A flair for imperfections
To most people, a useless flint axe is just that. To archaeologist Sigrid Alræk Dugstad, it is a source of information about Stone Age children.
Archaeology
Apr 15, 2013
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Archeologists examine one of the oldest hoards found in Europe
Jewelry and female figurines from Belica, Serbia, to be exhibited for the first time at Tübingen University Museum.
Archaeology
Nov 6, 2012
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Neolithic tools provide clues for managing climate change
Coping with climate change presents a number of challenges, but we may be able to get some hints from our ancestors.
Environment
Aug 8, 2012
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Japan's NEC sees $1.36 billion net loss
Japanese IT firm NEC said Friday it lost $1.36 billion in the year to March as asset write-downs and tax payments hit its bottom line, even as operating profit rose.
Business
Apr 27, 2012
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Oetzi's last days: Glacier man may have been attacked twice
Another chapter in a murder case over 5000 years old. New investigations by an LMU research team working together with a Bolzano colleague reconstructed the chronology of the injuries that Oetzi, the glacier man preserved ...
Archaeology
Jan 28, 2009
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Pico-satellites have a new brain on board
For his Master's thesis in microengineering, Louis Masson designed a new microcomputer for use in pico-satellites. His invention will improve the satellites' ability to manage complex data.
Space Exploration
Sep 2, 2013
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Replica of 10,000 year old mesolithic dwelling built by UCD experimental archaeologists on campus
Archaeologists from University College Dublin have built a replica of a Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age house on the Belfield campus to better understand how humans lived at the time.
Archaeology
Jul 25, 2013
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Macabre finds in the bog at Alken Enge
A fractured skull and a thigh bone hacked in half -- finds of damaged human bones along with axes, spears, clubs and shields confirm that the bog at Alken Enge was the site of violent conflict.
Archaeology
Aug 14, 2012
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Viking boat burial find is UK mainland first
The UK mainland's first fully intact Viking boat burial site has been discovered by archaeologists working in the Scottish Highlands.
Archaeology
Oct 19, 2011
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Neolithic Britain revealed
A new dating technique has given the first detailed picture of life in Stone Age Britain, more than 5000 years ago.
Archaeology
Jun 7, 2011
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