Scents of the afterlife: Identifying embalming recipes by 'sniffing' the air around Egyptian mummies

If you have ever stood close to an ancient Egyptian mummy, you may remember a distinctive, lingering odor. For a long time, ...
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Decades-old cold case in San Luis Obispo County now solved

A decades-old homicide in San Luis Obispo County has now been solved. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday that the November 15, 1983 shooting death of Dorothy “Toby” Tate was ...
Science Daily

Silver just solved a major solid-state battery problem

Solid-state batteries could store more energy and charge faster than today’s batteries, but they tend to crack and fail over time. Stanford researchers found that a nanoscale silver treatment can ...
NPR

Sources & Methods

National security, unlocked. Each Thursday, host Mary Louise Kelly and a team of NPR correspondents discuss the biggest national security news of the week. With decades of reporting from battlefields ...