2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (421+ words) Glass Almanac A new record has been set: the largest known prime number now has over 23 million digits – 23,249,425 to be exact – shattering the previous record from January 2016. Don’t miss any of our posts: Known as Mersenne primes in the field…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (535+ words) This post is a Cunningham's law draft, c. 75% finished. Consider a) waiting until this notice has disappeared to read a more coherent post, or b) criticizing it with a focus on what would be right, not just what is wrong. Science explains physical…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (97+ words) Updated On: 18 May, 2026 08:20 AM IST | Berlin | Agencies Once archaeologists penetrated the repulsive outer layer, they discovered a real treasure The notebook dates from the 13th or 14th century. PIC COURTESY/S Brentfuhrer A medieval notebook believed to have belonged to a local…...

4+ mon, 9+ hour ago   (324+ words) The discovery was made during construction work in the city centre, where archaeologists investigating buried remains found the small book among waste deposits dating to the 13th or 14th century. According to the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe (LWL), the notebook survived in…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (727+ words) However, approximately 42 pages from Codex H were missing and became disassociated from the main body of the text sometime in the 13th century. Now, according to an international team of academics, the missing portions of the document have been recovered—an…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (919+ words) It's the epic poem that's regarded as the cornerstone of Western literature – and it turns out Homer's Iliad was a must–read for the afterlife, too. Archaeologists have discovered a fragment of the text inside the gut of an Egyptian…...