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Scientists: Earthquakes, El Ninos fatal to earliest civilization in Americas

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (16) | comments 0

First came the earthquakes, then the torrential rains. But the relentless march of sand across once fertile fields and bays, a process set in motion by the quakes and flooding, is probably what did in America's earliest civilization.





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Probing Question: How were the Egyptian pyramids built?

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 27, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (77) | comments 5

The Aztecs, Mayans and ancient Egyptians were three very different civilizations with one very large similarity: pyramids. However, of these three ancient cultures, the Egyptians set the standard for what ...


Twitter now wants to know "What's happening?"

"What's happening?" Twitter wants to know

Technology / Internet

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twitter used to ask "What are you doing?" No longer. The micro-blogging service now wants to know "What's happening?"


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New insights into the life of the Maya

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (19) | comments 7 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ancient artifacts are almost always concerned with rich and powerful religious and political leaders, but new excavations of an ancient Maya site have unearthed a pyramid decorated with murals ...


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Rosetta Stone sues Google over trademark

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created Jul 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Rosetta Stone, a language-learning software producer, on Friday filed a federal lawsuit against Google for infringing its trademark through Google's AdWords online advertising program.


Twitter co-founder Biz Stone says Twitter is still looking for ways to make money despite taking the world by storm

Twitter still seeking ways to cash in

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

Micro-blogging pioneer Twitter is still looking for ways to make money despite taking much of the world by storm, co-founder Biz Stone said.


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Twitter to scrap controversial suggested user list

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Social-media site Twitter plans to scrap its hand-picked list of "suggested users" to follow after controversy erupted over the selection of people on the list, a company executive said Monday.


Twitter is adding location to its globally popular microblogging service

Twitter to show whereabouts of tweeters

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created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Twitter is adding location to its globally popular microblogging service in a move that will let people see where "tweets" are coming from.


Scandinavians are descended from Stone Age immigrants

Biology / Evolution

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Today's Scandinavians are not descended from the people who came to Scandinavia at the conclusion of the last ice age but, apparently, from a population that arrived later, concurrently with the introduction ...


Theory: Stone Age People had Sophisticated Navigation Networks

Theory: Stone Age People had Sophisticated Navigation Networks

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (16) | comments 10 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new theory based on studies of locations of large landmarks in Britain, such as stone structures, hill forts and earthworks, suggests they were part of a grid used for navigation around ...


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Twitter partners with Indian firm for SMS tweets

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

Twitter announced a deal with India's top mobile company Bharti Airtel on Wednesday that will allow users of the hot micro-blogging service to send "tweets" at standard SMS message rates and receive them for ...



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