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Scientists Extracted DNA From Medieval Parchment—and Found a Hidden Disease (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-21 | tags: sheeppox, medieval parchment, dna extraction

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Deodands put a price on objects that caused death (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-16 | by Amelia Soth | tags: deodands, norfolk arms hotel, medieval law

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How do we prevent mathemathics from devolving into the Medieval Era of secrecy? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | get The Equation that Couldn't Be Solved Mario Livio book → | tags: medieval mathematics, scipione del ferro, cubic equations

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Reconstructing Concurrency Invariants Through Medieval East Asian Logic (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-11 | get Java Concurrency in Practice book → | tags: concurrency, invariants, east asian logic

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Medieval manuscripts are "biological time capsules" for deadly sheeppox virus (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-04 | get Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts de Hamel book → | tags: sheeppox, medieval manuscripts, dna sequencing

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OpenBSD Stories: Strange Medieval Devices (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-02 | by Miod Vallat | tags: openbsd, smd disks, scsi

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Fish bad, sugar good and other medieval ideas about food (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-31 | get The Medieval Kitchen Recipes from France and Italy book → | tags: galen, william harvey, medieval medicine

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Fish Bad, Sugar Good and Other Medieval Ideas About Food (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-31 | get The Medieval Kitchen Recipes from France and Italy book → | tags: galen, william harvey, medieval medicine

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The only known trebuchet casualty in history (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: trebuchet, stirling castle, paleopathology

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This Medieval Skeleton Had 160 Broken Bones, and Scientists Just Figured Out What Hit Him (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: trebuchet, archaeology, 14th-century

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Meet the only known trebuchet casualty in history (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: trebuchet, stirling castle, paleopathology

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A Legendary Flood in Medieval Europe Wasn’t a Single Disaster—It Was 16 of Them (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: medieval europe, flood, crisis response

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Angels in Coptic Magic I: Introduction (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-26 | by Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin | tags: coptic magic, pseudo-dionysus, angels hierarchy

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Medieval-style fortifications are back in the Sahel (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-01 | get Medieval Fortress Building Kit → | tags: fortifications, fortifications sahel, medieval

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Did a medieval flying monk spot Halley's comet, twice? It's complicated (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-14 | tags: halley's comet, medieval aviation, william of malmesbury

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Archaeologists Opened a Queen’s 700-Year-Old Tomb and Found a Medieval Mystery Instead (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-04 | get Ancient Egyptian Artifact Kit → | tags: queen’s tomb, medieval mystery, archaeological excavation

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Someone Dropped This Notebook in a Medieval Toilet 700 Years Ago—and It’s Still Legible (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-19 | get Antique Leather Notebook Preservation Kit → | tags: notebook, medieval, latrine

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Gode Cookery – Authentic Medieval Recipes (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | by James L. Matterer | get Medieval Cookbook Collection → | tags: gode cookery, medieval recipes, james matterer

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Archaeologists Unearth ‘Advanced’ Gold Dental Bridge in Medieval Scottish Grave (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-04 | get Medieval Gold Dental Bridge → | tags: gold dental bridge, medieval scottish grave, dental ligature

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Is fun at work overrated? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-29 | get Ergonomic Office Chair → | tags: roman galley, medieval serf, textile mill

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Scientists Used Medieval Poems and Trees to Uncover a 13th-Century Solar Surge (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-10 | get Solar Power Bank → | tags: medieval poems, solar surge, northern lights

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Wit, unker, Git: The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-09 | tags: wit, medieval pronouns, english language

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How to deal with a passive-aggressive colleague (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-01 | get Dealing with Passive-Aggressive Behavior Book → | tags: passive-aggressive, interpersonal interactions, medieval societies

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The story of Britain's oldest sweet, the Pontefract Cake (2019) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-31 | get Pontefract Cake Candy → | tags: pontefract castle, liquorice, pontefract cakes

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Gerard of Cremona (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-26 | get Gerard of Cremona Translation Kit → | tags: gerard of cremona, toledo school of translators, ptolemy almagest

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How far back in time can you understand English? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-18 | by Colin Gorrie | get Language Tool → | tags: none, english language, medieval chronicler

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The Mongol Khans of Medieval France (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-16 | get Medieval French Armor → | tags: attacks, attacks checking, browser

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Virgins, Unicorns and Medieval Literature (2017) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-16 | get I can't fulfill this request. → | tags: body, mary, medieval

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Why medieval city-builder video games are historically inaccurate (2020) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-23 | by Alexia Kerkhof | get Medieval City Builder → | tags: builder, building, city

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Viking Ship Museum in Denmark announces the discovery of the largest cog (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-22 | by Theme | get Cogwheel → | tags: archaeologists, built, cargo