News tagged with rock paintings
Bacteria and fungi keep some ancient Australian rock art colors vivid
(PhysOrg.com) -- New studies of 80 Bradshaw rock art works in the Kimberley region of Western Australia have shown their colors have not faded because the artworks are coated with a biofilm of bacteria and ...
Jan 06, 2011 |
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New technology for dating ancient rock paintings
A new dating method finally is allowing archaeologists to incorporate rock paintings — some of the most mysterious and personalized remnants of ancient cultures — into the tapestry of evidence used to study life in prehistoric ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Solastalgia's growing influence is 'bittersweet' success
If you enter ‘solastalgia’ into a Google search, the staggering number and range of results illustrates just how widely the influence of Professor Glenn Albrecht’s concept has spread. ...
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LRO camera team releases high resolution global topographic map of moon
(PhysOrg.com) -- The science team that oversees the imaging system on board NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has released the highest resolution near-global topographic map of the moon ever created.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Every way devised to deflect an asteroid
With asteroid 2005 YU55 passing close by Earth yesterday, this rather unsettlingly near flyby has many people wondering if we would be able to divert an asteroid that was heading for an intersection with Earth ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Controversy over reopening the 'Sistine Chapel' of Stone Age art
Plans to reopen Spain's Altamira caves are stirring controversy over the possibility that tourists' visits will further damage the 20,000-year old wall paintings that changed views about the intellectual ability of prehistoric ...
Oct 26, 2011 |
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Cave crew returns to Earth
Take five astronauts and instead of sending them into space take them underground. ESA’s CAVES venture prepares astronauts to work in an international team under real exploration conditions. The latest ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 24, 2011 |
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Scientists warn Spanish cave should remain off the tourist map
(PhysOrg.com) -- The World Heritage listed Altamira Cave at Cantabria in northern Spain, is home to some of the most perfect examples of Paleolithic cave paintings in Europe, but threats posed by tourists ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 07, 2011 |
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Subtly shaded map of moon reveals titanium treasure troves
(PhysOrg.com) -- A map of the Moon combining observations in visible and ultraviolet wavelengths shows a treasure trove of areas rich in Titanium ores. Not only is Titanium a valuable mineral, it is key to ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 07, 2011 |
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Archaeologists uncover prehistoric pre-school (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeological research reveals that 13,000 years before CBeebies hunter-gatherer children as young as three were creating art in deep, dark caves alongside their parents.
Oct 02, 2011 |
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How slow is slow? EXO knows
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cooks think of watched pots. Handymen grumble about drying paint. Kids dread the endless night before Christmas morning.
Sep 09, 2011 |
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Earth from space: Sacred stones of the outback
(PhysOrg.com) -- This Landsat image takes us to the Amadeus Basin in the heart of the Australian outback.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 09, 2011 |
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