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Terahertz imaging reveals hidden inscription on early modern funerary cross

Posted: 25 Apr 2022 02:21 PM PDT

Using terahertz imaging and signal processing techniques to look beneath the corroded surface of a 16th-century lead funerary cross, researchers have revealed an inscription of the Lord's Prayer.

Beetle in the coconut: Fossil find sheds new light on Neotropical rainforests

Posted: 25 Apr 2022 09:11 AM PDT

Tiny beetles that feed on fruit from the palm family may have developed their taste for coconuts long ago, according to a team of scientists studying suspected insect damage in a 60-million-year-old fossil.