News tagged with natural stone

Sun to strike NY streets in magical 'Manhattanhenge'

It is dubbed "Manhattanhenge" and happens two times a year when the Sun aligns at dusk with streets in a glowing magic trick as rays of sunlight span across New York perfectly, from west to east.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

'Hobbit' island colonised much earlier than thought

Flores, the Indonesian island where skeletal remains of famous "hobbit hominids" were found in 2003, was colonised by humans much earlier than thought, scientists said on Wednesday.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 17, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 10




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Mighty Martian meteorite lands at UK's Natural History Museum

A rare Martian meteorite that could help unravel the mysteries of Mars has arrived at the Natural History Museum in London today, obtained with the support of a donor.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Twinkle, twinkle kidney stone: With a push you could be gone

Just the mention of kidney stones can cause a person to cringe. They are often painful and sometimes difficult to remove, and 10 percent of the population will suffer from them. In space, the risk of developing ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

World's most extreme deep-sea vents revealed

Scientists have revealed details of the world's most extreme deep-sea volcanic vents, 5 kilometres down in a rift in the Caribbean seafloor.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

China's space ambitions ally glory with pragmatism

As China pushes to become a global space power, experts say its ambitions go well beyond a symbolic moon landing, to satellite observation and a global positioning system to rival that of the United States.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Flipped from head to toe: 100 years of continental drift theory

Exactly 100 years ago, on 6 January 1912, Alfred Wegener presented his theory of continental drift to the public for the first time. At a meeting of the Geological Association in Frankfurt's Senckenberg Museum, he revealed ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Researchers deconstruct the physics of writing with a fountain pen

Wetting a fountain pen to compose a thank-you note is a grand way to express gratitude for a holiday gift, yet we often don’t give a thought to what happens when ink moves from pen to paper. But for a ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (17) | comments 20 | with audio podcast

Review: 'Rocksmith' rocks out with real guitars

If "Guitar Hero" was the spunky teenager who made music gaming fun, "Rocksmith" is his older, cooler brother in a distressed leather jacket.

Technology / Software

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Dutch unveil plan in war against the sea: a sandbar

In its age-old war to keep back the sea, low-lying Netherlands has dumped sand onto a surface larger than 200 football fields just off the coast -- and will wait for nature to do the rest.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Geologists pinpoint near exact source of some of Stonehenge's stones

(PhysOrg.com) -- Robert Ixer and Richard Bevins, British geologists, after nine months of tedious research, have pinpointed the place from which some of the stones that make up Stonehenge were quarried. The ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 19 | with audio podcast report

Why young couples aren't getting married -- they fear the ravages of divorce

With the share of married adults at an all-time low in the United States, new research by demographers at Cornell University and the University of Central Oklahoma unveils clues why couples don't get married – they fear ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 18, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 41


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