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Early Humans In China One Million Years Ago
August 1, 2007 — Chronology and adaptability of early humans in different paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental settings are important topics in the study of human evolution. China houses several early-human ... > full story -
Engineers Are Building Robotic Fin For Submarines
July 30, 2007 — Inspired by the efficient swimming motion of the bluegill sunfish, researchers are building a mechanical fin that could one day propel robotic submarines. The researchers chose to copy the bluegill ... > full story -
Field School Explores 19th Century Digs
June 29, 2007 — About 250 years before Daniel Massey built his farm house in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, his great-grandfather came to the New World as an indentured servant. Now, about 150 years later, Penn ... > full story -
New Robotic Vehicles Will Hunt For Life And Hydrothermal Vents On Arctic Seafloor
June 21, 2007 — Scientists and engineers have just completed a successful test of new robotic vehicles designed for use beneath the ice of the Arctic Ocean. The researchers will now use those vehicles to conduct the ... > full story -
Virtual Qumran Sheds New Light On Dead Sea Scrolls Discovery Site
June 19, 2007 — The mysterious archaeological ruins located paces from where the Dead Sea scrolls were discovered 60 years ago served first as a fortress before being adopted by a Jewish religious sect, two ... > full story -
Archaeologists Discover Gold Processing Center On The Nile
June 19, 2007 — Archaeologists have discovered a gold processing center along the middle Nile, an installation that produced the precious metal sometime between 2000 and 1500 B.C. The center, along with a cemetery ... > full story -
Archaeologists Reconstruct Life In The Bronze Age At Site Of Southern Spain
June 5, 2007 — Researchers have excavated for the first time in a scientific and systematic way a site of where they have found the first water well of the Iberian Peninsula. From the 20th century, the "motillas" ... > full story -
NASA-Funded Robotic Sub Finds Bottom Of World's Deepest Sinkhole
May 31, 2007 — A robotic vehicle designed for underwater exploration plunged repeatedly into the depths of Mexico's mysterious El Zacatón sinkhole in late May, finding its previously undiscovered bottom 318 ... > full story -
Anthropologist Discovers Ancient Tomb In Honduras
May 31, 2007 — Anthropologists have found a previously unknown tomb in Copán, Honduras, dating back to the 7th century A.D. that contained the skeleton of an elite member of ancient Maya society in the city. ... > full story -
Departure To Cold Water Corals And Other 'Hot Spots'
May 24, 2007 — With a new coat of paint, thorough ship inspection, and sailing under the flag of the Helmholtz Association, Polarstern begins to make its way toward the north on May 29. The flagship of the Alfred ... > full story
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