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Some butterfly species particularly vulnerable to climate change: study

A recent study of the impact of climate change on butterflies suggests that some species might adapt much better than others, with implications for the pollination and herbivory associated with these and other ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 30, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (27) | comments 22

Oldest Mesoamerican pyramid tomb found in Mexico

(AP) -- Archaeologists in southern Mexico announced Monday they have discovered a 2,700-year-old tomb of a dignitary inside a pyramid that may be the oldest such burial documented in Mesoamerica.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 18, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Satellites discover lost Egyptian pyramids

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new documentary soon to air on BBC, space archaeologist Sarah Parcak from the University of Alabama in Birmingham shares her recent discovery in the relatively new field of space archaeology. ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 26, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 11 | with audio podcast report

New insights into the life of the Maya

(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 ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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

Great Pyramid has two secret chambers: French architect

A French architect campaigning for a new exploration of the 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza said on Thursday that the edifice may contain two chambers housing funereal furniture.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (29) | comments 77

On the edge of friction

(PhysOrg.com) -- The problem exists on both a large and a small scale, and it even bothered the ancient Egyptians. However, although physicists have long had a good understanding of friction in things like ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Archeologists discover Egyptian mummies styled with fatty hair gel

(PhysOrg.com) -- While it has long been known that the ancient Egyptians prettied up those deemed worthy of mummification, not so clear was what was done for the hair. Now, archeologist s working out of the KNH Centre for ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

DNA cages 'can survive inside living cells'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Oxford University have shown for the first time that molecular cages made from DNA can enter and survive inside living cells.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Original offering found at Teotihuacan pyramid

Archaeologists announced Tuesday that they dug to the very core of Mexico's tallest pyramid and found what may be the original ceremonial offering placed on the site of the Pyramid of the Sun before construction began.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 6

World's smallest periscopes

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Vanderbilt scientists have invented the world's smallest version of the periscope and are using it to look at cells and other micro-organisms from several sides at once.

Biology /

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

US replaces food pyramid with 'healthy plate'

The US government on Thursday ditched its two-decade old "pyramid" model for healthy eating and introduced a new plate symbol half-filled with fruits and vegetables to urge better eating habits.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 6

The Lunar Cubit could merge art and solar power

(PhysOrg.com) -- An ancient form may be coming to the modern world. A new project, called the Lunar Cubit, features a set of nine black pyramid-shaped solar powered structured. The structures will power thousands ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 08, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (13) | comments 15 | with audio podcast weblog

Maslow's pyramid gets a much needed renovation

If you have ever felt that your children are your life's work, then you may in fact be recognizing a high-level psychological need. Caring for your children, feeding them, nurturing them, educating them and ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 19, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (30) | comments 76 | with audio podcast

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

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.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (17) | comments 0