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Staff writer @LiveScience.com
Email: [email protected]
Web: Livescience.com/author/kristina-killgrove
PhD in anthropology, MA in classical archaeology. Former professor & Roman bioarchaeologist.
I crochet and bake a lot. Chapel Hill, NC based.
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@livescience.comReposted by @killgrove.bsky.socialBronze ring with Lighthouse of Alexandria engraving discovered at palace on submerged island in Egypt www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
@peiferlabunc.bsky.socialReposted by @killgrove.bsky.socialI am a long time subscriber to National Geographic. National Geographic generally does a superb job of covering complex scientific topics. However, The End of Aging” in the September issue was a dramatic deviation from this record. 1/n
@pixelatedboat.bsky.socialReposted by @killgrove.bsky.socialAustralopithecus 3 million years ago:
@mcsweeneys.netReposted by @killgrove.bsky.social"Are my migraines hormonal, or am I thinking too hard about how Peter Thiel has more money than all nurses on Earth combined?"
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@robertscotthorton.bsky.socialReposted by @killgrove.bsky.socialPrinceton, McGill and Penn have all denied tenure to women who went on to win a Nobel Prize. It says quite a bit about tenure standards, and the treatment of women in academia. MAGA thinks that DEI gives them an unfair advantage. And that's farcical. www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
@killgrove.bsky.socialTo be clear, I’m here because it’s the newly 13yo’s birthday present. And also because her music slaps.
@killgrove.bsky.socialThe great thing about going to a concert that’s mostly for teen girls (Olivia Rodrigo) is that even from the floor, I can see everrrrrything (as someone 2 SD taller than the average US woman). 🎵 💄 💋
@petersagal.bsky.socialReposted by @killgrove.bsky.socialOne of the first things Fidel Castro did upon taking power was televising live executions by firing squad.
@benpatrickwill.bsky.socialReposted by @killgrove.bsky.socialEditors of journals published by Taylor & Francis - hi! - may be alarmed to learn there is an emerging view T&F will get bought by private equity after Informa announced it's dropping it. And we know what private equity does to its acquisitions. Guts them. As if academic publishing wasn't bad enough
@johnhawks.netReposted by @killgrove.bsky.socialThe evolution of cattle and their relatives is such a fascinating story. It’s great to see some of the same sites in the Altai providing information about unexpected bovines, after already highlighting the unexpected diversity of human ancestors.
@andrewcurry.comReposted by @killgrove.bsky.socialNeanderthals were talented hunters AND home decorators. Evidence from a Spanish rock shelter includes new tool types and evidence for windbreaks and other domestic arrangements. “Now we can start to imagine the spaces they were living in,” says archaeologist @annemiekemilks.bsky.social. @science.org
@carlzimmer.comReposted by @killgrove.bsky.socialPeople who hunt game and gather wild plants in both Tanzania and Bolivia share hundreds of species of bacteria in their guts that are rare or missing from industrialized societies. Here's my story about what this may mean for the history of the microbiome. Gift link: nyti.ms/3WdCvZZ
@kottke.orgReposted by @killgrove.bsky.socialThe Job Trail, a web game about making it through 52 weeks as a laid-off creative worker. Based on The Oregon Trail. My first try: “You have died of burnout. Week 13. 51 applications, 1 ghosting.” [labs.ficuscreative.com]
@killgrove.bsky.socialAlabama Makes State Workers Say ‘Gulf of America.’ Colleges Aren’t Spared.
@npr.orgReposted by @killgrove.bsky.socialResearchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALa
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@tmitchellbrown.bsky.socialReposted by @killgrove.bsky.socialChronicle Heritage, the largest cultural resources management firm in the US, abruptly shuttered its operations last week.
The sudden closure leaves many archaeologists without work just as the US field season is coming to a close.
This is a developing story. 🧪🏺
@killgrove.bsky.socialA new study of Iron and Viking Age "body-objects" reveals a significant amount of violence in Scandinavia. 🏺🧪
@gbrumfiel.bsky.socialReposted by @killgrove.bsky.socialThe IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027.
