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Stonehenge Was Ancient Graveyard, Researchers Say
British researchers have proposed a new theory for the origins of Stonehenge: It may have started as a giant burial ground for elite families around 3,000 B.C. New studies of cremated human remains excavated from the site suggest that about … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient, architecture, engineering, Graveyard, mystery, researchers, Say, science, Stonehenge
Anglerfish Using Bioluminescence To Hunt
The angry-looking deep sea anglerfish has a right to be cranky. It lives in what is easily Earth’s most inhospitable habitat: the lonely, lightless bottom of the sea. There are more than 200 species of anglerfish, most of which live … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglerfish, Bioluminescence, Hunt, science, Using
Is an unseen planet skirting edge of our solar system?
A planet four times the size of Earth may be skirting the edges of the solar system beyond Pluto, according to new research. Too distant to be easily spotted by Earth-based telescopes, the unseen planet could be gravitationally tugging on … Continue reading
Mankind’s Cradle of Civilisation Found in Java?
“Men fear time,” the old saying used to go, “but time fears the Sphinx.” That famous statue and Egypt’s Great Pyramid before which it has reclined for thousands of years have been long regarded as the most ancient monumental structures … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, art, Civilisation, Cradle, engineering, found, Java, Mankind, science, Stone
Puppy Born from a Frozen Embryo, Fetches Good News for Endangered Animals –
Meet Klondike, the western hemisphere’s first puppy born from a frozen embryo. He’s a beagle-Labrador retriever mix, and although neither of those breeds are endangered, Klondike’s very existence is exciting news for endangered canids, like the red wolf. Now nine … Continue reading
No magic show: Real-world levitation
It’s not a magic trick and it’s not sleight of hand – scientists really are using levitation to improve the drug development process, eventually yielding more effective pharmaceuticals with fewer side effects. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) … Continue reading
How can parts of Canada be ‘missing’ gravity?
For more than 40 years, scientists have tried to figure out what’s causing large parts of Canada, particularly the Hudson Bay region, to be “missing” gravity. In other words, gravity in the Hudson Bay area and surrounding regions is lower … Continue reading
Son’s DNA found inside mother’s brain
Mothers always have their children in the back of their minds – now it seems that this is quite literally true. Fetal DNA can enter a mother’s brain and remain there for decades, according to autopsies of female brains. During … Continue reading
Miniature Star Trek-Style ‘Tractor Beam’ Created in Lab
By Matt Peckham We are so living in the future. A group of scientists from Scotland and the Czech Republic says it’s managed to drag around teeny-tiny objects using nothing more than a beam of light. That’s essentially how it … Continue reading
Thriving since 1960, my garden in a bottle: Seedling sealed in its own ecosystem and watered just once in 53 years
David Latimer first planted his bottle garden in 1960 and last watered it in 1972 before tightly sealing it shut ‘as an experiment’ The hardy spiderworts plant inside has grown to fill the 10-gallon container by surviving entirely on recycled … Continue reading
