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Oldest Known Mattress Found; Slept Whole Family
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, discovery )

Marty
- 159 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
The mattress--which consists of layers of reeds and rushes--was discovered at the bottom of a pile of bedding made from compacted grasses and leafy plants. The bedding had accumulated at the Sibudu Cave site in KwaZulu-Natal (map) over a period of 39,000
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If You Can't Notice a Gorilla in Plain Sight, How Can You Testify as a Witness?
Science & Tech  (tags: concept, discovery, humans, investigation, memory, research, science, scientists, society, study )

Kit
- 163 days ago - us.mg4.mail.yahoo.com
For example, when we recall a vivid experience, it often passes before our mind's eye in great detail. But we rarely check the accuracy of that imagery, and when we do, the details often are distorted. Our assumptions lead us to trust confident-->
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Method Predicts Size of Fracking Earthquakes
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, energy, environment, earthquakes, fracking, interesting, research, science, world )

Kathy
- 167 days ago - nature.com
Small earthquakes are a recognized risk of hydraulic fracturing, or 'fracking', a procedure in which companies unlock energy reserves by pumping millions of litres of water underground to fracture shale rock and release the natural gas trapped inside.
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Indonesia Garut Pyramid Discovered By Chance
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Marty
- 174 days ago - us.en.vivanews.com
VIVAnews - Archaeologists are looking at Sadahurip Mountain in Garut, West Java. The great mystery awaits to be unveiled: is it true that the mountain contains a huge pyramid of which size is more superior to Giza Pyramid in Egypt?
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Archaeologists Make New Stonehenge 'Sun Worship' Find
Science & Tech  (tags: archaeology, discovery, Stonehenge, ritual sites, sun worship )

Pia
- 179 days ago - bbc.co.uk
Two previously undiscovered pits have been found at Stonehenge which point to it once being used as a place of sun worship before the stones were erected. The pits may have contained stones, posts or fires to mark the rising and setting of the sun.
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Mars Rover Curiosity Takes Off - NASA Science
Science & Tech  (tags: Mars Rover, New, technology, scientists, Planet, research, study, investigation, nasa, news, NewTechnology, space, interesting, environment, computers, design, Gizmos, science, concept, habitat, discovery, tech, world )

Elizabeth
- 180 days ago - science.nasa.gov
"We are very excited about sending the world's most advanced scientific laboratory to Mars," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said. "MSL will tell us critical things we need to know about Mars, and while it advances science, we'll be working on the....
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Scientists Say Fish Hooks Go Back 42,000 Years
Science & Tech  (tags: archaeology, history, discovery, ancient )

Glenn
- 181 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
Interesting history fact.
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Moreton-in-Marsh Stone Age Axe Find Leads to Seaside Theory
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, discovery )

Marty
- 182 days ago - bbc.co.uk
A Stone Age hand axe which was found on a building site could help prove part of Gloucestershire was once "almost on the seaside", experts have said.
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Huge Fossil of Horse in Permafrost
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, discovery )

Marty
- 187 days ago - theprovince.com
University of Alberta scientist Duane Froese was on sabbatical last summer when he received a call from a Yukon miner who wanted to give him the heads-up about a site he planned to excavate
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Frozen DNA Reveals Ancient Animals
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Marty
- 187 days ago - nunatsiaqonline.ca
Some Ice Age animals lived several thousand years longer than previously thought
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Whales in the Desert: Fossil Bonanza Poses Mystery
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, discovery )

Marty
- 188 days ago - google.com
More than 2 million years ago, scores of whales congregating off the Pacific Coast of South America mysteriously met their end.
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Is the New Physics Here? Atom Smashers Get An Antimatter Surprise | Large Hadron Collider LHCb | Matter & Antimatter Asymmetry &
Science & Tech  (tags: Discovery, research, study, tech, performance, Gizmos, interesting, scientists, news, world )

Elizabeth
- 188 days ago - space.com
Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider, the 17-mile (27 km) circular particle accelerator underground near Geneva, Switzerland, have been colliding protons at high speeds to create explosions of energy. From this energy many subatomic particles are...
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New Evidence for Liquid Water on Europa - NASA Science
Science & Tech  (tags: Astronomy, space, study, research, nasa, news, interesting, discovery, world, environment, scientists, investigation )

Elizabeth
- 190 days ago - science.nasa.gov
In a potentially significant finding in the search for life beyond Earth, scientists studying data from NASA's Galileo probe have discovered what appears to be a body of liquid water the volume of the North American Great Lakes locked inside the icy....
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Europa Water: Scientists Find Evidence Of Lakes On Jupiter's Moon (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Science & Tech  (tags: space, study, interesting, research, discovery, Europa, Jupiter, investigation, astronomy )

Cal
- 190 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
New research that suggests Jupiter's moon Europa has a body of water the size of the Great Lakes just two miles below its icy surface has brought scientists one step closer to determining whether or not the freezing satellite is suitable for the developme
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Fossilized Footprints Reveal the Deadly Caterpillar That Ruled the Oceans 500 Million Years Ago
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, discovery )

Marty
- 197 days ago - io9.com
Many of the creatures that lived in the seas half a billion years ago were far too soft to leave behind many fossils. But their footprints remain, and one of the most striking finds is a giant, predatory sea millipede.
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