Researchers found white lime residue tracing the outline of a lost rectangular wooden coffin surrounding the sarcophagus. For more than a century, a stone coffin at Westminster Abbey carried the name of a Roman-era Londoner, while the identity of the person buried inside remained hidden. Now, modern forensic and archaeological analysis has shifted the story…

Hope Ochieng and Charles Midega in the drying greenhouse at KIYA. Image Credit: Rebecca Nelson/Cornell Chronicle Kenyan researchers are turning human excreta collected from informal settlements in Kisumu into an agricultural fertiliser designed to improve soil while reducing pollution. The product, called KIYA Gold, is being developed by Cornell researchers and Kenyan partners as a…