Belgian diver Stefan Panis found up to 20 Guinness bottles dating to 1864 in the Mindora shipwreck off Dover; scientists are analyzing the contents for DNA to potentially recreate the original beer, with the Guinness Archive coordinating the effort.
A 162-year-old bottle of Guinness, dating to 1864, was recovered from a shipwreck off Dover by Belgian diver Stefan Panis. The find is being analyzed by researchers at KU Leuven, with hopes of understanding its taste and potentially recreating the 1860s stout, and there may be more bottles buried in the wreck; Diageo’s Guinness Archive is coordinating the investigation.
Historians suggest that Arizona's 1864 near-total abortion ban was driven by power struggles, with male physicians seeking dominance over midwives and anti-abortion advocates feeling threatened by immigrants. The law, recently ruled enforceable by the state Supreme Court, reflected efforts to control reproductive rights and healthcare. The ban, which criminalized abortion before fetal movement detection, was part of a national movement to restrict abortion, giving physicians more power. The decision to uphold the law has sparked debate about gender equality and the uncertainty faced by doctors under today's national abortion restrictions.