WorldPingX-ray technology and artificial intelligence—along with the discovery of lead in the ink of fragments from a collection of ancient Roman scrolls—could soon help scientists read long-lost texts buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, accord…
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WorldPingUsing X-ray technologies and custom-made software, researchers were able to read text they wrote on a fake ancient scroll designed to mimic those destroyed at Herculaneum in A.D. 79.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Live Science
WorldPingNASA celebrated the full restoration of its Guam Remote Station with a ribbon-cutting on Sept. 10, closing out more than three years of recovery after Super Typhoon Mawar devastated the site in 2023.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by NASA
WorldPingEven a handheld XRF scanner is sufficient to determine most promising scrolls for further analysis.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Ars Technica
The pipeline has allowed the Saudis to shift oil exports to the Red Sea while the U.S. and Iran battle for control over Hormuz.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CNBC World
WorldPingSome 10 families had reportedly been living in the six-storey building in Gaza City that was hit by an Israeli strike last year.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by BBC News
WorldPing“We’ve been trying to climb this mountain for 30 years,” an army colonel tells the assembled group. “Britain is depending on us to get up first.” The mountain is Mount Everest, the world’s tallest.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Deadline
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