Good news: they've found Nicolaus Copernicus. (And you probably didn't even know he was missing.) As various news outlets report, scientists have performed DNA analysis on skeletal remains found buried in the cathedral where Copernicus lived and compared them to hairs found in a book owned by the scientist. "Three years ago, archaeologists dug up a skull and partial remains of a man aged about 70, Copernicus' age when he died, near an altar at the cathedral," the BBC says, adding that "forensic facial reconstruction of the skull found that it bore a striking resemblance to existing portraits of the father of modern astronomy."
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Nov 22, 2008
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