Ariana Fernandez and her magnetometer have a terrific view of Peru.Admittedly, it’s no postcard image. Fernandez, a senior majoring in archaeological studies, goes in more for soil samples than scenic vistas. Yet with her bits of burnt earth and some...
As a child living in a rural area in eastern Tibet, His Holiness the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje recalls a natural environment that was pristine and untarnished by modern development.It was there, he said during his Chubb Fellowship Lecture at Yale...
Henricus Martellus, a German cartographer working in Florence in the late 15th century, produced a highly detailed map of the known world. According to experts, there is strong evidence that Christopher Columbus studied this map and that it influenced his...
Scientists are getting an unprecedented look at a geological process in South America that mirrors the formation of America’s Rocky Mountains.The revised geometry of the downgoing Nazca plate beneath the Andean mountains in southern Peru and northern...
Even as students took a break from academics, Yale remained as busy as ever this summer. From new faculty appointments to repurposing a miracle arthritis drug to Connecticut’s largest U.S. naturalization ceremony, there was plenty to talk about since...