Tombs Give New Insights into Maya History
A Maya pyramid beautifully decorated with a rare polychrome-painted stucco frieze was unearthed by CAS researchers in July at the site of Holmul, a Classic Maya city in northeastern Guatemala.
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The Sun’s Ripple Effect
A new study co-authored by CAS astronomers indicates that the Sun, like a boat moving through water, likely forms a crescent-shaped shockwave—or bow shock—as it moves through interstellar gas.
Study Clarifies Role of Bacteria in Pandemic Diseases
A new study by CAS researchers shows that Walbachia, intracellular bacteria that infect invertebrates at pandemic levels, evolved to target their hosts’ stem cells.
A Commencement to Remember
Commencement 2013 was a special occasion, as we wished well this year’s graduating class. The weekend included 33 separate ceremonies for CAS/GRS. Click on the link above to see the highlights!
Fish and the Secrets of Social Dynamics
CAS researchers say that scientists should continue to focus on coral reef fish species in their search for answers to questions about how different social behaviors evolved.
Bringing Water to the Sinai?
According to CAS researchers, the traces of an ancient watershed in the Sinai Desert may hold clues to making sustainable agriculture possible in one of the driest places on earth.
Rethinking World Literature
Wiebke Denecke, associate professor of modern languages and comparative literature, discusses her critical role in producing the third edition of the Norton Anthology of World Literature.
Understanding Spatial Thinking
Michael Hasselmo and colleagues show that different animal species use grid cells—which are believed to help compute self-position—in different ways.
Shedding Light on Earth’s Early Mantle
Researchers from Boston University’s Department of Earth and Environment have found evidence that material contained in oceanic lava flows originated at the Earth’s surface more than two billion years ago.
Two CAS Professors Elected to Academy of Arts and Sciences
Larry Epstein, professor of economics, and Paula Fredriksen, professor emeritus of religion, have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.