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  Earliest Use of Mexican Turkeys by Ancient Maya

  August 9, 2012 — A new study shows the turkey, one of the most widely consumed birds worldwide, was domesticated more than 1,000 years earlier than previously ... > full story
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  How a Leaf Beetle Walks Underwater

  August 8, 2012 — Insects are experts when it comes to adhesion on dry surfaces. However, in nature, plants may be covered by water for quite a long period of time, especially after rain. Scientists have now ... > full story
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  Black Drink: Evidence of Ritual Use of Caffeinated Brew at Cahokia

  August 6, 2012 — People living 700 to 900 years ago in Cahokia, a massive settlement near the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, ritually used a caffeinated brew made from the leaves of a holly tree ... > full story

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  Ancient Records Shed Light on Italian Earthquakes (Aquila Area)

  August 3, 2012 — When a damaging earthquake struck the area of L'Aquila in central Italy in 2009, it was the latest in the region's long history of strong and persistent quakes. But according to a new study the ... > full story
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  How Do You Make the Perfect Sandcastle? A Little Water Can Give You a Five Meter High Castle

  August 2, 2012 — All children who build sandcastles on the beach know that in addition to sand you also need to add a little water to prevent the structure from collapsing. But why is this? The function of water in ... > full story
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  Test Flight Over Peru Ruins Could Revolutionize Archaeological Mapping

  August 1, 2012 — Archaeological sites that currently take years to map could be completed in minutes with a new system that uses an unmanned aerial vehicle that is currently being tested in ... > full story
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  Engineers Are Designing, Building Mechanical Ray

  July 26, 2012 — Batoid rays, such as stingrays and manta rays, are among nature's most elegant swimmers. They are fast, highly maneuverable, graceful, energy-efficient, can cruise, bird-like, for long distances in ... > full story
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  Hoard of Crusader Gold Found in Ruins

  July 26, 2012 — Archaeologists have uncovered a hoard of real-life buried treasure -- a trove of gold coins at the 13th century Crusader castle of Arsur between the ancient ports of Jaffa and ... > full story
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  Autonomous Robot Maps Ship Hulls for Mines

  July 17, 2012 — Researchers have designed algorithms that vastly improve underwater robots' navigation and feature-detecting ... > full story
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  As Old as Clovis Sites, but Not Clovis: Paisley Caves, Oregon Yields Western Stemmed Points, More Human DNA

  July 12, 2012 — Western Stemmed projectile points dating to at least 13,200 calendar years ago have been uncovered in Oregon's Paisley Caves. Researchers report the discovery and provide substantial new ... > full story

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