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The path to history is through the stomach
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Jan 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Helicobacter pylori can cause stomach ulcers and cancers. Over half of the world’s inhabitants carrys this bacterium, but different variants are present on different continents. Up to now, ...
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Dutch approve project to store CO2 underground
Nov 18, 2009 |
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The Dutch government said Wednesday it had approved the experimental below-ground storage of excess CO2 to curb damaging emissions, dismissing concerns of residents who live on top of the project.
'Pristine' Amazonian region hosted large, urban civilization, study finds
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 28, 2008 |
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They aren't the lost cities early explorers sought fruitlessly to discover. But ancient settlements in the Amazon, now almost entirely obscured by tropical forest, were once large and complex enough to be considered "urban" ...
Scientists present the largest-to-date genetic snapshot of Iceland 1,000 years ago
Jan 16, 2009 |
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Scientists at deCODE genetics have completed the largest study of ancient DNA from a single population ever undertaken. Analyzing mitochondrial DNA, which is passed from mother to offspring, from 68 skeletal remains, the ...
Africa world's fastest growing mobile phone market
Oct 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mobile phone subscriptions in Africa have defied the world economic crisis by growing faster than in any other region of the world since 2003, according to a United Nations report published ...
Remains of Minoan-style painting discovered during excavations of Canaanite palace
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 09, 2009 |
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The remains of a Minoan-style wall painting, recognizable by a blue background, the first of its kind to be found in Israel, was discovered in the course of the recent excavation season at Tel Kabri. This fresco joins others ...
Dawn Enters Asteroid Belt -- For Good
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Dawn spacecraft re-entered our solar system's asteroid belt today, Nov. 13, and this time it will stay there.
NASA Restores Historic Lunar Orbiter Image
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 13, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA released a newly restored 42-year-old image of Earth on Thursday. The Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft took the iconic photograph of Earth rising above the lunar surface in 1966. Using refurbished ...
Keeping Traditions in a Modern-Day Bedouin Village
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 03, 2008 |
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University of Arkansas researchers have used modern digital-mapping technology to uncover an ancient tradition still practiced by a Bedouin tribe that once roamed Jordan but now has settled into a modern village. ...
Plague of kangaroos threatens one of Australia's last remaining original native grasslands
May 21, 2008 |
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Australian Department of Defence is currently culling hundreds of kangaroos on the outskirts of the capital Canberra that have produced heated discussions and hit international headlines. Australia's iconic ...
Termites? gut reactions show how to improve renewable fuel, researchers say
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Termite damage costs the U.S. more than $1 billion each year, but that same destructive power might help solve one of the nation’s most pressing economic quandaries: sustainable fuel production.
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