Researchers used the powerful X-rays of the Advanced Photon Source to see the preserved remains of an ancient Egyptian girl without disturbing the linen wrappings. The results of those tests point to a new way to study mummified specimens.

The mummified remains of ancient Egyptians hold many secrets, from the condition of the bodies to the artifacts placed within the burial garments. Now a team of researchers has found a way to unwrap those secrets, without unraveling the mummies themselves.

Three years ago, researchers from Northwestern University, in preparation for an exhibit on campus, carefully transported a 1, 900-year-old mummy to the Advanced Photon Source (APS), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility at DOE ’s Argonne National Laboratory. There scientists used powerful X-ray beams to peer inside the layers of linen and resin to examine the 2, 000-year-old bones and objects buried within.

The only total solar eclipse of 2020 dazzled spectators in South America, and some lucked out even as overcast skies threatened to put a damper on an incredible celestial event.

The so-called Southern Cone has now been treated to two total solar eclipses in back-to-back years. But each event was unique. Both eclipses were visible in Chile and Argentina, but the 2019 total solar eclipse happened in the wintertime for the Southern Hemisphere and in the late afternoon. This meant that the sun was low on the horizon, so the sky didn’t get as dark as it did this year.

Known victims so far include the US Treasury, the US NTIA, and FireEye itself.

Google services knocked offline in rare outage.

Users around the world were unable to access applications including YouTube, Gmail and Docs.

YouTube has gone down, with the video site failing to load at all.

Users simply see a message reading “oops”, a note saying that “something went wrong” and a picture of a monkey carrying a tool.

Some users did find that they were able to get onto the site by using incognito mode, and that the issue appeared to be a result of logging in or trying to visit on a browser that had already been logged in.

Issued on: 14/12/2020 — 01:42.

Like the previous total solar eclipse in 2019, the Dec. 14, 2020 event will happen over the Southern Cone of South America.