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  • X-Rays Reveal Gnarled Remains of Ancient Roman Military Sandal

    X-Rays Reveal Gnarled Remains of Ancient Roman Military Sandal

    At first blush, the remains of an ancient Roman sandal look more like little gnarled carcasses than footwear. But upon closer inspection and using X-rays, archeologists say the shoe parts they found at an ancient military site are unusually well preserved. Discovered at a roughly 2,000-year-old fort near Oberstimm, a village in Bavaria, Germany, the…


  • How One Wealthy Brit in 1930 Imagined the Home of 2030

    How One Wealthy Brit in 1930 Imagined the Home of 2030

    What will homes of the year 2030 look like? They might feature revolutionary technology or humanity’s sad best attempt at robotic pets. They might be blissfully dumb or they might be just too smart and terrifying. But those are all relatively new predictions, for the most part. What did people of 100 years ago imagine for the…