February 2012
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BU scientist identifies mystery bones
BU scientists were trusted to examine some ancient bones found by builders in a garden of a house in Preston, Weymouth. The bones were thought to be thousands of years old by BU’s Elizabeth Craig-Atkins. If you would like to read the full report please visit The Dorset Echo and BBC Dorset
Forensics on The One Show
On 15 Feb Simon Bozeman, reporter from The One Show came to BU with his team (a camera man/producer and assistant) for an exclusive tour of the new Crime Scene Training Facility and of course to make a report using the setting. Using the news hook of the Forensic Science Service (FSS) closing, Simon [...]
Kate Welham on BBC Wiltshire
Kate Welham was on BBC Wiltshire last week discussing the intrigue and facts with presenter Sue Davies around her Google under the earth project. [audio:http://microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk/applied-sciences/files/2012/02/stonehenge-2.mp3|titles=Listen to Kate on BBc Wiltshire here]
BU scientist comments on new Stonehenge theory
Professor Timothy Darvill challenged the new Stonehenge theory proposed by US scientist Steven Waller in the Guardian yesterday. Steven Waller proposed after a series of experiments that the positions of the standing stones match patterns in sound waves created by a pair of musical instruments. Timothy said that while sound played an important role in [...]
BU project features in Guardian Research Notes
An image from Google Earth The Guardian have featured BU’s Seeing Beneath Stonehenge application in its internationally acclaimed Research Notes feature. The project applies Google Earth technology to transport you around the virtual landscape of this magnificent monument. You can interact with the exciting discoveries of the Stonehenge Riverside Project and learn more about the [...]
‘The earliest Englishman was nothing more than a cheap fraud’
In the centenary year of the discovery of the hoax, Dr Miles Russell, Senior Lecturer in prehistoric and Roman Archaeology has spoken to the Observer about the Piltdown Man. Between 1908 and 1912 human skull fragments, an ape-like jaw and flints were found close to the Sussex village of Piltdown. The discovery was, at the [...]
Rudy Gozlan in The Times
Professor Rudy Gozlan’s research about the Rosette Agent threatening Salmon stocks has appeared in The Times. The full story can be read here
