Unraveling the climate behind the collapse of Bronze Age civilizations

The most severe droughts in the ancient Eastern Mediterranean arose when multiple natural climate cycles coincided, according ...

Drought, water shortages and crop failures: How does the medieval warm period compare with today?

A heat wave lasting four months, followed by water shortages and crop failures. This is England in the 13th century, not the ...
La Brújula Verde

Two babies were buried in an ancient Roman latrine at the sanctuary of Artemis in Ephesus in the 8th century, centuries after the building’s abandonment

The discovery occurred in the least expected place. During excavations at the Odeon of Ephesus, a building dedicated to ...

Cat ladies aren’t that ‘crazy’ after all – the social science behind the stereotype

Felines have long been associated with feminine power – and these women are embracing a cliche used to bring them down ...
Angelus

Appreciating the man of science — and faith — behind the Shroud of Turin

I thought I was going to be interviewing Father Robert Spitzer, SJ, before a recent lecture on the Shroud of Turin at Christ Cathedral in the Diocese of Orange. I thought wrong. I spent almost 40 ...