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Category Archives: Science
Boozing up to boost survival rates
Fruit flies use alcohol as a drug to kill parasites.
Satellite cameras could be used for facial recognition
Photos from surveillance cameras, YouTube and Facebook could be used for forensic investigatons.
Filed under Forensics, Innovation, News, Science, Technology
Fossilised pollen reveals ancient garden
Pollen recovered from 2500-year-old plaster has unlocked the secrets of Ramat Rahel’s garden.
Filed under Archaeology, Culture, History, Palaeontology, Science
Bull’s-eye: The oldest recorded supernova
All that remains after 1826 years.
Filed under Bull's-Eye, NASA, Science, Space
Ancient Sumerians may not have consumed beer
Were they really the world’s first brewers?
Filed under Archaeology, Chemistry, Culture, History, History, Vintage Science
Solving the native species conundrum
Introduced species cannot remain eternally new in an ecosystem.
Filed under Animals, Biology, Conservation, Ecology, Environment, Nature, Science
Missing link in black hole formation discovered
A new class of black hole could be the key to the formation of supermassive black holes.
Filed under Astrophysics, NASA, Science, Space
Saltwater crocodiles exposed
Good news for the crocodile industry in Australia.
Promise of a new world
The planet lies 22 light-years from Earth and, most importantly, contains the precious liquid known as water.
Filed under Amazing images, Night Sky, Space
Revisiting Otzi
The exhibition “20 years from Ötzi’s recovery” will be extended until 2013.
Filed under Archaeology, Archaeology, Culture, What's On
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