News tagged with vikings
Is this proof of life on Mars?
The Curiosity rover is currently on its way to Mars, scheduled to make a dramatic landing within Gale Crater in mid-August and begin its hunt for the geologic signatures of a watery, life-friendly past. Solid ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 13, 2012 |
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The Viking journey of mice and men
House mice (Mus musculus) happily live wherever there are humans. When populations of humans migrate the mice often travel with them. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology h ...
Mar 19, 2012 |
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Viking mass grave linked to elite killers of the medieval world
A mass grave found in Dorset could belong to a crew of Viking mercenaries who terrorised Europe in the 11th century – according to a new documentary on National Geographic which pieces together the story ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Was St. Edmund killed by the Vikings in Essex?
Keith Briggs, a visiting research fellow in linguistics at the University of the West of England, has proposed a new site for the battle in which King Edmund of East Anglia was killed in 869. If confirmed, the new proposal ...
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Dec 19, 2011 |
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Could Curiosity determine if Viking found life on Mars?
One of the most controversial and long-debated aspects of Mars exploration has been the results of the Viking landers’ life-detection experiments back in the 1970s. While the preliminary findings were ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 30, 2011 |
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NASA in high gear for Mars rover launch
The US space agency is poised to launch the most powerful and advanced robotic rover ever built to explore Mars and hunt for signs that life may once have existed on the red planet.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 26, 2011 |
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Viking 'sunstone' more than a myth
Ancient tales of Norse mariners using mysterious sunstones to navigate the ocean when clouds obscured the Sun and stars are more than just legend, according to a study published Wednesday.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Viking 1 examines Mars' Ophir Chasma
During its examination of Mars, the Viking 1 spacecraft returned images of Valles Marineris, a huge canyon system 5,000 km, or about 3,106 miles, long, whose connected chasma or valleys may have formed from ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 23, 2011 |
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In Brief: Martian soil oxidation-reduction potential not too extreme for life
Ever since the NASA Viking mission, which reached Mars in 1976, there has been considerable interest in the composition of Martian soils.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 18, 2011 |
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30-Year-Old 3-D movie made from viking data gets new life
Back in 1979, scientists at Stanford University created a 3-D movie from images sent back by the Viking landers on Mars. It was rather novel in that, while 3-D movies had been around since the 1950′s — mostly for ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 27, 2011 |
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Vikings in English grave had filed teeth
(PhysOrg.com) -- In what is believed to be a gravesite filled with thousand year old Viking bodies along with separated heads, in southern Britain, a new artifact has been discovered; one of the slain Vikings ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 08, 2011 |
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Did climate change cause Greenland's ancient Viking community to collapse?
Our changing climate usually appears to be a very modern problem, yet new research from Greenland published in Boreas, suggests that the AD 1350 collapse of a centuries old colony established by Viking settlers may have b ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 20, 2011 |
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Climate played big role in Vikings' disappearance from Greenland
The end of the Norse settlements on Greenland likely will remain shrouded in mystery. While there is scant written evidence of the colony's demise in the 14th and early 15th centuries, archaeological remains ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 30, 2011 |
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Vikings could have steered by polarized light
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Vikings are said to have been able to navigate with the aid of "sunstones" that allowed them to see the sun on cloudy or foggy days. Now scientists in Hungary and Sweden say the sunstones ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 03, 2011 |
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DNA detectives in the Viking North West
The Vikings are alive and well and living in the North West of England! That’s the revelation in a new book on an epic research project into the genetic footprint of the Scandinavian invaders.
Jan 21, 2011 |
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