News tagged with stone pyramid

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

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