Notes of dead Roman male: World’s oldest wine dates back 2,000 years

An ash urn inside a house in southern Spain has been found to contain the world’s oldest white wine – and it’s still drinkable. But we’re not sure how many people would be eager to sip this vintage vino, because the ‘wine cellar’ was in fact a Roman to… Continue reading Notes of dead Roman male: World’s oldest wine dates back 2,000 years

Sustainable process turns sewage sludge into high-value activated carbon

Researchers have developed a simplified, sustainable method of converting sewage sludge from wastewater treatment into high-value activated carbon that can be used in a wide range of industrial and residential applications.Continue ReadingCategory: Mat… Continue reading Sustainable process turns sewage sludge into high-value activated carbon

Wealthy ancient Romans may have smelled like 20th-century hippies

Thanks to finding bits of bone, tools, and other aspects of human existence, archeologists have been able to reconstruct much of what life looked like in various times and locations around the globe. But in terms of how things smelled all those years a… Continue reading Wealthy ancient Romans may have smelled like 20th-century hippies