Monday, August 24, 2020(Baltimore Museum of Art, Kerr Portfolio 2868, Photo by J. Kerr)BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA—According to a Science News report, neuroscientist Alan Cowen and psychologist Dacher Keltner of the University of California, Berkeley, turned to ancient sculptures to see if human facial expressions could signal the same emotions across cultures. Previous comparisons of facial expressions of living... Continue Reading →
Watch: 3D imaging reveals the ancient lives of Egyptian animal mummies
The three mummified animals showcased in this video—a cat, a snake, and a bird—remained shrouded in bandages, and mystery, for more than 2000 years. But a new 3D look inside is revealing deeper insights into how they lived and died. Scientists utilized so-called micro–computer tomography (micro-CT) scanning, which creates 3D images by merging thousands of... Continue Reading →
