A team of archaeologists excavating a site named Heslington East discovered a skull containing a yellow substance that is believed to be a fossilized brain. The site that the skull was...
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" Archaeologist works around a 1,900-year-old well-preserved chariot at an ancient Thracian tomb near the village of Borisovo, some 290 kilometers (180 miles) east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Thursday, Aug....
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As food prices continue to rise, and the world gets hotter, we as humans need to find more ways to conserve our planet and help our species adapt.Well, eating insects could be the answer. I don't know if I...
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A glimpse of old Roman London has been uncovered in what had been the gardens of The Drapers Company Hall."A rare collection of Roman bronzes have been unearthed at the bottom of a well in the City of London.
Wine...
"An ancient forest of cypress trees, estimated to be eight million years old, has been discovered in Hungary.
Archaeologists found the 16 preserved trunks in an open cast coal mine in the north-eastern city of...
The White world has learned nothing from the Nazis, have they? An already despised and marginalised people, the Roma are now the subjects of yet another genocide programme aimed at "cleaning up"...
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Hungarian scientists found rare Taxodium trees that instead of turning into stone as - they should be - were preserved. They were found in an open-cast coal mine which allows the scientists to study the...
"It is commonly agreed that the destruction of the ancient Library of Alexandria in Egypt was one of the most devastating losses of knowledge in all of civilization. Today, however, the digital information that drives our world and powers our economy is in many ways more...
"Last week, geologists surveying a coalmine 250 feet below the current surface of the Earth's crust, came upon a preserved 300 million year old forest. Measuring over four-square miles in size, the discovery is...
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It was a tough day on May 17, 1999. After 17 years of dreaming and two months of grueling effort on the Mount Everest, I was finally on my first summit bid. It was the culmination of years of climbing, success...
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It took this long to dub "Satisfaction" "culturally significant"? Well, I guess we are dealing with librarians here. I know my library growing up had a hard time keeping up with the kids. "Songs by rockers The...
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"HAMPTON BAYS, N.Y., Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Police on the east end of New York's Long Island found the body of a man dead more than a year sitting in front of his television, which was still on.
Vincenzo Riccardi, who was blind from diabetes, had apparently not been seen or heard...
A fossil of a leaf-imitating insect from 47 million years ago bears a striking resemblance to the mimickers of today.The discovery represents the first fossil of a leaf insect (Eophyllium messelensis), and also...
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From BBC News (UK): Scientists have identified the oldest known bee (Melittosphex burmensis), a 100 million-year-old specimen preserved in amber.The discovery coincides with the publication of the genetic...
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