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In ancient Pompeii, trash and tombs went hand in hand

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cemeteries in ancient Pompeii were “mixed-use developments” with a variety of purposes that included serving as an appropriate site to toss out the trash. That’s according to ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Cyprus: crews stumble on 2-millennia-old coffins

(AP) -- Work crews in Cyprus have accidentally unearthed four rare clay coffins estimated to be some 2,000 years old, the country's Antiquities Department director said Wednesday.

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created May 19, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Government Web sites kept alive at Cyber Cemetery

(AP) -- It was a historian's nightmare. During the change from the Clinton to the Bush administration, Web sites affiliated with the Clinton White House went dark, and an unknown number of online documents ...

Technology / Internet

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It's your funeral: The eco burial movement gathers ground

Natural burial is often thought of as a green option that takes place in the countryside for non-religious people, but according to researchers at the University of Sheffield, that is only part of the story. 'Lots of different ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Fisherman's gold: Shark fin hunt empties west African seas

Retired fisherman Sada Fall is upbeat. His two sons are returning from sea with a boatload of "gold", as he calls shark fins, whose value has near-obliterated the ocean's top predator in these seas.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lowell Randall, rocket scientist, dies at 96 in NM

(AP) -- Lowell Randall, a pioneer rocket scientist who helped launched the U.S. space program and tested intercontinental ballistic missiles, has died. He was 96.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Asteroid named for 'disappeared' Argentine student

(AP) -- For 35 years, Zaida Franz has not been able to find her daughter, a girl who dreamed of becoming an astronomer and then disappeared without a trace. Now she at least has an address she can think about ...

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created Dec 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Living, and coughing, downwind of Texas smoke stacks

When the black smoke pours out of the Texan oil refinery across the road in yet another unplanned discharge, Erma Lee Ellas has just one way to try to keep the cloud of chemicals from reaching her asthmatic ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers fight to save recently uncovered German World War II bomber plane

Researchers from the United Kingdom are taking part in an attempt to rescue the last remaining intact World War II German light bomber Dornier Do 17, which has been submerged underwater in the English Channel ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Castles in the desert - satellites reveal lost cities of Libya

Satellite imagery has uncovered new evidence of a lost civilization of the Sahara in Libya's south-western desert wastes that will help re-write the history of the country.

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created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Mount Royal reveals its archeological secrets

History tells us that Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve erected a cross atop Mount Royal in 1643 to thank God for sparing the city from flooding. However, according to 18th century archival documents, the cross ...

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created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers discover ancient depiction of childbirth at Etruscan site in Tuscany

An archaeological excavation at Poggio Colla, the site of a 2,700-year-old Etruscan settlement in Italy's Mugello Valley, has turned up a surprising and unique find: two images of a woman giving birth to a ...

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created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Gypsies, graveyards and mysterious plants

A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist has confirmed the identity of a strange grass-like sedge discovered in a Mississippi graveyard, and believes the appearance of the potentially invasive plant is linked to ...

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Silicon Valley elite honor Steve Jobs

Silicon Valley nobility and political heavyweights paid tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs on Sunday at a private memorial service at Stanford University, local media said.

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created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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