We’re finally reading the secrets of Herculaneum’s lost library A whole library’s worth of papyri owned by Julius Caesar’s father-in-law were turned to charcoal by the eruption of Vesuvius. Nearly 2000 years later, we can at last read these lost treasures
https://www.newscientist.com/a....rticle/2498245-were-

Martian volcanoes may have transported ice to the planet's equator The equatorial regions of Mars are home to unexpectedly enormous layers of ice, and they may have been put there by dramatic volcanic eruptions billions of years ago
https://www.newscientist.com/a....rticle/2499717-marti

Paralysed man can feel objects through another person's hand Keith Thomas, a man in his 40s with no sensation or movement in his hands, is able to feel and move objects by controlling another person's hand via a brain implant. The technique might one day even allow us to experience another person's body over long distances.
https://www.newscientist.com/a....rticle/2499936-paral

'Pregnancy test' for skeletons could help reveal ancient mothers Progesterone, oestrogen and testosterone can be detected in skeletons over 1000 years old, offering a way to identify individuals who died while pregnant or soon after giving birth
https://www.newscientist.com/a....rticle/2499833-pregn

Mother's voice seems to boost language development in premature babies Babies born too soon seem to have stronger connections in one of the major brain areas that supports language processing if they regularly heard their mother read them a story while in intensive care
https://www.newscientist.com/a....rticle/2499734-mothe