apple is no slouch. After the company released iOS 16.3 for newer devices, ten-year-old bones are now surprisingly getting an...
STORY: Dense jungle stretches from northern Guatemala to southern Mexico. For thousands of years, the canopy has kept a secret here that has now been revealed for the first time. One study uncovered nearly 1,000 ancient Mayan settlements connected by what may be the world's first road network. To do this, scientists had to look through the vegetation. Using a laser, they scanned the surface of the earth under the treetops from airplanes. And discovered structures that were older than...
As of: 01/14/2023 6:29 p.m Archaeologists have found a tomb in Luxor, Egypt, that may be around 3,500 years old. The interior is said to be in poor condition. The public announcement is not made without calculation. Archaeologists have discovered a tomb in Luxor, Egypt, in which a pharaoh's wife was probably buried almost 3,500 years ago. The excavations are still ongoing, said Antiquities Authority head Mustafa Wasiri. According to Wasiri, an Egyptian-British mission found the tomb on the west...
archeology The secret of Rome's buildings: a concrete that mends itself Despite its age of almost 2000 years, the Colosseum in Rome is still relatively well preserved. Researchers have now discovered what makes the ancient buildings so durable. © agefotostock / Imago Images Structures from ancient Rome have amazed people for decades. Their concrete is still extremely stable. Scientists have now found out why: It has self-healing powers. Whether it's the Pantheon or the Coliseum: a large number of buildings...
Status: 12/30/2022 10:33 a.m The Soviet Union was founded 100 years ago. Russian President Putin has regretted their collapse more than once. Although he excludes a new edition, he still has Union plans. By Christina Nagel, ARD Studio Moscow It was a historic moment when, on December 30, 1922, representatives of the Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republics and the Transcaucasian Federation signed the Treaty establishing the Soviet Union in Moscow. On the big stage: in the Bolshoi Theater....
The history of our home galaxy begins around 13 billion years ago. This means that the Milky Way is only a little younger than the universe itself. The researchers have already been able to reconstruct some of the different epochs of galactic history. Their approach is similar to that of archaeologists, who gradually get to the bottom of a settlement's past. A team of astronomers has now succeeded in identifying stars that bear witness to the earliest history of our...
Galactic Methuselahs: Astronomers have uncovered our galaxy's oldest population of stars -- the metal-poor, ancient heart of the Milky Way. These stars are almost 13 billion years old and formed before the star disk of our galaxy. The oldest part of this population in the galactic center includes around 18,000 stars and at least 50 million solar masses, as the researchers determined. These galactic Methuselahs are far more numerous than assumed. Our Milky Way has a long, eventful history behind...
Bone remains found Dachshunds may also have performed in the Colosseum of ancient Rome Bone finds show that dachshunds could have been used in exhibition fights in the Colosseum © Capuski/gettyimages by Solvejg Hoffmann 08.12.2022, 20:31 2 mins It has long been known that lions, bears and even elephants were used for exhibition fights in the Coliseum. But as researchers recently found out, even dachshunds could have performed in the Roman amphitheater In the days of the Roman Empire, many...
The federal government wants to attract foreign skilled workers with a points system. It's an ancient idea. A suggestion from Bonn times that could now become reality. And a good opportunity to remember the beginnings. There are hardly any politicians today who mourn the loss of the Bonn Republic. The government's move to Berlin, that's the general opinion, it was the start of a new era, out of the federal village on the Rhine and into the cosmopolitan city on...
What were the archaeologists thinking when they unearthed this hand in June 2021? A pretty thing, sure. A fine, gossamer-thin sheet of bronze in the shape of a human hand, circa 14 cm high and 13 cm wide, from the first century BC. As it probably once adorned a house, it will now enrich a museum as an expression of Iron Age art of the Vasconen tribe.After the research team had freed the bronze artefact from the dirt of thousands...
