A study led by Nekehia Quashie, an assistant professor of public health in the University of Rhode Island's College of Health Sciences, examined how different African American age groups felt about the responsibility of supporting older adults.
Retail research has changed during the last couple of decades, according to an analysis of almost 5,200 papers covering business practices, consumer behavior and technology. The study, published in the International Journal of Electronic Marketing and Retailing, considered papers from the four leading specialist journals in this area.
Around the world, many people report distrusting their government. In some places, such as Latin America, North America and Africa, trust in government has declined in recent decades. How can governments rebuild this trust?
On Oct. 17, 1346, the Battle of Neville's Cross was fought outside Durham in the northeast of England. It was a decisive moment in Anglo-Scottish history that led to the capture of King David II of Scotland. Yet few have heard of it.
Employers must do more to remove the barriers preventing women with disability from progressing into leadership, according to a new report from People with Disability Australia (PWDA), the national disability rights and advocacy organization. Researchers identify six lessons to help drive change.
For centuries, people across South and Southeast Asia wrote religious texts, laws, literature and science on palm leaves. Before anyone picked up a stylus, the leaves went through long treatment, and the methods changed from region to region. Those steps left marks in the leaf itself. Today, tracing how a manuscript was made or where […]
CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND—Haaretz reports that Emma Pomeroy of the University of Cambridge and her colleagues examined […] The post Possible Fatal Wound Identified in Neanderthal Bone appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .
Twenty-three Indiana University undergraduates are co-authors on a new study examining how the pandemic reshaped college grading, the result of a semester-long research seminar that took them from a classroom question to a published paper in a national academic journal.
TROY, OHIO—More than 18,000 artifacts were recovered during a rescue excavation conducted at a 200-year-old […] The post Frontier Tavern Site Excavated in Ohio appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .
Earlier this fall, researchers Sara Kalucza (Department of Sociology) and Anna Baranowska-Rataj (Center for Demographic and Aging Research, CEDAR) at Umeå University published a research article showing a connection between young people's school-to-work transitions and parental health. The research used data from CEDAR's demographic database.
ANTALYA, TURKEY—BBC News reports that a Bronze Age shipwreck identified near Kekova Island off the […] The post World's Oldest Shipwreck Discovered in the Mediterranean appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .
A round hole in the shoulder blade of a Neanderthal found in a cave in Iraqi Kurdistan could be the earliest known case of deadly violence with a wooden spear in the human fossil record, according to Cambridge archaeologists who published their findings in Scientific Reports. The bone is thin enough in places to let […]
Americans who trust science and reason more than their churches' teachings, but still believe in God or attend services, are also more likely to believe in magic than those who prioritize religious teachings.
Nearly 50 million Americans ages 18 to 29 are eligible to vote in the upcoming midterm elections, and about 60% say they plan to. If they follow through, it would break midterm turnout records for voters under 30.
Adult excavated in an Iraqi Kurdistan cave died more than 70,000 years ago and bears ‘kill shot’ shoulder wound A smooth round hole in the shoulder blade of a Neanderthal who died more than 70,000 years ago may be the oldest evidence so far of a human ancestor being killed by a wooden spear. Archaeologists spotted the distinctive injury after excavating skeletal remains of the adult and other Neanderthals from under nearly 8 metres of rock and sediment in the Shanidar cave in Iraqi Kurdistan. Continue reading...
Around 13,800 years ago, hunters set up camp on a small ridge above the Tanana River in interior Alaska. Spruce trees cover the spot today. Back then, shrub tundra rolled across the land. Archaeologists now call the place Shég’ Xdaltth’i’, an Athabascan name meaning “they were there.” Kelly Graf, an anthropology professor at the University […]
Inequality in ancient China took shape long before the first states emerged. A study of more than 2,300 burials shows how social ties shaped differences in wealth, health, and access to resources over thousands of years. The research covers the Central Plain of China between 7000 and 1500 BCE. During this period, people held different […]
npj Heritage Science, Published online: 15 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s40494-026-03045-x A DeepSeek-R1 fine-tuning approach for missing character inference in Dunhuang ancient Tibetan texts
npj Heritage Science, Published online: 15 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s40494-026-02994-7 Morphometric typology of Ming Chinese export and domestic porcelain bowls in trade and production contexts
American audiences will be able to watch an English-dubbed version of "Ramayana," a Hindi film based on a South Asian epic tradition, in theaters in November 2026.
New research has charted the way U.S. businesses adapted to market shocks caused by reductions in import tariffs and increased foreign competition, with greater innovation emerging as a longer-term benefit.
A new study co-authored by Tang Yinuo, a tenured associate professor at Peking University HSBC Business School (PHBS), reveals that conservative communities in the U.S. are more likely to resist mergers and acquisitions (M&As) by Chinese companies due to perceived threats and uncertainties.
SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) assistant professor of accounting Dr. Katie Matt, in collaboration with Daniel Hebert of Syracuse University, recently published research examining the widespread fraud associated with the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their article, "Governance and Fraud Prevention in Federal Relief Programs: Insights from the Paycheck Protection Program," was published in the Journal of Accounting, Ethics & Public Policy in September 2026.
Jennie Brand, a UCLA professor of sociology with an appointment in statistics and data science, is an expert on the socioeconomic effects of job loss, including the long-term economic, psychological, physiological and intergenerational effects.
A survey of UK employees has revealed that more than half experience a mismatch between what their employer says and what they do in practice, with many looking to leadership behavior when judging an organization's true values.
As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly enters classrooms and learning environments, how can societies ensure that its benefits reach learners and educators while avoiding new forms of inequality? A new international study led by Associate Professor Rwitajit Majumdar at Kumamoto University in Japan provides a roadmap for responsible AI integration in education.
AMMAN, JORDAN—According to a Menafn report, Australian officials handed over a carved stone slab unearthed […] The post Australia Returns Prehistoric Sculpture Fragment to Jordan appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .
The area of water between Russia and North America and the Pacific and Arctic oceans is now known as the Bering Strait. Yet it was once what we call the Bering Land Bridge, an exposed land and maritime region that connected Asia to North America.
A study by the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) has analyzed which factors are most associated with pornography use during adolescence. The results show that the most predictive variable is gender, followed by problematic internet use, cannabis and alcohol consumption, family conflict and engaging in certain risky sexual behaviors. The research, published in the journal Computation, was based on the 2023 ESTUDES survey and used a sample of 33,543 adolescents. The aim was to determine which personal, family, digital and behavioral variables are most useful for predicting whether an adolescent reports having viewed or used pornography in the previous 30 days.
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND—According to a report in the Glasgow Times, a team of researchers from the […] The post “Harvie’s Dyke” Discovered in Scotland appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .
CANTON, NORTH CAROLINA—WLOS reports that the demolition of a paper mill in western North Carolina […] The post Giant Steel Ball Unearthed at North Carolina Mill Site appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .
DERBYSHIRE, ENGLAND—According to a statement released by the University of Nottingham, chemical analysis of the […] The post Tooth Enamel Records Rise of Medieval England’s Lead Industry appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .
Archaeologists and Indigenous Rangers have located stone tools at two underwater sites near Murujuga in Western Australia, a region with World Heritage status. Rising seas covered both places at least 9,000 years ago, so the tools could be far older. The results appear in Quaternary Science Reviews. Researchers from Flinders University, the University of Western […]
Egyptian archaeologists working in Behbeit El-Hagar, a village in Gharbia Governorate, have uncovered the remains of two giant royal statues, and experts believe both show King Ramesses II. A block of pink granite carved with hieroglyphs came out of the ground close by. The Egyptian mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities made the find […]
Two axes made from deer antlers have turned up near Löddeköpinge in southern Sweden. Archaeologists found them this spring while studying an ancient settlement in Skåne. Both axes lay in pits dating to the Bronze Age, between about 1700 and 500 BCE. One has suffered heavy erosion, but the other is in much better shape. […]
npj Heritage Science, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s40494-026-03034-0 Three-dimensional measurement of hanging scrolls on display under different environmental conditions and duration
npj Heritage Science, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s40494-026-03037-x Using network modeling to explore the historical evolution of urban systems in the Jiangnan Canal area
npj Heritage Science, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s40494-026-03042-0 Encoding identity values in digital heritage workflows: lessons from Saxon rural architecture in Transylvania
npj Heritage Science, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s40494-026-03014-4 Chronology-aware generation of early Chinese black-and-white traditional motifs via an edge-aware self-attention variational autoencoder
A research team led by Jiyoung Lee, a professor in the Department of Media and Communication, has worked with international researchers to uncover how visual contrast across social media feeds influences how quickly users spot visual misinformation.
Rats are on the ballot in Canadian municipal elections this fall, with several political parties promising to tackle city rat problems. While rats may seem like a niche election issue, they can point to broader societal concerns about housing, public services and civic engagement.
Women managers are significantly more likely to be promoted to CEO at companies organized into separate business units—each with its own revenues, costs and bottom line—than at companies that operate as a single, stand-alone entity, a new study led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst finds.
Burned grains and flowering plants found in Bronze Age tombs in Cyprus point to the use of plants in ancient burial rites. The remains suggest people placed food in graves and burned plant offerings during ceremonies. Similar deposits found in a settlement well suggest such practices also took place beyond funerals. The evidence comes from […]
There's a paradox that drives the shopping decisions of many Americans: Almost three-quarters say they're feeling stressed out about skyrocketing grocery bills. But they keep discarding large quantities of food that's safe to eat, from crooked carrots to surplus yogurt to "best before" items pulled from shelves early.
The anatomical differences in our vocal tracts could be one of the sources of our Tower of Babel—the vast difference in languages spoken around the world, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Steven Moran and Tiena Danner from the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, and colleagues.
There is growing evidence that children today have fewer opportunities for independent, adventurous outdoor play and fewer chances to make decisions and shape their own experiences than previous generations.
BASEL, SWITZERLAND—La Brújula Verde reports that an iron window grille has been unearthed near a […] The post Roman Window Grille Uncovered in Switzerland appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .
A story that places us inside the mind of a character who is remorseful about causing harm can inspire forgiveness for that fictional bad act, a new study finds.
Thousands of miles and an ocean separate the Tsimané of lowland Bolivia from the Hadza of Tanzania. Their ancestors split tens of thousands of years ago. Their diets look nothing alike. Yet their gut microbiomes are strikingly similar, according to a study in Nature from researchers at UC Santa Barbara and Stanford University. The Hadza […]
University students who are survivors of sexual violence are forced to perform a constant, exhausting "calculus"—weighing risks, safety, stigma, emotional costs, institutional consequences and likelihood of being believed—when deciding whether and how to seek help.
STAVANGER, NORWAY—Science Norway reports that a stone with a groove running all the way around […] The post Early Anchor Found Off Norwegian Coast appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .
In a perspective article, Sergio Carbajo and colleagues call for a "Discovery Compact" in the face of the recent destabilization of the postwar compact for science, which reliably supported basic research for decades.
Women leave academia at higher rates than men, contributing to consistent gender imbalances at senior levels. Interventions often target work-life balance and motherhood.
People living in medieval England’s lead-mining communities faced levels of pollution as high as those found in industrial cities centuries later. New research shows lead production in the Derbyshire Peak District began by the mid-seventh century. The findings also show how social status shaped exposure to toxic metals. The Peak District, in central England, became […]
Elections across the world faced a wide range of pressures on electoral integrity in 2025, from violence and misinformation and disinformation to electoral management malfunctions, cyberattacks and natural hazards, according to a new report.
An analytical method could help high-level cricket franchises make more informed decisions about player recruitment, retention and team selection, according to research published in the International Journal of Services and Operations Management. The approach uses data envelopment analysis (DEA) to compare efficiency using multiple inputs and outputs. In the world of cricket, this means assessing players against their peers rather than relying on individual statistics.
Archaeologists in Saxony-Anhalt found a second stone building next to the palace of a lost royal residence. The site is the Ottonian palatinate of Helfta, on a hill called Kleine Klaus near Lutherstadt Eisleben. Digs there ran from 2020 to 2023 and started up again on August 31, 2026. They’ll wrap up on October 24, […]
Audit firms rely on partners to oversee audits and client relationships; managers to supervise teams and projects; and staff to perform much of the day-to-day work. The more audit partners and managers are involved in supervising and reviewing audit engagements, the better the audits tend to be, according to new research from the University at Buffalo School of Management.
Paintings in a cave in northwest China record visits by different cultures over many centuries. Researchers studying the Tangbaletasi Cave Paintings in Xinjiang’s Altai region found evidence of at least two major phases of artwork. Early images date broadly to the Bronze Age, while later paintings include Tibetan Buddhist symbols linked to the Yuan dynasty, […]
Ask young adults about love in this day and age, and their diagnosis is bleak: They live in an individualistic society, dating has been reduced to an algorithm, and a generation is afraid to commit.
MAINZ, GERMANY—According to a statement released by the Leibniz Center for A RCHAEOLOGY (LEIZA), Aleksandr Diachenko […] The post Mathematical Model Tracks Changes in Neolithic Societies Through Pottery appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .
NICOSIA, CYPRUS—Mourners living in Cyprus some 3,400 years ago may have burned bouquets of whole […] The post Ancient Cypriots May Have Burned Funeral Bouquets appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .
BARCELONA, SPAIN—La Brújula Verde reports that 13 impressions left in travertine in northeastern Spain's Abric […] The post Impressions of Wooden Neanderthal Tools Found in Spain appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .
Governments need to work hand in hand with the private sector, rather than leaving business to its own devices. They should be "moving away from fixing market failures and government failures toward actively shaping how markets are governed." International economist and government adviser Mariana Mazzucato argues this in her new book, "The Common Good Economy."
Between 1880 and 1912, no official excavations took place at Kish. Yet museums from London and Paris to New York were somehow acquiring brand-new tablets from the legendary old city. As it turns out, local Iraqis had been excavating the site years before the "official" excavations at Kish resumed. But while the official excavations are remembered and celebrated, the local Iraqis have been erased from their own history.
An inscribed stone found at the ancient city of Kibyra in southwestern Turkey offers a glimpse of Roman-era fortune-telling. Archaeologists unearthed the stone in 2024 inside a chapel. Its Greek text records an oracle based on animal bones, a practice once used across southern Asia Minor. The limestone block came from the third terrace of […]
Much of what scientists know about how genetic differences affect health comes from studying populations outside Africa. This matters because genetic information is increasingly being used to understand disease, interpret genetic tests and, in some cases, guide treatment.
Identity development is not limited to adolescence, a recent study from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, shows. Researchers found that identity developed positively from age 27 to 61. A more positively developed identity was associated with higher levels of mental well-being.
Researchers will head to remote Pacific atoll, but sceptics say satellite images unlikely to be of her aircraft A team of US researchers is approaching a remote Pacific atoll where they suspect the famed aviator Amelia Earhart crash-landed in 1937, in the latest attempt to crack one of the biggest mysteries of the 20th century. The 17-person expedition was inspired by satellite images taken over several years showing a submerged object in the uninhabited island’s sandy lagoon – evidence dismissed by other longtime Earhart sleuths who say it is probably a fallen tree. Continue reading...
Exclusive: Finds suggest account in medieval folklore of a camp near Frenni Fawr hill was rooted in reality Magnus Maximus, the Roman emperor who ruled Britain in the fourth century, led his troops against the Picts and Scots, but a theory that he also established a military camp near Frenni Fawr hill in Wales has so far been based on folklore. Now fourth-century coins, among other finds at a newly identified Roman fort in Pembrokeshire, suggest the medieval tale was rooted in reality, to the excitement of archaeologists. Continue reading...
npj Heritage Science, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s40494-026-03050-0 A review of multi-objective optimization on industrial architectural heritage for conservation and sustainable development
npj Heritage Science, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s40494-026-03046-w Decoration sequence and pigment position in Ming Qing Cizhou kiln black and white ceramics
Around 400 BCE, people across northern Iberia left their fortified settlements and built new ones. A new study shows the move came in two stages with very different speeds. The old settlements emptied within a few decades. The new ones took far longer to spread. Samuel Nión-Álvarez of INCIPIT-CSIC built the timeline from 272 radiocarbon […]
npj Heritage Science, Published online: 11 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s40494-026-03036-y Virtual recreation of urban heritage of Jingdezhen for immersive VR display
npj Heritage Science, Published online: 11 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s40494-026-03048-8 From tourist-perceived authenticity to storytelling tendency: the mediating role of well-being in agricultural heritage tourism
Two cartoon characters appear on a screen. One belongs to a group of three, and the other to a group of two. Which character would you rather play with?
A rare coin minted under Norway’s King Olaf Haraldsson has emerged from the Mørstad Hoard, the largest Viking Age coin hoard ever found in the country. The silver coin dates to the 11th century and offers a rare link to a king who helped establish Christianity in Norway. Archaeologist Anne Skogsfjord identified the coin while […]
About 7,500 years ago, hunter-gatherers lived in a cave in the hills above the Trieste Karst in northeastern Italy. They made stone tools, wore shell and tooth pendants, and gathered around a hearth inside the cave. Now, excavations at Tina Jama are bringing parts of their lives back into view. The cave lies near Mount […]
As archaeologists find treasure trove along new floodplain, conservationists say another Nova Kakhovka would be ecocide On a warm September day, a group of underwater archaeologists and researchers were boiling water for tea on their campfire on the banks of the Dnipro River, tents pitched on the sandy shoreline. They were three weeks into an archaeological expedition of the waters around Khortytsia – a rocky island 12.5km long and 2.5km wide that lies just downstream of the city of Zaporizhzhia, in south-eastern Ukraine. High above the island, a Shahed drone whined on its way. A Ukrainian interceptor, and small-arms fire from the ground, tried, unsuccessfully, to bring it down. The archaeologists ignored it. This is life as normal, 28 miles (45km) from the combat zone in Russia’s war on Ukraine. Continue reading...
A new study of 4,200 adolescents revealed that cyberbullying rarely occurs in isolation; it almost always functions as an extension of physical and verbal aggression already present in the school environment. The study, conducted at the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp) in Brazil, mapped students' involvement in bullying and found that the lines between victims and perpetrators often blur in a cycle of violence spanning both the physical and digital worlds.
Christian monks in ancient Egypt lived in a landscape shaped by desert paths, river routes, churches, and distant settlements. A new research project is mapping these connections to understand how religious communities interacted with wider networks of travel and trade. Known as the Coptic Project, the study examines Egypt between the third and seventh centuries […]
AI is being integrated into our work at a growing rate. Andreas Bergqvist, a Ph.D. student at the Department of Information Technology, has teamed up with colleagues to investigate how AI, automation and robotization affect work engagement.
Today, the discussions of sports analytics in the 2011 movie "Moneyball" often seem quaint. The idea of a team using data to find players who may be more valuable than meets the eye (and less expensive) no longer surprises anyone.
TRIESTE, ITALY—La Brújula Verde reports that a camp used by Mesolithic hunter-gatherers has been found […] The post Evidence for Agricultural Transition Identified in Cave Overlooking the Adriatic Sea appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .
OSLO, NORWAY—Additional ring ditches have been discovered at the Hunn burial ground in eastern Norway […] The post More Stone Circles Uncovered at Ancient Burial Ground in Norway appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .
Feeling secure in a relationship is not only about how people connect with their partners today. It may also depend on how confident they are that the relationship will continue into the future. Feelings of closeness, trust and connection, together with a sense that the relationship is stable and has a future, can shape how people experience their romantic relationships.
SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA—According to a statement released by the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), […] The post Gut Microbiome Analysis Links Populations in Africa and South America appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .
When thinking like investors, auditors are significantly more likely to rate corporate leaders' crimes as material concerns for the investing public, according to new Poole research. In their professional capacities, the study finds, auditors tend to rate executive lapses as less material to their firms' financial performance.
A new study suggests that expanded financial audit reporting is having a significant impact on the behavior of multinational corporations. Specifically, the study finds that requiring more detailed analysis in financial audits appears to be curbing the corporate practice of shifting money internationally to pay less in taxes.
Fragmented bones and skull pieces found in hearths, beneath floors and in other domestic settings in early Scandinavian settlement sites are providing fresh insights into Iron Age and Viking Age violence.
Artificial intelligence is no longer just a technology-sector issue. It's transforming how public services are organized and delivered, including settlement services for immigrants and newcomers in Canada.
Societies don’t change in a straight line. Neolithic Europe, from about 8,000 to 4,000 years ago, shows this well. Two researchers built a mathematical model to study what drove the ups and downs. Dr. Aleksandr Diachenko of the Institute of Archaeology at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine teamed up with Dr. Detlef Gronenborn […]