New research from anthropologists at McMaster University and California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB), is shedding light on ancient dietary practices, the evolution of agricultural societies and ultimately, how ...
Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 11, 2019
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A sandstone slab prized for its detailed dinosaur footprints may also contain the track of a sailing stone or "walking rock." Paleontologist Paul Olsen from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory announced this discovery in a presentation ...
Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 10, 2019
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South-west Sweden's best preserved rock painting has now been dated—it is from the late Stone Age. With the aid of new technologies, researchers at the University of Gothenburg have been able to reveal a number of previously ...
Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 08, 2019
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A plane has to be going pretty fast for a mere raindrop to crack its windshield, but it can happen. Now, new models of the physics behind the improbable feat may just help doctors crack kidney stones to pieces.
General Physics
Nov 05, 2019
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Macaques are the only Old World monkeys that have been observed using percussive stone tools and scientists do not know for certain how or why certain groups have developed this behavior.
Plants & Animals
Oct 31, 2019
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In the last decade, Ethiopia has invested more than US$1.2 billion annually in restoring landscapes in several regions of the country. But despite its big restoration initiatives, Africa's second-most populous country is ...
Environment
Oct 30, 2019
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Patricia Bello-Alonso of the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) has reported on experimental results for the traceological interpretation of activities carried out using stone tools made ...
Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 30, 2019
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An ancient walkway most likely used by pilgrims as they made their way to worship at the Temple Mount has been uncovered in the "City of David" in the Jerusalem Walls National Park.
Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 21, 2019
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Just less than 13,000 years ago, the climate cooled for a short while in many parts of the world, especially in the northern hemisphere. We know this because of what has been found in ice cores drilled in Greenland, as well ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 02, 2019
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As a fighter jet quickly ascends and accelerates forward, a sonic boom reverberates across the jet's surface and through the surrounding sound waves. At best, it's unpleasant noise pollution. At worst, it can damage the surface ...
General Physics
Sep 19, 2019
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