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Scientists Reconstruct Warrior Pharaoh’s Murder Using CT Scans
A forensic investigation of Seqenenre Taa II’s traumatic injuries suggests he died with his hands tied behind his back, perhaps the end result of fighting to liberate his kingdom.
Scientists Reconstruct Warrior Pharaoh’s Murder Using CT Scans
Scientists Reconstruct Warrior Pharaoh’s Murder Using CT Scans

A forensic investigation of Seqenenre Taa II’s traumatic injuries suggests he died with his hands tied behind his back, perhaps the end result of fighting to liberate his kingdom.

A forensic investigation of Seqenenre Taa II’s traumatic injuries suggests he died with his hands tied behind his back, perhaps the end result of fighting to liberate his kingdom.

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Initiative Seeks to CT Scan Kenya’s Unexplored Fossil Trove
Stephenie Livingston | Jul 30, 2020 | 6 min read
A paleontologist at the National Museums of Kenya is spearheading an effort to make 3-D reconstructions of the institution’s fossils available internationally.
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AI Learns from Lung CT Scans to Diagnose COVID-19
Claire Jarvis | Jun 10, 2020 | 3 min read
Lesions in the lungs of patients with pneumonia caused by a SARS-CoV-2 infection are distinct from those caused by bacteria.
Ideal Patients, 1896–Present
Amy Schleunes | Apr 1, 2020 | 3 min read
Advances in imaging technology over the last century have allowed increasingly sophisticated glimpses into the ancient processes of mummification.
Image of the Day: Big Body, Little Brain
Amy Schleunes | Feb 20, 2020 | 1 min read
An extinct rodent relative of the capybara appears to have had a smaller brain-to-body ratio than similar species.
Image of the Day: Brains and Braincases
Emily Makowski | Oct 18, 2019 | 1 min read
The skull changed shape in different ways than the brain during evolution, according to a new comparative study.
Image of the Day: Fly Reconstruction
Emily Makowski | Sep 27, 2019 | 1 min read
Scientists create a micro-CT scan image of Drosophila in fine detail.
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AI Accurately Detects Lung Cancer in Scans
Shawna Williams | May 21, 2019 | 2 min read
An artificial intelligence program called a neural network exceeds radiologists’ ability to detect malignancies, but more testing is needed before using the program clinically.
Image of the Day: Star Scans
Carolyn Wilke | Jan 30, 2019 | 1 min read
CT scans illuminate the structure of sea stars.
Image of the Day: Keep a Cool HeadĀ 
The Scientist and The Scientist Staff | Jan 17, 2018 | 1 min read
Scientists take a close look at how cloven hoofed mammals use selective brain cooling to survive in the heat. 
Image of the Day: Flying Blood Bag
The Scientist | Aug 22, 2017 | 1 min read
A novel contrast agent capable of staining the finest blood vessels reveals an elaborate, entwined network in this pigeon’s CT scan. 
Early Hominin Hearing
Karen Zusi | Sep 29, 2015 | 2 min read
Based on the structure of fossilized skulls and ear bones, researchers learn that early hominins heard sounds best between the frequencies that humans and chimpanzees do.
Revealing Metamorphosis
Kate Yandell | May 14, 2013 | 3 min read
Three-dimensional imaging of living chrysalises shows how butterflies develop.
Ancient Pharaoh Was Murdered
Jef Akst | Dec 18, 2012 | 2 min read
DNA samples and CT scans reveal that Ramesses III likely had his throat slashed by his son and other conspirators.
CT Scans Increase Risk of Cancer
Edyta Zielinska | Jun 7, 2012 | 1 min read
Exposure to doses of radiation used in some diagnostics in childhood can triple the risk of brain cancer and leukemia as an adult.
Mite Found on Ancient Spider
Tia Ghose | Nov 9, 2011 | 1 min read
Using CT scanning, scientists were able to visualize a tiny mite hitching a ride on a 50-million-year old spider.
Mummy Cancer
Cristina Luiggi | Oct 28, 2011 | 1 min read
Researchers diagnose the second oldest known case of prostate cancer in a two-thousand-year-old-Egyptian mummy.
Scanning Ancient Animal Mummies
Cristina Luiggi | Jul 1, 2011 | 1 min read
A collection of ancient Egyptian animal mummies from the Brooklyn Museum is subjected to the powerful X-rays of a CT scanner in order to peer through the centuries-old packaging. 
Unveiling Animal Mummies
Cristina Luiggi | Jul 1, 2011 | 3 min read
Powerful CT scans reveal thousand-year-old secrets from a collection of preserved animals from ancient Egypt.
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