Lizzie Wade
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Mexico
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Past articles by Lizzie:
Possible ‘embassy’ in ancient Maya city illuminates the birth of an empire
New excavations in Tikal hint it was conquered after an alliance fell apart → Read More
From Black Death to fatal flu, past pandemics show why people on the margins suffer most
Inequality made historical pandemics ‘worse than they had to be’ → Read More
The 8-Hour Workday Is a Counterproductive Lie
What was once a socialist dream has become every knowledge worker’s nightmare. It's time to unmake the modern myth of productivity. → Read More
The Black Death may have transformed medieval societies in sub-Saharan Africa
New evidence questions the assumption that plague bacterium didn’t cross the Sahara → Read More
Measuring earthquake damage with cellphone sensors and determining the height of the ancient Tibetan Plateau
On this week’s show: cheap sensors that can monitor a building’s structural integrity after an earthquake, and a new method to determine the paleoelevation of the Tibetan Plateau → Read More
Ancient DNA confirms Native Americans’ deep roots in North and South America
Trove of ancient samples reveals 11,000 years of unknown genetic history → Read More
Mexico’s new science minister is a plant biologist who opposes transgenic crops
Critics worry Elena Álvarez-Buylla’s activism will influence funding decisions → Read More
The future of PCB-laden orca whales, and doing genomics work with Indigenous people
On this week’s show: Modeling the future of killer whales exposed to PCBs, Indigenous people tackle genomics projects on their own terms, and our monthly books segment → Read More
Ancient volcanic eruptions, and peer pressure—from robots
On this week’s show: how finding a date for an ancient volcanic eruption may affect all radiocarbon calculations, and how robots might exert peer pressure on kids → Read More
Ancient deer skeleton may reveal how Neanderthals hunted prey
Injuries may help resolve debate between hunting at far or close range → Read More
Feeding the gods: Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrifice in Aztec capital
Archaeologists uncover the remains of a giant rack of skulls beneath downtown Mexico City → Read More
South America’s Inca civilization was better at skull surgery than Civil War doctors
Survival rate was a remarkable 80%, compared with just 50% during the American Civil War → Read More
New map of Alaska’s ancient coast supports theory that America’s first people arrived by boat
Study suggests Alaska’s costal glaciers melted at least 17,000 years ago → Read More
Ancient humans settled the Philippines 700,000 years ago
Did early humans arrive there by boat? → Read More
Genes of ‘extinct’ Caribbean islanders found in living people
1000-year-old skeleton’s DNA counters myth that Taino population was completely wiped out → Read More
LIGO spots merging neutron stars, scholarly questions about a new Bible museum, and why wolves are better team players than dogs
On this week’s show: Can the Museum of the Bible escape the sins of its past? Plus, a roundup from the daily news site → Read More
Unusual Mexico earthquake may have relieved stress in seismic gap
Tehuantepec gap had been quiet for more than 100 years → Read More
Mexico City’s Earthquake Alert Worked. The Rest of the Country Wasn’t So Lucky
Mexico City's earthquake protections worked beautifully last night. When will the rest of the country have them, too? → Read More
Coddled puppies don’t do as well in school, some trees make their own rain, and the Americas were probably first populated by ancient mariners
On this week’s show: Most archaeologists think the first Americans arrived by boat. Now, they’re beginning to prove it, plus a roundup from the daily news site → Read More
Scientists thought ancient Egyptian mummies didn’t have any DNA left. They were wrong
First ancient mummy genomes show that past conquests left little mark on Egyptian DNA → Read More