Israeli archaeologists on Thursday unveiled what they called a "rare and beautiful" Roman mosaic floor excavated in the ancient Mediterranean port city of Caesarea.
Archaeology
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Utah's early residents would be surprised to see the canopy of trees that covers the Salt Lake Valley today. Few trees are native to the valley, which means that most of the trees present there today are imported. It's a ...
Environment
Feb 8, 2018
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Biologists at the University of California, Riverside have discovered surprisingly that the complex odor-detecting machinery of the fruit fly Drosophila is heavily influenced by one specific odor receptor. This same receptor ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 8, 2018
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A sharp fall in the value of Bitcoin may cause other cryptocurrencies to crash, but is unlikely to have a significant impact on traditional assets, according to new research published in the journal Economics Letters.
Economics & Business
Feb 8, 2018
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Some calves are inherently optimistic or pessimistic, just as humans are, a new University of British Columbia study has found.
Plants & Animals
Feb 8, 2018
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A new microscope developed by SFU researchers Mike Kirkness and Nancy Forde spins thousands of times faster than a fairground swing ride, and subjects its contents to forces hundreds of times higher than in a NASCAR race ...
General Physics
Feb 8, 2018
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It will now be easier, faster and cheaper to catch athletes who take performance-enhancing drugs.
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 8, 2018
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Medical devices powered by synthetic proteins created from repeated sequences of proteins may be possible, according to materials science and biotechnology experts, who looked at material inspired by the proteins in squid ...
Materials Science
Feb 8, 2018
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Cartoons that illustrate evolution depict early vertebrates generating primordial limbs as they move onto land for the first time. But new findings indicate that some of these first ambulatory creatures may have stayed under ...
Evolution
Feb 8, 2018
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Miniature glasses have revealed a new form of 3D vision in praying mantises that could lead to simpler visual processing for robots.
Plants & Animals
Feb 8, 2018
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