Jo Marchant
Freelance Science Journalist at Freelance
Science journalist and New York Times bestselling author of Cure, Decoding the Heavens and The Human Cosmos
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Jan 3, 2025 |
nature.com | Jo Marchant
From deciphering burnt Roman scrolls to reading crumbling cuneiform tablets, neural networks could give researchers more data than they’ve had in centuries.
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Jun 25, 2024 |
smithsonianmag.com | Jo Marchant |Roger Anis
On a sunny morning this past January, Ingo Strauch, an expert in ancient Indian history, crouches in the courtyard of what was once an Egyptian temple. The floor is littered with fallen stones and columns. Nearby, carved hieroglyphs are visible on the salt-corroded walls, which in some places still stand nearly eight feet high.
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Feb 21, 2024 |
eoswetenschap.eu | Jo Marchant
Uit een analyse van astronomische tabellen die de Italiaanse koopman en wiskundige Giovanni Bianchini in de jaren 1440 samenstelde, blijkt dat de decimale komma zo’n 150 jaar eerder werd uitgevonden dan eerst gedacht. Volgens historici herschrijft deze ontdekking de oorsprong van een van de meest fundamentele wiskundige conventies.
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Feb 20, 2024 |
scientificamerican.com | Jo Marchant
The decimal point was invented around 150 years earlier than previously thought, according to an analysis of astronomical tables compiled by the Italian merchant and mathematician Giovanni Bianchini in the 1440s.
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Feb 6, 2024 |
scientificamerican.com | Jo Marchant
A team of student researchers has made a giant contribution to solving one of the biggest mysteries in archaeology by revealing the content of Greek writing inside a charred scroll buried 2,000 years ago by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The winners of a contest called the Vesuvius Challenge trained their machine-learning algorithms on scans of the rolled-up papyrus, unveiling a previously unknown philosophical work that discusses senses and pleasure.
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RT @elizalomas: All next week, a tonic in the schedule, @JoMarchant explores the secrets of awe over five episodes - where to find it & wh…
A place of war elephants and pet monkeys, emperors and sailors, camel caravans and tax collectors, of houses built from ships and coral, and unimaginable fortunes to be made… My @smithsonianmag article on the ancient desert port of Berenike is out today https://t.co/v9Eb1583g4
