Science Daily pores over the mysterious discovery of a collection of non-functional metal weapons from more than 2,600 years ago:
… Read the rest “Mock weapons from the Iron Age”Discovered in 2009, the site known as Mudhmar East consists
The Times of Israel reports on an unusual discovery – a small seal (as in wax-and-envelope, not as in hunted-in-Arctic) that belonged to a powerful and influential woman of ancient… Read the rest “A remarkable woman, 2,500 years ago.”
Amid news of massive layoffs and financial uncertainty, New Scientist sheds a ray of hope on the Middle Kingdom, reporting on China’s new five-year plan for a greener tomorrow:
… Read the rest “China goes green.”This
BBC has hope for the wild men of the woods. A new population study has found more than double the number of Sumatran orangutans as expected:
… Read the rest “More orangutans than we thought.”The latest estimate puts the population at about
This is a big horn for making big noise. It’s the way the European Space Agency tests how satellites stand up to the noise of a rocket launch… which, of course,… Read the rest “Science Art: LEAF Sound Horn, by ESA – A. Le Floc’h”
Stat goes to the front-line laboratories in French Polynesia, where scientists are beating back mosquitos in revolutionary ways:
… Read the rest “At Marlon Brando’s island, the war on mosquitos is being won.”Hervé Bossin and his team have released more than 1 million
The Atlantic investigates the social movement behind America’s recent surprise win at the international Math Olympiad:
… Read the rest “Why are American kids getting so good at higher math?”You wouldn’t see it in most classrooms, you wouldn’t know
Washington Post reports on an impossible-seeming thing – a fossil that’s not just of hard tissue like teeth and bones (and shells), but that reveals the structures of something… Read the rest “Fossilized nerves.”
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