Feb 16 2011

Mummy Fake Toes Were Earliest Prosthetics

Tag: Ancient Civilizations,Ancient Egypt,Archaeology,Mummies,Near East and Middle East Archaeology,Science — Rossella Lorenzi @ 7:14 pm
The toes date from before 600 B.C., pre-dating what was previously thought to be the earliest known practical prosthesic.

Jan 28 2011

Dispersants Persisted After BP Spill

Tag: Health and Safety,Issues and Ethics,Oil Spill,Science,Technology — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 7:54 pm
Chemicals used to break up oil in the Gulf of Mexico last year lasted through September.

Jan 26 2011

‘Innovate,’ ‘Reinvent,’ Says President Obama

Tag: Clean Energy,Electricity,Leaders,Learning,Politics,Science,Technology — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 2:09 pm
In his State of the Union address, the president emphasized the importance of science and technology.

Dec 30 2010

Movie Magic Conjured by Science

Tag: Animation,Computer Simulation,Computers,Hollywood,Movie Special Effects,Movies,Science — Eric Niiler @ 3:25 pm
The special effects in Toy Story, Harry Potter and other blockbusters would not be possible without the complex field of fluid dynamics.

Dec 30 2010

Movie Magic Conjured by Science

Tag: Animation,Computer Simulation,Computers,Hollywood,Movie Special Effects,Movies,Science — Eric Niiler @ 3:25 pm
The special effects in Toy Story, Harry Potter and other blockbusters would not be possible without the complex field of fluid dynamics.

Sep 23 2010

Neanderthals More Intelligent Than Thought

Tag: Ancient Civilizations,Archaeology,DNA,Science — Zahra Hirji @ 3:14 am
New research shows Neanderthals are more similar to humans than we previously thought.

Sep 08 2010

Nature’s Incredible Cover-Up: An Ancient Amazonian Civilization

Tag: Ancient Civilizations,Archaeology,Archaeology of the Americas,Science — Zahra Hirji @ 11:20 pm
Was the thick, intimidating Amazon forest once home to an advanced civilization? A group of archaeologists turn to the vegetated landscape for answers.

Aug 23 2010

Beyond the Black Box

Tag: Air Travel,Aircraft,Artifacts,Atlantic Ocean,Aviation,Batteries,Birds,Child,Colleges,Communication,Computers,Design,Devices,Disasters and Accidents,Electronics,Engaged,Engineering,Engines,Events,Experts,Eye,Fall,Father,Fear,Glass,Government,Health Insurance,History,Internet,Inventions,Investigation,Lawsuits,Logging,Mining,Movies,Murder,Navy,Oceania and Australia,Office,Officer,Polar Regions,Privacy,Radio,Safety,Satellites,Science,Seas,Sensors,Storage,Streams,Submarine,Suicide,Technology,The Future,Touch,Transportation — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 7:00 am
Instead of storing flight data on board, aircraft could easily send the information in real time to the ground.

Aug 19 2010

Giant Underwater Oil Plume Found in Gulf of Mexico

Tag: Autonomous Robots,Deep Sea,Disasters and Accidents,Experiments,Government,NOAA,Oceans,Oil Spill,Science,Scientists,Seas,Vehicles — Larry O'Hanlon @ 6:00 pm
A new survey of the waters around the site of the Deepwater Horizon disaster has found a massive, submerged plume of hydrocarbons.

Jul 22 2010

Footprint Fossils Analyzed for Ancient Human Gait

Tag: 3D Models,Archaeology,Science — Zahra Hirji @ 12:33 pm
Researchers compare the gait and foot structure of modern humans to a collection of 1.5 million year old footprints discovered in Kenya.
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