News tagged with activity recorded

Nea Kameni volcano movement captured by Envisat (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- Archived data from the Envisat satellite show that the volcanic island of Santorini has recently displayed signs of unrest. Even after the end of its mission, Envisat information continues to ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

When dinosaurs roamed a fiery landscape

The dinosaurs of the Cretaceous may have faced an unexpected hazard: fire! In a paper published online today, researchers from Royal Holloway University of London and The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago have shown ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First Australians did not boost fire activity

(PhysOrg.com) -- The arrival of the first people in Australia about 50,000 years ago did not result in significantly greater fire activity, according to a landmark new research report on the continent's fire history going ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 06, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Archaeological study shows human activity may have boosted shellfish size

In a counter-intuitive finding, new research from North Carolina State University shows that a species of shellfish widely consumed in the Pacific over the past 3,000 years has actually increased in size, ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Aug 31, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Where does consciousness come from?

Consciousness arises as an emergent property of the human mind. Yet basic questions about the precise timing, location and dynamics of the neural event(s) allowing conscious access to information are not clearly and unequivocally ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (22) | comments 15