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Sunday, July 31, 2005

Archaeologists Trace Mystery Wall Not to War, but to Beer. Not enough to have fired a shot, but quite enough to have fired a few imaginations, a fortresslike 19th-century wall came to light briefly in recent weeks under a construction site at West End Avenue and 59th ... [Archaeology - Topix.net]
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Archaeological Treasures Abound in Mid-Ohio Valley. For a day trip loaded with educational value, the Mid-Ohio Valley is rich in archaeological history about the people who were once inhabitants of the region and the skills they developed. [Archaeology - Topix.net]
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Earliest Dinosaur Embryos Recovered. The oldest fossilized dinosaur embryos yet discovered are revealing tantalizing clues about dinosaur evolution, [digg]
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Sean Connery Ends Acting Career for Good. One of the greatest actors of all time - the original James Bond and dear ol' dad to the greatest swashbuckling archaeologist of all time - Sir Sean Connery, is officially calling it quits. [digg]
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Archaeologists bring pioneer pottery to light. Back then, the creations of pioneer craftsmen were so prized that residents paid more for them than for imported goods. [Archaeology - Topix.net]
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Corn fungus is nature's master blaster. Biologists have discovered that a common corn fungus is by far nature's most powerful known cannoneer, blasting its spores out with a force of 870,000 times the force of gravity. Farmers need not worry about being nailed by a fungal supergun, however. The infinitesimal spore travels only two-tenths of an [Biology News Net]
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'Archaeology more than just dead things'. Archaeology is not about old dead things, it is about life. This was the message yesterday from president of the International Association for Caribbean Archaeology Dr Jay Haviser. [Archaeology - Topix.net]
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New taxon of Galapagos tortoise identified. Unnamed taxon of Galapagos Tortoise Almost 150 years after Charles Darwin proposed a mechanism for biological evolution, previously unrecognized diversity has been discovered among the giant tortoises of the Gal[radical]°pagos, Geochelone nigra, whose distinctiveness was an inspiration in formulating the theory of natural selection. [Biology News Net]
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Guide To Shooting Rubber Bands. A pretty comprehensive guide [digg]
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Parasites trigger healthy eating in caterpillars. A tiger moth caterpillar feeding on a ragwort plant, which contains toxins that are especially tasty to parasitized caterpillars. Photo: Michael Singer/NATURESome parasites trigger their own destruction by altering their hosts' behavior, researchers at The University of Arizona and Wesleyan University report in Nature. Many parasites have developed mechanisms that [Biology News Net]
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Solar System Reveals a Whole New World. Is there a tenth planet orbiting our sun? Astronomers have found an object at least as big as Pluto that fits the description. But whether it's actually recognized as a planet may be a matter of semantic debate. [NPR Topics: Health & Science]
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