LONDON, England, Jan. 9 -- The Journal of Quaternary Science, a peer-reviewed journal from the Quaternary Research Association that says it features archaeology, botany, climatology, geochemistry, geology, geophysics, oceanography and palaeoceanography, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2025 edition (Vol. 40, Issue 1). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Research Article * Arctic sea-ice export as a mechanism for cold climate events during the last deglac  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 8 -- The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources issued the following news release: A thwarted religious plot by local farmers to kill Gov. Richard Caswell in 1777 soon will be recognized with a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker. The marker commemorating the Gourd Patch Conspiracy will be dedicated during a ceremony Jan. 15 at 1 p.m., at 14189 NC 42 in Tarboro, N.C. John Lewellen, leader of the plot, was convicted of treason, but receiv  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, Jan. 8 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: By Dan White In 2004, while she was still a meticulous young graduate student, Elaine Sullivan made a discovery that would deepen the history of human writing. Using trowels and brushes to remove ancient soil at an Early Bronze Age burial site in Umm el-Marra, Western Syria--35 miles from modern-day Aleppo--Sullivan unearthed a pivotal clue: four small clay cylinders inscribed with mys  more