Solar storms, ice cores and nuns teeth: the new science of history

Published: May 3, 2024, 4 a.m.

Advances in fields such as spectrometry and gene sequencing are unleashing torrents of new data about the ancient world \u2013 and could offer answers to questions we never even knew to ask. By Jacob Mikanowski. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod