Only filmed interview with Georges Lemaître, 'father of the Big Bang,' rediscovered after 60 years

Elaborate underground embalming workshop discovered at Saqqara | Stockpile of 2,000-year-old gemstones found in Roman bathhouse drain | Viking warriors sailed the seas with their pets, bone analysis finds Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( February 2, 2023 CONNECT WITH LIVESCIENCE  [Facebook]( [Twitter](  [LIVESCIENCE]( Amazing science every day [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [WEBSITE](  [] Top Science News [] [Only filmed interview with Georges Lemaître, 'father of the Big Bang,' rediscovered after 60 years]( [Only filmed interview with Georges Lemaître, 'father of the Big Bang,' rediscovered after 60 years]( (VRT) The only known video interview with Belgian physicist Georges Lemaître, widely considered the "father of the Big Bang," talking about the birth of the universe has been rediscovered almost 60 years after it was lost. Lemaître (1894-1966) was the first person to propose that the movement of galaxies away from Earth was a sign that the universe was expanding, which was later observationally confirmed by the American astronomer Edwin Hubble. Full Story: [Live Science]( (2/1) [] History & Archaeology [] [Elaborate underground embalming workshop discovered at Saqqara]( [Elaborate underground embalming workshop discovered at Saqqara]( (Nikola Nevenov) Archaeologists at Saqqara have finally identified the many embalming ingredients used to mummify the dead in ancient Egypt. They also deciphered how those different ingredients — many of which came from distant lands — were used. Full Story: [Live Science]( (2/1) [] [Stockpile of 2,000-year-old gemstones found in Roman bathhouse drain]( [Stockpile of 2,000-year-old gemstones found in Roman bathhouse drain]( (Anna Giecco) Archaeologists recently uncovered a stockpile of 2,000-year-old glittering gemstones clogging the drain of a Roman bathhouse near Hadrian's Wall in Carlisle, England. The 30 engraved, semi-precious stones — known as intaglios — likely dropped out of the ring settings worn by bathers who took to the waters sometime during the second and third centuries A.D., The Guardian reported. Full Story: [Live Science]( (2/1) [] [Viking warriors sailed the seas with their pets, bone analysis finds]( [Viking warriors sailed the seas with their pets, bone analysis finds]( (Julian Richards, University of York) When the Vikings sailed west to England more than a millennium ago, they brought their animal companions with them and even cremated their bodies alongside human ones in a blazing pyre before burying them together, a new study finds. These animal and human remains were found in a unique cremation cemetery in central England that has long been assumed to hold the remains of Vikings — in particular, the warriors who sailed west to raid the countryside in the ninth century A.D. Full Story: [Live Science]( (2/1) [] Your Health [] [Eye drop product may be tied to cluster of drug-resistant bacterial infections, CDC says]( [Eye drop product may be tied to cluster of drug-resistant bacterial infections, CDC says]( (KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images) The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has advised doctors and consumers to "immediately discontinue" the use of EzriCare Artificial Tears, as the eye drops may be linked to a multistate cluster of serious bacterial infections, the agency announced Jan. 20. The CDC, with help from state and local health departments, has identified 50 patients in 11 states who had been infected with the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the agency recently uncovered evidence that these infections may be linked to the use of EzriCare Artificial Tears. Full Story: [Live Science]( (2/1) [] Astronomy & Astrophysics [] [New map of the universe's matter reveals a possible hole in our understanding of the cosmos]( [New map of the universe's matter reveals a possible hole in our understanding of the cosmos]( (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics et al.) Scientists have made one of the most precise maps of the universe's matter, and it shows that something may be missing in our best model of the cosmos. Created by pooling data from two telescopes that observe different types of light, the new map revealed that the universe is less "clumpy" than previous models predicted — a potential sign that the vast cosmic web that connects galaxies is less understood than scientists thought. Full Story: [Live Science]( (2/1) [] That’s Strange! [] [Radioactive capsule found in Western Australia after frantic search]( [Radioactive capsule found in Western Australia after frantic search]( (Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA) A tiny, potentially deadly, radioactive capsule that fell from a truck has been found in Australia's outback following a frantic search along a huge desert highway. Mining giant Rio Tinto issued an apology for the loss of the coin-sized silver capsule, which contains enough cesium-137 to send out 10 X-ray blasts every hour and fell somewhere along Western Australia's 870-mile (1,400 kilometers) Highway 95 during the past two weeks, triggering the widespread search. Full Story: [Live Science]( (2/1)   [Sign Up]( | [Update Profile]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Cookies Policy]( | [Terms and Conditions]( CONTACT US: [FEEDBACK](mailto:livescience@smartbrief.com) | [ADVERTISE]( Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036