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Obsidian 'trail' provides clues to how humans settled, interacted in Kuril Islands
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeologists have used stone tools to answer many questions about human ancestors in both the distant and near past and now they are analyzing the origin of obsidian flakes to better understand ...
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Light-speed computer connection will slash genetic data transfer time between TGen-ASU
Nov 12, 2008 |
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Hot on the heels of a new supercomputer, plans for a new light-speed data line between the Translational Genomics Research Institute and Arizona State University could slash the time is takes to transfer genetic information.
New details of first major urban battle emerge along with clues about civilization’s origins
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 16, 2007 |
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New details in the tragic end of one of the world’s earliest cities as well as clues about how urban life may have begun there were revealed in a recent excavation in northeastern Syria that was conducted by ...
Planet Smash-Up Sends Vaporized Rock, Hot Lava Flying (w/ Video)
Aug 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found evidence of a high-speed collision between two burgeoning planets around a young star.
Prehistoric funerary precinct excavated in northern Israel
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Sep 02, 2008 |
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Hebrew University excavations in the north of Israel have revealed a prehistoric funerary precinct dating back to 6,750-8,500 BCE.
New clues in Easter Island hat mystery
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Sep 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of archaeologists has come one step closer to unravelling the mystery of how the famous statues dotting the landscape of a tiny Pacific island acquired their distinctive red hats.
Birth of a new ocean
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 31, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a remote part of northern Ethiopia, the Earth’s crust is being stretched to breaking point, providing geologists with a unique opportunity to watch the birth of what may eventually become ...
Sony Ericsson Ainoa Smarter Phone: Access All Media Content Any Time--Any Where
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 31, 2009 |
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Sony Ericsson announced the integrating and scintillating new smarter phone, Ainoa also spelled Aino in London on May 28, 2009. By smarter, I mean the future of communications is exemplified by the 4.1-inch ...
Race to preserve the world's oldest submerged town
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May 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The oldest submerged town in the world is about to give up its secrets — with the help of equipment that could revolutionise underwater archaeology.
Mars meteorite similar to bacteria-etched earth rocks
Mar 23, 2006 |
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A new study of a meteorite that originated from Mars has revealed a series of microscopic tunnels that are similar in size, shape and distribution to tracks left on Earth rocks by feeding bacteria. And though ...
13,000-Year-Old Stone Tool Cache in Colorado Shows Evidence of Camel, Horse Butchering
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Feb 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A biochemical analysis of a rare Clovis-era stone tool cache recently unearthed in the city limits of Boulder, Colo., indicates some of the implements were used to butcher ice-age camels and ...
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