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Water Was Present During Birth of Earth, Study of Silver Suggests
May 13, 2010 — Tiny variations in the isotopic composition of silver in meteorites and Earth rocks are helping scientists put together a timetable of how our planet was assembled beginning 4.568 billion years ago. ... > full story -
Robin Hood's Prison: Uncovering Nottingham's Hidden Medieval Sandstone Caves
May 13, 2010 — The very latest laser technology combined with old fashioned pedal power is being used to provide a unique insight into the layout of Nottingham's sandstone caves -- where the city's renowned ... > full story -
Laser Beams Penetrating Thick Canopy Detect Thousands of New Structures, Show Maya Adept at 'Building Green'
May 11, 2010 — A flyover of Belize's thick jungles has revolutionized archaeology worldwide and vividly illustrated the complex urban centers developed by one of the most-studied ancient civilizations -- the Maya. ... > full story -
Odd Dental Features Reveal Undocumented Primate: Previously Unknown Species Complicates Understanding of African Evolution
May 11, 2010 — It's in the teeth. An odd mosaic of dental features recently unearthed in northern Egypt reveals a previously undocumented, highly-specialized primate called Nosmips aenigmaticus that lived in Africa ... > full story -
Egyptian Blue Found in Romanesque Altarpiece
May 5, 2010 — Archeologists have discovered remains of Egyptian blue in a Romanesque altarpiece in the church of Sant Pere de Terrassa. This blue pigment was used from the days of ancient Egypt until the end of ... > full story -
Genetic Makeup of Hispanic/Latino Americans Influenced by Native American, European and African-American Ancestries
May 3, 2010 — A new study finds that the imprint of European colonialism and imperialism is evident in the genetic makeup of today's Hispanic/Latino American populations. Scientists discovered that Europeans, ... > full story -
Uncovering the Truth About Viking Men
April 27, 2010 — Vikings are associated with weapons and warfare, machismo and mayhem. But many of them had the same concerns about choosing their children's names as we do, says a UK ... > full story -
Bureaucracy Linked to a Nation's Growth
April 19, 2010 — "Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work," said Albert Einstein, sharing a popular view about bureaucracy grinding progress to a halt. But it now appears that the organizing functions of ... > full story -
Chinese Pigs 'Direct Descendants' of First Domesticated Breeds
April 19, 2010 — Modern-day Chinese pigs are directly descended from ancient pigs which were the first to be domesticated in the region 10,000 years ago, a new archaeological and genetic study has ... > full story -
A Biotherapy Strategy for Esophageal Cancer in the Future
April 19, 2010 — A research team from China focused on esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and characterized sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) receptor expression pattern and investigated the role of S1P receptors ... > full story
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