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Earth from space: Aegean islands

(PhysOrg.com) -- This Envisat image is dominated by the island of Crete separating the Aegean and Libyan Seas in the eastern Mediterranean.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mysterious sailor unearthed by Cranfield archaeologists

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mystery surrounds a sailor who was unearthed as part of Cranfield University's dig at Royal Hospital Haslar this summer.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0




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Juno spacecraft images 'Big Dipper'

(Phys.org) -- In England it is known as the "Plough," in Germany the "Great Cart," and in Malaysia the "Seven Ploughs." Since humanity first turned its eyes skyward, the seven northern hemisphere stars that ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Archaeologist finds first evidence of cult in Judah at time of King David

Prof. Yosef Garfinkel, the Yigal Yadin Professor of Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, announced today the discovery of objects that for the first time shed ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 8

Megalara garuda: the King of Wasps

A new and unusual wasp species has been discovered during an expedition to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists name two new species of horned dinosaur

Two new horned dinosaurs have been named based on fossils collected from Alberta, Canada. The new species, Unescopceratops koppelhusae and Gryphoceratops morrisoni, are from the Leptoceratopsidae family of hor ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Two new moons for Jupiter

Advances in technology have lead to the discovery of new planets outside of our Solar System, and now even new moons in our own backyard.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 7

NASA's Juno spacecraft refines its path to Jupiter

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft successfully refined its flight path Wednesday with the mission's first trajectory correction maneuver. The maneuver took place on Feb. 1. It is the first ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stars pop onto the scene in new WISE image

(PhysOrg.com) -- This enormous section of the Milky Way galaxy is a mosaic of images from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. The constellations Cassiopeia and Cepheus are featured in this ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Web-radio specialists reel in traditional-radio clients

Like Levi Strauss, who got rich selling goods to immigrants during the Gold Rush, the founders of Triton Digital are making their fortune by providing the technology to radio companies wanting to mine digital gold.

Technology / Business

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New raptor dinosaur takes a licking keeps on ticking

Raptor dinosaurs like the iconic Velociraptor from the movie franchise Jurassic Park are renowned for their "fear-factor." Their terrifying image has been popularized in part because members of this group possess a greatly ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study names new ancient crocodile relative from the land of Titanoboa

Did an ancient crocodile relative give the world's largest snake a run for its money?

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created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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