Aging a these "living fossils" involves complex scientific techniques. In July 1945, the U.S. detonated its first atomic bomb ...

When a researcher picks up an object — whether it’s a scrap of leather from a dig site, a fossil from a museum drawer or a newly fallen meteorite — their first question might be, “What is this thing?” ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm an American writer working in fiction and nonfiction. Willard F. Libby, the American chemist well-known as the discoverer of ...

From unmasking art forgery to uncovering the secrets of the Notre-Dame cathedral, an imposing machine outside Paris can turn back the clock to reveal the truth. It uses a technique called carbon ...

The University of Alaska Fairbanks is set to become the home of the state’s first radiocarbon dating laboratory after federal funding for the project was secured through congressional appropriations. ...

The Shroud of Turin Center in Colorado Springs is preparing linen samples similar to the materials used in the Shroud of Turin in an attempt to determine whether or not the carbon dating tests of the ...

- Notre-Dame revealed - Carbon dating can be used on bones, wood and more, but the French lab has developed new methods allowing them to date materials that do not directly derive from living ...