When green means danger: A stunning new species of palm-pitviper from Honduras
Why the World didn't end yesterday
NASA is so sure the world won't come to an end on Dec. 21, 2012, they have already released this news item for the day after.
Dec 18, 2012
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Tunnel found under temple in Mexico
Researchers found a tunnel under the Temple of the Snake in the pre-Hispanic city of Teotihuacan, about 28 miles northeast of Mexico City.
May 30, 2011
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Rings reveal extensive yearly climate record
A new study of the oldest trees in Mexico provides the first ever detailed, year-by-year look at the climate of Mesoamerica over a thousand-year span. The data, gathered from the annual growth rings in trees, ...
Apr 18, 2011
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Mesoamerican people perfected details of rubber processing more than 3,000 years ago: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Spanish explorers encountering an advanced civilization in Mesoamerica in the 16th century had plenty of things to be astonished about, but one type of object in particular was unlike anything ...
May 24, 2010
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Researchers discover ancient urban center in Mexico
Colorado researchers have discovered and partially mapped a major urban center once occupied by the Purepecha of Mexico, a little-known people who fought the better-known Aztecs to a standstill and who controlled much of ...
Apr 14, 2010
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Hey squash, time for your close-up: Plants 'auditioned' before domestication
Humans likely 'auditioned' plants and animals that they eventually domesticated by first managing wild populations during a long transition period — sometimes thousands of years — that led from hunting-gathering ...
Feb 19, 2010
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Professor says current meteor shower proves theory of calendar's origin
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stargazers are in for a unique treat tonight: the planet Earth will pass through the debris train of the Swift-Tuttle comet this evening which astronomers call the Perseid meteor shower. ...
Aug 13, 2009
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