Prioritising stability Questions about Machado’s role in Venezuelan politics emerged within hours of the US operation to remove Maduro, a leader accused of violently suppressing dissent. Machado, 58, had been living in hiding for months after the 2024 election, for fear of facing arrest. But that changed in December, when she escaped abroad to accept … Read more
“The Ptolemaic dynasty was super into inbreeding to maintain bloodlines. They rarely married outside their family, and when they did, they brought in Macedonian or Greek nobility to marry. There’s some speculation that Cleopatra may have had some Syrian blood from several generations prior, but she was almost entirely Greek. She was the first of the Ptolemaic … Read more
The findings follow analysis of seismic readings from NASA’s Mars InSight lander before it shut down in 2022. New research suggests there may be enough water hiding in the cracks of underground rocks beneath the surface of Mars to form an ocean. The findings are based on seismic measurements from NASA’s Mars InSight lander, which … Read more