Kristina Killgrove
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Staff writer @LiveScience.com
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PhD in anthropology, MA in classical archaeology. Former professor & Roman bioarchaeologist.
I crochet and bake a lot. Time zone: US Eastern
Email: [email protected]
Web: Livescience.com/author/kristina-killgrove
PhD in anthropology, MA in classical archaeology. Former professor & Roman bioarchaeologist.
I crochet and bake a lot. Time zone: US Eastern
My 12yo is currently obsessed with Stranger Things and spent hours making this cake today.
January 18, 2026 at 9:12 PM
My 12yo is currently obsessed with Stranger Things and spent hours making this cake today.
*waves in Gen X*
January 17, 2026 at 5:18 PM
*waves in Gen X*
So, how are you celebrating Saturnalia this year?
(I’m trying to convince my teenager to make cookies for his Latin club meeting tomorrow.)
(I’m trying to convince my teenager to make cookies for his Latin club meeting tomorrow.)
December 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
So, how are you celebrating Saturnalia this year?
(I’m trying to convince my teenager to make cookies for his Latin club meeting tomorrow.)
(I’m trying to convince my teenager to make cookies for his Latin club meeting tomorrow.)
Saturnalia and Christmas existed side by side for several centuries.
December 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Saturnalia and Christmas existed side by side for several centuries.
Saturnalia is, of course, the basis for Christmas. Christian church leaders co-opted Saturnalia and made it Jesus’s birthday to try to convince more people to abandon paganism.
www.history.com/articles/sat...
www.history.com/articles/sat...
December 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Saturnalia is, of course, the basis for Christmas. Christian church leaders co-opted Saturnalia and made it Jesus’s birthday to try to convince more people to abandon paganism.
www.history.com/articles/sat...
www.history.com/articles/sat...
Keep Saturn in Saturnalia!
December 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Keep Saturn in Saturnalia!
Io Saturnalia! Today is the first day in the ancient Roman week-long celebration dedicated to the god Saturn. It involved feasting 🍷, gift-giving 🎁, gambling 🎲, and role-reversal. 🏺
Here are some of my favorite Saturnalia memes…
Here are some of my favorite Saturnalia memes…
December 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Io Saturnalia! Today is the first day in the ancient Roman week-long celebration dedicated to the god Saturn. It involved feasting 🍷, gift-giving 🎁, gambling 🎲, and role-reversal. 🏺
Here are some of my favorite Saturnalia memes…
Here are some of my favorite Saturnalia memes…
Homer and the Rotunda were both extremely photogenic this weekend.
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Homer and the Rotunda were both extremely photogenic this weekend.
Just want to point out that both the Guardian and the BBC used "man" in their coverage of this research today.
If you want science news that doesn't employ anachronistically gendered language, be sure to read us at @livescience.com. 😘
If you want science news that doesn't employ anachronistically gendered language, be sure to read us at @livescience.com. 😘
December 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Just want to point out that both the Guardian and the BBC used "man" in their coverage of this research today.
If you want science news that doesn't employ anachronistically gendered language, be sure to read us at @livescience.com. 😘
If you want science news that doesn't employ anachronistically gendered language, be sure to read us at @livescience.com. 😘
*insert sickos meme*
(Seen on my neighborhood walk 🤣)
(Seen on my neighborhood walk 🤣)
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
*insert sickos meme*
(Seen on my neighborhood walk 🤣)
(Seen on my neighborhood walk 🤣)
Them: You can't tell what generation you are from a typo.
Me: That's truly outrageous. Of course you can:
Me: That's truly outrageous. Of course you can:
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Them: You can't tell what generation you are from a typo.
Me: That's truly outrageous. Of course you can:
Me: That's truly outrageous. Of course you can:
Like, I have only knitted one thing -- fingerless gloves -- and even I can see that this "handwarmer" has some issues.
(More pics in the paper - dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...).
(More pics in the paper - dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...).
November 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Like, I have only knitted one thing -- fingerless gloves -- and even I can see that this "handwarmer" has some issues.
(More pics in the paper - dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...).
(More pics in the paper - dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...).
No one can say this NY Post headline is sensational click-bait. 🤣
November 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
No one can say this NY Post headline is sensational click-bait. 🤣
Also from the late 50s… 😮
October 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Also from the late 50s… 😮
I adore Icelandic sheep. They look like a child shoved some toothpicks into a giant cottonball. 🐑
October 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I adore Icelandic sheep. They look like a child shoved some toothpicks into a giant cottonball. 🐑
Aurora borealis over Reykjavik just now. 😍
October 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Aurora borealis over Reykjavik just now. 😍
Also, I'm not the first to cover this research study. But apparently I'm one of the only journalists who knows how C14 dates work.
The shoe is dated to "674 +/- 22 years BP." BP is "before present." But C14 "present" is NOT TODAY. It's 1950. The shoe is 674 years plus 75 = 749 years old. 🏺🧪
The shoe is dated to "674 +/- 22 years BP." BP is "before present." But C14 "present" is NOT TODAY. It's 1950. The shoe is 674 years plus 75 = 749 years old. 🏺🧪
October 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Also, I'm not the first to cover this research study. But apparently I'm one of the only journalists who knows how C14 dates work.
The shoe is dated to "674 +/- 22 years BP." BP is "before present." But C14 "present" is NOT TODAY. It's 1950. The shoe is 674 years plus 75 = 749 years old. 🏺🧪
The shoe is dated to "674 +/- 22 years BP." BP is "before present." But C14 "present" is NOT TODAY. It's 1950. The shoe is 674 years plus 75 = 749 years old. 🏺🧪
Sure, it’s a drop in the massive bucket of wtf, but the White House does not know how to make a plural and/or use an apostrophe. 🫠
October 1, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Sure, it’s a drop in the massive bucket of wtf, but the White House does not know how to make a plural and/or use an apostrophe. 🫠
Latest addition to my semi-regular series: My Grocery Store Can’t Do a UNC Logo.
September 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Latest addition to my semi-regular series: My Grocery Store Can’t Do a UNC Logo.
My resident tween informed me there's another Taylor Swift countdown that ends at 2pm Eastern today. So... one like, one @livescience.com story on the science of purple! 🧪💜
August 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
My resident tween informed me there's another Taylor Swift countdown that ends at 2pm Eastern today. So... one like, one @livescience.com story on the science of purple! 🧪💜
The 11yo and I had a stroke of genius for tonight’s “girl dinner” — bruschetta flights!
(We made the tomato topping and the stracciatella but bought the pesto and ciabatta.)
(We made the tomato topping and the stracciatella but bought the pesto and ciabatta.)
August 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The 11yo and I had a stroke of genius for tonight’s “girl dinner” — bruschetta flights!
(We made the tomato topping and the stracciatella but bought the pesto and ciabatta.)
(We made the tomato topping and the stracciatella but bought the pesto and ciabatta.)
Cat break! This is Leo (aka Cat aka Dummy aka Kitty aka Buddy) doing a big stretch.
July 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Cat break! This is Leo (aka Cat aka Dummy aka Kitty aka Buddy) doing a big stretch.
On the one hand, NC is under an extreme heat watch. On the other hand, crepe myrtles and blue skies for days…
July 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
On the one hand, NC is under an extreme heat watch. On the other hand, crepe myrtles and blue skies for days…
Hands down, this is the strangest H. erectus reconstruction I've ever seen.
July 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Hands down, this is the strangest H. erectus reconstruction I've ever seen.