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Science historian cracks the 'Plato code'

(PhysOrg.com) -- A science historian at The University of Manchester has cracked "The Plato Code" - the long disputed secret messages hidden in the great philosopher's writings.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 28, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (119) | comments 64 | with audio podcast

Scientists suggest that cancer is purely man-made

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cancer is a modern, man-made disease caused by environmental factors such as pollution and diet, a study by University of Manchester scientists has strongly suggested.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 14, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (100) | comments 70 | with audio podcast

Complete Neanderthal genome yields insights into human evolution and evidence of interbreeding

After extracting ancient DNA from the 40,000-year-old bones of Neanderthals, scientists have obtained a draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome, yielding important new insights into the evolution of modern ...

Biology / Evolution

created May 06, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (27) | comments 66 | with audio podcast

New study indicates an ancient ocean may have covered one-third of Mars

A vast ocean likely covered one-third of the surface of Mars some 3.5 billion years ago, according to a new study conducted by University of Colorado at Boulder scientists.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 13, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (26) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Thawing permafrost 50 million years ago led to extreme global warming events

In a new study reported in Nature, climate scientist Rob DeConto of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and colleagues elsewhere propose a simple new mechanism to explain the source of carbon that fed a ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (28) | comments 47 | with audio podcast

Ancient woman suggests diverse migration

A scientific reconstruction of one of the oldest sets of human remains found in the Americas appears to support theories that the first people who came to the hemisphere migrated from a broader area than once ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jul 23, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (25) | comments 8

Scientists decipher 3 billion-year-old genomic fossils

(PhysOrg.com) -- About 580 million years ago, life on Earth began a rapid period of change called the Cambrian Explosion, a period defined by the birth of new life forms over many millions of years that ultimately ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 19, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (24) | comments 30 | with audio podcast

Dingoes, like wolves, are smarter than pet dogs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Studies in the past have shown that wolves are smarter than domesticated dogs when it comes to solving spatial problems, and now new research has shown that dingoes also solve the problems ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 11, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (22) | comments 53 | with audio podcast report

Mexico acknowledges 2nd Mayan reference to 2012

Mexico's archaeology institute downplays theories that the ancient Mayas predicted some sort of apocalypse would occur in 2012, but on Thursday it acknowledged that a second reference to the date exists on a carved fragment ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (21) | comments 43

Ancient Mayans Inspire Modern Fade Proof Dye

Physicists have created a dye that promises to last for a thousand years. The secret to this extraordinary durability? Its formula is based on a Mayan pigment, a brilliant blue color that survives to this ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jul 30, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (19) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ancient Peruvian site forces experts to re-think past

Archeologists have discovered a group of ancient tombs in the mountainous jungle of southeastern Peru they say is as important as the discovery of the lost city of Machu Picchu.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 25, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (20) | comments 3

First sighting of Halley’s comet pushed back two centuries

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have modeled the likely path taken by Halley's comet in the 5th century BC and compared their findings to ancient Greek texts from the period. They now suggest the ancient Greeks ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 13, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

DNA reveals origins of first European farmers

A team of international researchers led by ancient DNA experts from the University of Adelaide has resolved the longstanding issue of the origins of the people who introduced farming to Europe some 8000 years ...

Biology / Evolution

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

An ancient Earth like ours

An international team of scientists including Mark Williams and Jan Zalasiewicz of the Geology Department of the University of Leicester, and led by Dr. Thijs Vandenbroucke, formerly of Leicester and now at ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 09, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (20) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

57 ancient tombs with mummies unearthed in Egypt

(AP) -- Archeologists have unearthed 57 ancient Egyptian tombs, most of which hold an ornately painted wooden sarcophagus with a mummy inside, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities said Sunday.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 23, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (20) | comments 2