Tom Metcalfe is a freelance journalist at Live Science. He specializes in a range of topics including science, space, archaeology, and the Earth and oceans, often exploring the intersections of natural sciences and culture. His work has been featured in prominent outlets such as National Geographic, NBC News, and Scientific American.
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Tom Metcalfe primarily covers scientific and cultural themes, with a focus on archaeology, ancient civilizations, historical discoveries, and science. His articles often cite data and include expert commentary.
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By: Tom Metcalfe
Two studies of Neandertal remains suggest their newborns were about the same size as those of modern humans but developed faster through infancy.
The baths of ancient Rome weren’t just for bathing. They were bustling civic hubs.
The remains of at least 37 people sit in an ancient stone "jar." They suggest thousands of such vessels in Laos' Plain of Jars are burial vaults.
Sak Tahn Waax linked Venus, Mars and the Maya calendar in the eighth century
By: Tom Metcalfe
Analysis of six mummies from ancient Egypt challenges the idea that the bows and daggers buried with some royal women were merely ceremonial.
By: Tom Metcalfe
It's long been debated what started the devastating 1789 smallpox outbreak among Indigenous Australians. Now, a new modeling study has the likely answer.
By: Tom Metcalfe
A new look at three children who died in the Inca human sacrifice ceremony known as Capacocha reveals their last few months and moments.
Microbes might still grow on Ötzi’s carefully chilled body. This finding could help scientists protect the mummy from being decomposed.
By: Allison Parshall, Tom Metcalfe
Smell can bring back vivid childhood memories—the so-called “Proust's madeleine” phenomenon—and neuroscientists now think they know why
Neuroscientists think they've pinpointed particular cells that reside in the brain's olfactory bulb (its smell center) that are primed to capture scents from childhood. What particular smells bring back your memories from childhood? What is the earliest "smell" memory you have?
