Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Situated at the junction between Africa and Asia, Gaza is a critical archaeological landscape. But the region’s heritage is currently facing an unprecedented risk of loss. Alongside the widespread loss of life, homes and livelihoods in the Gaza Strip in the aftermath of the Hamas attack on Israel of October 7, […]
To celebrate Native American Heritage Month, the Pentagon has gone all out with ceremonies across the United States, from an Air Force-sponsored intertribal powwow in Florida to a celebration of Native American aircraft nose art in Oregon. The military has also been pumping out feel-good stories about Native American troops: one South Dakota National Guardsman […]
Aaron Yazzie’s dream of being part of humanity’s exploration of space took him on a journey from his childhood home on the Navajo Nation to working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California. His journey reflects not only his personal ambition, but also a commitment to elevating Indigenous representation in science, technology, engineering, […]
Online tools are helping Americans travel abroad to discover their ancestry, seek out relatives and obtain documentation for dual citizenship. Here are tips for your journey.
In a move to bolster film preservation across borders, India‘s Film Heritage Foundation (FHF) is teaming with French diplomatic missions in India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives on a two-year project dubbed FISCH (France-India-Sri Lanka Cine Heritage). Supported by the French Embassy and the French Institute in India, alongside the French Embassy in Sri Lanka […]
A Mexican delegation has retrieved 84 Mesoamerican axes. Credit: Amélie Philibert, Université de MontréAl A Mexican delegation is coming to retrieve 84 Mesoamerican axes currently in transit at UdeM, underscoring the need to raise public awareness of the looting of archaeological artifacts. With its rich pre-Columbian history and huge trove of cultural treasures, Mexico has […]
The context of the Pike River cliff-top sites and an example of an eroding midden lens contained within Woorinen Formation sediments above a carbonate palaeosol (MR = Murray River). Credit: Radiocarbon (2024). DOI: 10.1017/RDC.2024.99 New research by Flinders University researchers, conducted in partnership with the River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal Corporation (RMMAC), has documented ancient […]
Many of the patients who come to Eugene Yang’s cardiology clinic trace their origins back to India, China, Korea, and multiple parts of Southeast Asia. His clinic is in Seattle, a hub for the tech industry and home to thousands of immigrant workers. Yang had seen firsthand how people from each of these groups were […]
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we recognize Hispanic astronauts who have flown in space. The table below lists these individuals of various nationalities who have made significant contributions to their space programs. The first Hispanic astronauts completed short flights to a Soviet space station and aboard the space shuttle. In the past 23 years, […]
