SEVERAL articles 1–3 have described efforts to reconcile radiocarbon ages with “true ages”. The principle behind these procedures lies in the determination of a radiocarbon age and its ...

In 1940 Martin Kamen discovered radioactive carbon-14 (an isotope of carbon) and found that it had a half-life of about 5,700 years. Scientists had also found that some of the nitrogen in the ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a series called “The Day Tomorrow Began,” which explores the history of breakthroughs at UChicago. Learn more here. Radiocarbon dating, or carbon-14 dating, is a ...

In order to determine how “old” this dissolved organic carbon is, its natural radiocarbon activity has been measured for two deep-water samples taken off southern California.

Ever heard of the Death Clock? It's a web-based tool that prides itself on predicting your precise and exact date of death. Well, many people may have a problem with that, yet others would have no ...

It's one thing to dwell on your possible date of death. The more important part of the equation is what you can do about it. If you dig deeper into the app, you'll find motivational tools ...

By The Learning Network A new collection of graphs, maps and charts organized by topic and type from our “What’s Going On in This Graph?” feature. By The Learning Network Want to learn ...

[From: Society’s Final Solution: A History and Discussion of the Death Penalty, Laura E. Randa, ed., University Press of America, Inc., 1997. Reprinted with ...

A conversion graph is used to change one unit into another. This could be changing between miles and kilometres, pounds to a foreign currency, or the cost of a journey based on the number of miles ...

Dilok Klaisataporn / Getty Images Plus The term value date is commonly used to describe the date at which a transaction settles. It is also used to denote a future date that is used for ...

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When is the Death Stranding 2 release date? Hideo Kojima himself confirmed that it is on the way, after all. Not a whole lot of official information has been revealed at all about Death Stranding ...