 Spain claims $500 million in sunken treasure 13 hours ago | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Spain formally laid claim Thursday to a shipwreck that yielded a $500 million treasure, saying it has proof the vessel was Spanish. | |
 New evidence from earliest known human settlement in the Americas May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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New evidence from the Monte Verde archaeological site in southern Chile confirms its status as the earliest known human settlement in the Americas and provides additional support for the theory that one early ... | |
 X-rays power discoveries at Chicago's Field Museum May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Digital medical imaging and information technology from Carestream Health, Inc., is playing a key role in helping The Field Museum of Chicago discover and analyze secrets hidden within its world-class collections. | |
Egyptian elite tombs accessible for all May 08, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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A number of elite tombs from Ancient Egypt are now accessible to all thanks to the launch of the Mastabase. The Mastabase is a CD-ROM containing descriptions and hieroglyphic inscriptions of scenes of daily life from 337 ... | |
 The Androgynous Pharaoh? Akhenaten had feminine physique May 02, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Akhenaten wasn't the most manly pharaoh, even though he fathered at least a half-dozen children. In fact, his form was quite feminine. And he was a bit of an egghead. | |
 Treasure trove found in 500-year-old shipwreck off Africa May 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The ship was laden with tons of copper ingots, elephant tusks, gold coins - and cannons to fend off pirates. But it had nothing to protect it from the fierce weather off a particularly bleak stretch ... | |
 New fossil bird found May 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Details of a fabulous new fossil bird from the world-famous fossil deposits of Liaoning in China, are published this week in the journal Science in China. Details of the bird's bone structure and feathers ... | |
 Molecular analysis confirms T. rex's evolutionary link to birds April 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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Putting more meat on the theory that dinosaurs’ closest living relatives are modern-day birds, molecular analysis of a shred of 68-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex protein – along with that of 21 modern ... | |
 Refining the date of the K/T boundary and the dinosaur extinction April 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Berkeley Geochronology Center have pinpointed the date of the dinosaurs' extinction more precisely than ever thanks to refinements to a common ... | |
Israel to display rarely seen scroll April 30, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- A rarely displayed segment of the Dead Sea Scrolls will be part of an exhibition for President Bush and other dignitaries attending Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations next month, a museum official said Wednesday. | |
 Shell-breaking crabs lived 20 million years earlier than thought April 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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While waiting for colleagues at a small natural history museum in the state of Chiapas, Mexico last year, Cornell paleontologist Greg Dietl chanced upon a discovery that has helped rewrite the evolutionary ... | |
 Researchers find pre-Clovis human DNA April 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 40 vote(s)
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DNA from dried human excrement recovered from Oregon's Paisley Caves is the oldest found yet in the New World -- dating to 14,300 years ago, some 1,200 years before Clovis culture -- and provides apparent ... | |
Study: Oil painting predated European art April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Oil-based paint likely was used in Afghanistan up to 800 years before it first appeared in European art, a study of cave paintings has found. | |
Tests reveal first cancer victim in Norway April 27, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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DNA and X-ray tests of two bodies dated back to the year 834 have revealed the first case of cancer in the history of Norway, researchers say. | |
 Researcher finds fossilized shell-breaking crab April 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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While waiting for colleagues at a small natural history museum in the state of Chiapas, Mexico last year, Cornell paleontologist Greg Dietl chanced upon a discovery that has helped rewrite the evolutionary ... | |
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