Tag prehistory

February 8, 2013
in Environmental Studies, Science

A Study in Slate: The Hidden Treasures of the Hunsrück-Schiefer

February 8, 2013
in Environmental Studies, Science

The Hunsrück Slate (in German: Hunsrück-Schiefer) is one of the most valuable fossil records for paleontologists to examine. The slate was first excavated by paleontologists in 1997, and the investigation has not been completed yet. More than just visual echoes of a distant era, the fossils serve as valuable research material

August 18, 2011
in Economics, History, Humanities, Science

The Mysteries of the Potato Revealed

August 18, 2011
in Economics, History, Humanities, Science

Follow @yaleSCIbooks Europe took a very long time to get used to the spud, according to John Reader in Potato: A History of the Propitious Esculent. The Bible never mentions potatoes, so European clergymen in the 1700s banned the consumption of the suspiciously anonymous tuber. Doctors in the previous century