Archaeologists Discover Worlds Oldest Brain

    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...

Archaeologists unearth 1,900-year-old chariot

" 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....

Eating insects: save the planet and munch a moth

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...

Roman bronze collection unearthed

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...

FASCINATING - Ancient forest found in Hungary

"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...

ROMA FACE COERCIVE STERILIZATION

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"...

Rare fossilized cypress trees found in Hungary

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...

Saving our digital heritage

"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...

The Oblate Spheroid, An Earthworm's View - Fossil Forest Find

"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...

Peace at last for Sleeping Beauty

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...

True "Satisfaction": Stones added to Library of Congress

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...

NY man found dead. In front of tv for over a year

"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...

The Eocene Epoch: Ancient insects used advanced camouflage

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...

Trapped in Amber: Oldest Bee DNA generates a buzz

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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