With DNA, Pompeii Narratives Take a Twist

In 79 A.D., a volcanic eruption engulfed a town’s residents. They weren’t all who scientists thought, newly extracted genetic material suggests.

Science - The New York Times - November 7

DNA reveals surprises about Pompeii eruption victims

Victims thought to be female were male and not related to one another, showing "the story that was long spun around these individuals" was wrong, researchers said.

New DNA evidence rewrites long-told stories of people in ancient Pompeii

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for centuries

Tech - ABC News - November 8

WATCH: New DNA results questions long-time assumptions regarding Pompeii victims

World - Yahoo News - November 8

Pompeii DNA evidence contradicts long-held assumptions about victims buried in ash

New DNA analysis of skeletal remains from Pompeii reveals that victims of Vesuvius’s eruption have been wrongly identified.

The twists and turns of the US presidential election 2024

From courtroom drama to a shock exit, the campaigns have been another remarkable ride for American democracy

World - Financial Times - November 5

Four arrested in insurance fraud plot with bizarre twist

Nationwide cases of insurance fraud cost the United States about $40 billion a year, according to the FBI. This week in California, four people were arrested in an alleged insurance fraud plot with ...

How demographics can distort economic narratives

Japan and Italy aren’t quite as stagnant as you think

World - Financial Times - November 1

Gatland reflects on 'media narrative' over future

Head coach Warren Gatland says he is happy to field the pressure of questions on his future after guiding Wales to a 10th successive international defeat.

Tiny house with erotic frescoes uncovered in Pompeii

Paintings include one depicting a scantily clad Phaedra, mythological queen of Athens, and her stepson Hippolytus. A tiny house featuring erotic frescoes is the latest discovery in the ruins of the ...

World - The Guardian - October 25

Pompeii is limiting its daily visitor numbers

World - Yahoo News - November 11

Has the Premier League title race taken an early twist?

It's only November, but Man City aren't atop the table, while Arsenal are seven points behind leaders Liverpool.

Sports - ESPN - November 4

Investigators untangle twisted campaign of terror before Texas mom's slaying

Texas mother Alyssa Burkett was killed in front of her co-workers in broad daylight on the morning of Oct. 2, 2020. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports on the brutal murder of Burkett ...

Scientists develop DNA technology in data storage breakthrough

Genetic code technique for preserving huge amounts of digital information could be ‘cheaper than hard drives’

Business - Financial Times - October 23

DNA-testing site 23andMe fights for survival

Once millions used it to find out about their family histories - this week it was almost delisted. What went wrong?

DNA firm holding highly sensitive data 'vanishes' without warning

Customers of Atlas Biomed are angry and worried about what's happened to the highly sensitive data they shared.

China-backed social accounts push false narratives about 2024 race

Several social media accounts originating from countries like Russia and China have continued to push false narratives about the 2024 presidential election. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy ...

Introducing Narrative Command, the new business thesis that helps explain the 2024 election

If we can agree on end goals, then we can debate how to get there while working on getting there. And so the best founders understand this.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 7

Trump won because Americans rejected false media narratives

Most Americans fully rejected the framing employed by large portions of the mainstream press about the stakes in the election.

Politics - The Hill - November 7

Police chief: Kaba shooting claims fuelled 'dangerous narrative'

Britain’s most senior police officer accuses “those in positions of authority” of creating “rumour and innuendo”.

Harris could have defeated Trump by embracing Biden

Kamala Harris lost the presidency to Donald Trump because she ran an awful campaign. Contrary to received wisdom, this was not because she did not adequately distance herself from President Biden; ...

Politics - The Hill - 6 days ago

Pompeii archaeologists uncover ancient tiny house with elaborate frescoes

Archaeologists in Pompeii uncovered an ancient tiny home filled with elaborate artwork that has remained largely intact for thousands of years.

My rail journey to Naples and Pompeii to chase the last rays of sun

A trip from the UK in search of late-season sun leads to fresh discoveries in Pompeii as well bonus trips to Procida and Paestum. When the Mediterranean makes its first appearance, it’s through ...

World - The Guardian - October 28

Pompeii archaeological park sets daily visitors' limit to combat over-tourism

The Pompeii archaeological park plans to limit the number of visitors to 20,000 a day and introduce personalized tickets in a bid to cope with over-tourism and protect the world heritage site

World - ABC News - November 8

Pompeii limits visitors to protect ancient city from overtourism

Tickets to visit ruins buried by Mount Vesuvius, seen by 4 million this summer, to be capped at 20,000 a day. Pompeii is to limit visitor numbers to 20,000 a day and introduce personalised tickets ...

World - The Guardian - November 9

Major Italian tourist site to limit daily visitor numbers

Nearly 4 million people visited the ruins of the Roman city of Pompeii in 2023, a third more than the previous year.

Harris on Trump connection to Project 2025: 'His DNA is all over it'

Vice President Harris said in a new interview that former President Trump's "DNA is all over" Project 2025. "As you know, I am a former prosecutor; his DNA is all over it," Harris said in the ...

Politics - The Hill - October 27

Study raises hopes of treating aggressive cancers by zapping rogue DNA

Tumours could be reduced by targeting genetic material driving their growth with a new drug in early-stage trials. Scientists have raised hopes of treating some of the most aggressive cases of ...

World - The Guardian - November 6

1959 cold case of boy's murder in Wisconsin solved through DNA testing

The boy's adpotive mother admitted to killing her son, but investigators could not tie the case to skeletal remains found in 1959 until now.

DNA-testing site 23andMe to lay off 40% of its workers

The once-popular general DNA-testing firm holds a trove of sensitive genetic data from its customers.

Prosecutors say DNA, fingerprint show Jose Ibarra killed Laken Riley

The man accused of killing Laken Riley earlier this year "went out hunting for females" on the day the nursing student in Georgia was slain, prosecutors told a judge Friday on the first day of Jose ...

DNA on Discarded Cigarette Helps Lead to Arrest in a 1981 Homicide

A detective in Indiana helped crack a cold case more than 40 years after his father started working on the original investigation.

Top stories - The New York Times - Yesterday

Donald Trump groped me in what felt like a ‘twisted game’ with Jeffrey Epstein, former model alleges

Stacey Williams says the ex-president, whose spokesperson denied the allegations, touched her in an unwanted sexual way in 1993, after Epstein introduced them. A former model who says she met ...

World - The Guardian - October 23

In latest twist in Young Thug trial, rap star's co-defendant agrees to plea deal

A co-defendant in the racketeering and gun conspiracy case against Atlanta rapper Young Thug accepted a plea deal Tuesday after days of speculation over whether Georgia's longest-running criminal ...

Politics - NBC News - October 29

Dodgers' narrative flips with 2024 World Series title, through past playoff failures and discounted 2020 win

You can no longer say the Dodgers can't win a big one that counts

Sports - CBS Sports - October 31

Bhad Bhabie reveals cancer battle, tells trolls to stop 'worst narratives' around her weight

Rapper Bhad Bhabie, hoping to silence the 'worst narratives' about her appearance, reveals she is battling cancer. 'I'm slowly gaining [weight] back,' she says.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - November 9

DNA testing reveals skull found in a wall belonged to teen who died 150 years ago

DNA testing has revealed that a skull found decades ago in the wall of an Illinois house belonged to an 18-year-old woman who died just after the American Civil War.

Cutting-edge test uses DNA sequencing to yield diagnoses for some medical mysteries

A cutting-edge test is helping some doctors diagnose medical mysteries by analyzing DNA and RNA to detect a swath of viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites.

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