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These natural-color images captured by NASA's Operational Land Imager (OLI) on satellite show some of Hurricane Irma’s devastating effects on the British and US Virgin Islands. Article also explains some of the science behind what is seen in the photos.
More than 100,000 artifacts from one of the earliest European settlements in North America are now housed at an upstate New York museum located near where the objects were discovered more than 40 years ago. Some of the artifacts are coming from the estate of a descendent of Alexander Hamilton, as well as the New Netherland settlement of Fort Orange.
The first primate may have been a leaper, not a clamberer. The size and shape of a 52-million-year-old fossil ankle bone found near Marseilles, France, suggest early primates flexed and sharply extended their ankles to launch into the air.
At the end of the Stone Age and in the early Bronze Age, families were established in a surprising manner in the Lechtal, south of Augsburg, Germany. The majority of women came from outside the area, probably from Bohemia or Central Germany, while men usually remained in the region of their birth. This so-called patrilocal pattern combined with individual female mobility was not a temporary phenomenon, but persisted over a period of 800 years during the transition from the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age.
Mice are actually much more musical than we humans give them credit for. It’s just that we can’t hear most of their vocalizations, which are ultrasonic and out of the range of human hearing.
Despite conventional wisdom stating the opposite, a Texas A&M doctoral student may show that over 12,000 years ago, humans and Columbian mammoths may have co-existed at the same time based on research being done by a team at an underwater site in the Silver River near Ocala, Florida.
Deaf First Peoples are viewing a recent Indian Country Today Media Network article with contempt as the article promotes a nocuous paradigm called auditory verbal training, sometimes disguised in pedagogic claims of enhancing speech and listening skills, and also known as “oralism.” Given the traumatic history of federal Indian boarding schools most Deaf Natives understand that tribal communities would be reluctant to send their children to a residential boarding school for the Deaf.
There is one item that the Hopi tribe seek: the missing corner of the Fire Clan Tablet. This editorial article explores Native American tribal legend and creation myth. In legend, Masaw guided the Hopi across a large ocean, always traveling east, after a great flood that covered the Earth. It is said that before he gave the stone tablet to the Hopi, he broke off the bottom left corner and told them he was going to take the corner back with him across the ocean, and that someday in the future their ‘true brother’ would return with the missing corner and prove their creation story.
Psychedelic drugs can positively affect people’s relationship with nature and promote eco-friendly behaviors, according to research published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology. “In light of these findings, the present results once more raise the question whether a continuing prohibition of these experiences is indeed a worthwhile pursuit,” researchers say. The experiences they’re talking about are those produced by the so-called “classic” psychedelic drugs, which include LSD, magic psilocybe mushrooms, peyote, dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and ayahuasca.
Collaboration between museums and indigenous groups provides educational opportunities, archival documentation—and ethical dilemmas. The Killer Whale hat (and its copy), the southeastern Alaska-based Dakl’aweidi clan and the Smithsonian Institution have become embroiled in the challenges of the ongoing issues surrounding repatriation, artifact digitization and cultural heritage.
Half a million years ago, the Arabian Peninsula wasn't a sandy desert but rather a lush, wet landscape. There a gigantic elephant, Elephas recki, 50 percent larger than today's biggest elephants, tromped around an ancient lake before dying, as its newfound fossil skeleton reveals.
Environmental researchers have uncovered a wealth of information about a unique part of Australia that offers never-before-seen insights into climate change since the last ice age. They cored and dated mud sediment from 16 wetlands on Queensland's North Stradbroke island, and found six dating to the ice age or earlier, with one being more than 200,000 years old. Coupled with the existence of the Pleistocene sites, this study demonstrates the long and extensive connection Quandamooka aboriginal people have to that ancient land.
Northern China's roadsides are peppered with deciduous phoenix trees, producing an abundance of fallen leaves in autumn. These leaves are generally burned in the colder season, exacerbating the country's air pollution problem. Investigators in Shandong, China, recently discovered a new method to convert this biomass organic waste matter into a porous carbon material that can be used to produce high-tech electronics.
The supposed remains of Sa-Nakht, a pharaoh of ancient Egypt, may be the oldest known human giant, a new study finds. The bones from the Third Dynasty date to approximately 2,700 BC.
The mysterious Giants of Mont’e Prama, or Colossi as some call them, are sculptures nearly 2.5 meters in height believed to have been created by the Nuragic civilization, an ancient culture that inhabited the island of Sardinia between the XVIII and II century AD.
An archaeological dig in Israel’s City of David National Park, in the area of the walls of Jerusalem, has unearthed a collection of small clay seals that prove that the practice of using seals to ensure the privacy of a message goes back more than 2,700 years. According to experts, the seals bear witness to the developed administration of the city in the First Temple period.
42 pieces of obsidian, or volcanic glass, were discovered in ritual contexts at the Maya site of Ceibal, which is located in the Maya lowlands. The artifacts date to the Preclassic period, between 700 and 350 BC.
Borobudur is one of the great monuments of Southeast Asia. It is a colossal Buddhist stupa that rises out of the rice paddies and palm trees with the nearby volcano Gunung Merapi in the distance. This mysterious and beautifully constructed monument has survived volcanic eruptions, an earthquake, and even terrorist bombs. Yet no one knows who built it.
Rescuers used tarps to return to stranded 500 lb. manatees back to the ocean after they became stranded in Manatee County, Florida, when Hurricane Irma sucked water away from the shore. Article contains several photos and video of the rescue.
When people picture sand spread across idyllic beaches and endless deserts, they understandably think of it as an infinite resource. But over-exploitation of global supplies of sand is damaging the environment, endangering communities, causing shortages and promoting violent conflict.
Step back in time with National Geographic's report of the no-name Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, still the most intense on record to make landfall in the United States, as measured by the low barometric pressures that signal a storm's strength. Winds may have reached speeds of 200 mph, sliced the entire second story off a hotel, and killed over 400 people.
Part of Switzerland's Trift glacier collapsed Sunday, September 10. Geologists had recently noticed significant movement along the "tongue" of the Trift glacier, up to 130 centimetres (50 inches) in a single day. There remains only about a third of the unstable tongue, police said, adding that the area is under surveillance and "the situation will be continually reevaluated."
Well-written article looks at multiple theories and research findings regarding extinct Pleistocene megafauna, as well as modern animals whose numbers are threatened.
Hours before Hurricane Irma struck Cuba, workers raced against the clock to prepare six dolphins housed at a "dolphinarium", an island aquarium, for an emergency airlift that would transport them further south to safety. A veterinarian accompanied them on the trip.
As Floridians flee the path of Hurricane Irma, one smartphone application is proving to be a hurricane season essential: the Zello Walkie-Talkie app.
A fire damaged the ancient archaeological site of Faragola in Puglia. "It looks like the work of professionals," said Puglia-born archaeologist Giuliano Volpe, who said he was devastated by the damage to the fourth-sixth century site, as well as by a series of thefts.
Seven decades since poaching and habitat destruction wiped out indigenous stocks of tigers, it is hoped they will once again roam free in Kazakhstan, but experts said it will take years.
Archaeologists are likening the discovery to winning the lottery. A Roman cavalry barracks has been unearthed near Hadrian’s Wall, beneath the 4th century stone fort of Vindolanda, complete with extraordinary military and personal possessions left behind by soldiers and their families almost 2,000 years ago. A treasure trove of thousands of artefacts dating from the early second century has been excavated over the past fortnight.
As Hurricane Irma barrels toward Florida, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is preparing its facilities to withstand the monster storm. To get ready for the storm, KSC uses the same alert scale designed for the US armed forces called HURCON, and 48-hours before landfall is HURCON III, preparation phase.
The Bethnal Green Mulberry, a gnarly old specimen which, in local lore, is understood to be more than 400 years old and is believed to be the oldest tree in the East End of London is under threat of being uprooted from the earth in the construction of luxury apartments.
Such primitive nebulae end up contracting to form a solar system like our own, with planets . . . and comets. The Rosetta mission taught us that comet nuclei form by gentle accretion of grains progressively greater in size. First, small particles stick together into larger grains. These in turn combine into larger chunks, and so on, until they form a comet nucleus a few kilometers wide.
There’s a park in Austria that turns into a lake every summer. When temperatures rise, the snow melts on the mountains surrounding Grüner See, or Green Lake, and fills the meadow with water - leaving benches, trails, and trees completely submerged in crystal-clear snowmelt.
High profile cases of poached fossils shine a light on the black market for paleontological specimens—and how scientists and governments are trying to stop it.
Preparing for a major hurricane is even more complicated when you have more than 3,000 wild animals in your care. Zoo Miami, also known as the Miami-Dade Zoological Park and Gardens, has spent the past few days making sure its facilities are ready for the wrath of Hurricane Irma, which is now expected to make landfall in Florida on Sunday. The flamingoes won't be huddled in the bathroom this time.
A meteorologist from Colorado State University has been tracking the relentless storm over the past week, taking note of all the records broken so far.
The American Red Cross is preparing to deploy a drone to survey the damage done by Hurricane Harvey in Texas. The Red Cross is classifying this particular launch as a test-run, but there are plans to expand its usage if it turns out to be successful. The organization will consider the deployment of a drone to survey damage caused by Hurricane Irma in Florida if results are satisfactory.
This natural phenomenon is real and occurs with extremely powerful storms. Residents were urged to be careful as water levels can often return to normal with great force. Article contains video clips and social media feeds from multiple sources including a Bahamian meteorologist.
Modern astronomical techniques have uncovered clues to a possible facet of Mayan astronomy from nearly 2 millennia ago not found in surviving records. No Mayan astronomical records from that period survived the Spanish invasion, and the four surviving Mayan codices from later eras do not mention meteor showers. However, the researchers suspect that many significant historical events that coincided with meteor showers carved in stone monuments are not chance overlaps.
History researcher Nicholas Gibbs appears to have cracked the code, discovering that the book is actually a guide to women's health that's mostly plagiarized from other guides of the era. Gibbs concluded that it's likely the Voynich Manuscript was a customized book, possibly created for one person, devoted mostly to women's medicine. Once he realized that the Voynich Manuscript was a medical textbook containing medical shorthand, the odd images and zodiacal charts in it could be understood within that context.
Map from National Geographic details Hurricane Irma's approach to the southeastern United States, and the warmer waters providing more energy to fuel the storm.
Archaeologists work with the local tribe to try to connect what they’ve found in the field to traditional Tlingit knowledge. The locations of the sites are not shared with the general public for fear of vandalism. They track over 900 sites near Petersburg Alaska, with the oldest dating back 10,000 years, containing stone tool remnants.
A southern Indiana farmer created a corn maze with a network of trails outlining the face of "Star Wars" character Princess Leia to pay fitting tribute to the late Carrie Fisher.
State warfare wrecks homes and environments, and confuses land rights. Forensic architecture may help bring justice, finds a new book
This year’s archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Zeugma, which lies on the coast of the Euphrates River and is famous for the Gypsy Girl Mosaic, has unearthed bronze pieces from the clothing of legion units, silver and iron materials, rings, fibulas, ceramics, ivory and bone needles and frescoes, with experts saying excavations in the ancient site may last a century. The history of the city dates back to the early Paleolithic age.
African wild dogs in Botswana are endangered animals. They look like miniature hyenas and pack a punch too. Scientists have noticed that members of a pack decide when to go hunting by sneezing to vote.
All this recent solar activity has already caused a couple of radiation storms in Earth’s high latitude regions that blacked out radio communication at certain frequencies. Impacts extended toward the equator and have affected high-frequency communications, including ham radios, which are used in emergency and disaster relief management. Radio fade-out maps from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology show that radio communication disruptions have likely occurred in the same areas being pummeled by Hurricane Irma. This article also contains a link for citizens to participate in Aurorosaurus study data collection should they view any aurorae intensified by these solar events.
A deadly magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck the southern coast of Mexico on 7 September, killing dozens of people and injuring at least 200. The US Geological Survey says tremor was within the Cocos Plate, not subduction at the plate boundary.
A 3,500-year-old tomb built for a goldsmith named Amenemhat and his wife Amenhotep, has been discovered at the ancient cemetery of Dra' Abu el-Naga in Luxor, the Egyptian antiquities ministry announced Sept. 9 at a press conference in Luxor. Aside from mummies, coffins, and pottery, jewelry and ushabti figurines have been found.
An elaborately carved globe made from joining the lower halves of two ostrich eggs is the oldest known depiction of the New World. The 16th century globe had become lost to the pages of history but resurfaced a few years ago at a London map fair, when it was spotted by an anonymous map collector.
Surgeons in Australia have successfully performed a world-first transplant surgery, installing a 3D printed tibia bone into the leg of Reuben Lichter, who faced losing his leg to above-the-knee amputation.
New DNA evidence uncovered by researchers at Uppsala University and Stockholm University shows that there were in fact female Viking warriors. The remains of an iconic Swedish Viking Age grave now reveal that war was not an activity exclusive to males – women could be found in the higher ranks at the battlefield. The grave was first excavated in the 1880s, but until now the remains were thought to be male.
A scientist has leant support to the theory that this flood, mentioned in accounts from Cornwall to Kent, occurred as the result of an asteroid impact which caused a vast tsunami to sweep along the coast of Britain. The differing accounts of the flood of September 28, 1014 — the eve of St Michael’s day — have long intrigued geologists and archaeologists.
As southeast Texas and Louisiana cope with the devastation left behind by hurricane Harvey, NASA scientists now say the event was so extreme, dropping 33 trillion gallons of water, that it caused Houston to drop by nearly an inch.
The grave of a 15th century blonde-haired infant prince wearing a fur and wool crown has been found in the Siberian Arctic. The child, probably aged three or four, was buried with his feet trampling on reindeer bones, and a feast of newly-roasted venison interred with him as nourishment for the next life. Eight other graves have been found, all on different spurs of Arctic rivers.
Researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, and University of California, Irvine, have reported the first detection of sea level "fingerprints" in ocean observations: detectable patterns of sea level variability around the world resulting from changes in water storage on Earth's continents and in the mass of ice sheets. The results will give scientists confidence they can use these data to determine how much the sea level will rise at any point on the global ocean as a result of glacier ice melt.
The bodies of nine sacrificed children have been found at the Maya site of Ceibal in Guatemala. Some of the children were buried with obsidian tools, a fact which research suggests shows the enhanced significance of the sacrifices in the Maya Middle Preclassic period. Four of the children were aligned at cardinal compass points, significant in Mayan cosmology.
Science and Poetry can be perfect allies, as evidenced by the beauty of a new interactive periodic table where each element gets its own little haiku verse. Many of the poems are superbly clever allusions to how each element operates in the natural world.
Seasoned travelers think they're on top of their hotel check-in game: Extra towels? Check. Chocolates on the pillow? No problem. Goldfish? Yes, ma'am. A number of hotel chains have begun offering in-room fish-for-rent service.
The cave systems underneath the Antarctic ice could be home to an “exciting new world” of plants and animals. After analyzing DNA retrieved from a cave system underneath the Ross Island volcano Mount Erebus, scientists at the Australia National University found samples that could not be fully identified—pointing to the presence of unidentified species living in the subglacial terrains.
Psychedelic drugs that have been around for decades but have never been explored — at least legally — for medical use. One of those drugs is MDMA, or ecstasy, which passed a major hurdle after the US Food and Drug Administration granted it a special designation that could fast-track its approval for medical use to treat PTSD.
NASA announced that three powerful flares were just emitted on the surface of the Sun, casting coronal mass ejections in our direction. Over the course of the next couple of days, this should generate aurora activity in the sky outside the regular viewing areas, and the full moon will try to crash the party. Article recommends using Aurora Alert app to keep abreast.
A former firefighter and medic in Texas got infected with flesh-eating bacteria while helping his neighbors in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey last week. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery after what he thought was a small bug bite on his hand turned into swelling and numbness caused by life-threatening necrotizing fasciitis.
Archaeologists have found a large underground plaza and two platforms considered to be part of a pyramid, which Bolivian authorities want to excavate. Eight drone flights over the complex to gather imagery have shown that the site encompasses at least 1,675 acres.
Zoologists say a rare Indo-Pacific parrotfish, only described as a species 20 years ago, was caught in the Mediterranean off Sicily. Although theory is posed, how it got there remains a mystery.
When Mexico City civilians heard the sirens of the city's alert system go off, many opted to congregate on the streets, as advised by the authorities. There they managed to observe a very unusual phenomenon: Blue, white and green flashes on the fairly overcast sky. Witnesses were quick to share the bizarre spectacle through Twitter. Article contains a link to watch related video.
First-person editorial article from Collective Evolution regarding the incredible research about Humanity's past from people like Robert Bauval, Graham Hancock, Nassim Haramein, and Brien Foerster that illustrate how different our true history really is from what we are taught in the mainstream. Article contains a 5 minute video clip of Graham Hancock explaining fascinating pyramid facts.
Graham Cave State Park in Missouri will be the focus of a community Archaeology Day, with spotlight on its history and artifacts dating back 10,000 years. A ring of stones encircling a larger stone was believed to have been a ceremonial circle. The cave is named for Robert Graham who bought the land from Daniel Boone's son in 1816.
High tech imaging in 2016 has revealed exceptionally rare manuscript overlaid gesso on a 16th-century deerhide document, Codex Seldon, held at Oxford University. Researchers using hyperspectral imaging, a technique originally used for geological research and astrophysics, discovered the underlying images hidden beneath a layer of gesso, a plaster made from ground gypsum and chalk, without damaging the priceless later manuscript.
It’s been eight years since a small team began excavating an ancient village outside of Quinhagak, Alaska. Now, archaeologists and tribal leaders are saving what they can before the site washes away. And as is the case with other sites along Alaska’s coast, Nunalleq’s artifacts might never have been unearthed if the permafrost hadn’t started thawing.
Researchers have created the De-Jargonizer, a free tool for scientists hoping to make their work more accessible to the general public. This kind of tool is important now, as better science communication is critical to regaining public trust. The free tool is available at scienceandpublic.com.
It may deviate into descriptions of giant humans and Noah, but Robert Plot’s 1676 Oxfordshire records demonstrate how current research is based on generations of work.
Whether they have been diagnosed with psychosis or not, people who hear voices are more sensitive than others to a century old experiment designed to induce hallucinations. The hope is that studying people's ability to learn that these hallucinations aren't real could help identify those in need of psychiatric treatment.
Silphium has vanished, possibly from our planet altogether. Pliny wrote that within his lifetime, only a single stalk was discovered. It was plucked and sent to the emperor Nero as a curiosity sometime around 54-68AD. With just a handful of stylised images and the accounts of ancient naturalists to go on, the true identity of the Romans’ favourite herb is a mystery. Some think it was driven to extinction, and others think it’s hiding in plain sight as the Mediterranean weed, Tangier fennel. How did this happen? And could we bring it back?
Researchers from Imperial College London report that the white cliffs of Dover contain the fossilised remains of cosmic dust which could provide a new source of information about the early solar system.
Tractor giant John Deere just spent $305 million to acquire a startup that makes robots capable of identifying unwanted plants, and shooting them with high-precision squirts of herbicide, allegedly reducing the use of chemicals by 90 percent.
Born in Mazatlán Mexico shortly before 1856, California's oldest living orange tree has survived the Gold Rush, floods, freezes, and relocation, and is going strong at the storied age of 161. The Mediterranean Sweet Orange Tree’s children can be found in 75 acres of local orchards in the city of Oroville, eventually burgeoning to hundreds of miles of thriving citrus industry.
Ancient parchments are rare, precious and delicate, and it turns out they require protection not only from antiquities looters but from turning purple, then falling apart. Hoping to help save ancient documents, including those at the Vatican, scientists discover what has been eating parchments going back millennia.
Archaeological artefacts of national significance, dating back to the Neolithic period, have been uncovered at the site of a major housing project in Newark, England. Finds by the Oxford Archaeology team were from as far back as the early Neolithic Age from 4,000 to 3,500BC.
Despite the temporary night-like darkness during the recent total solar eclipse, some people were able to see with greater clarity. Scientists at Ohio State University have figured out a possible biological explanation to this surprising "night vision." The reason for this sudden power could have been a protein called the GABA receptor, according to the researchers.
After a string of 29 sperm whale strandings in the North Sea in the span of a month, a new theory has emerged. Solar storms affect the planet's magnetic field, creating short-term changes in magnetic latitude. Sperm whales may use these magnetic latitude markers for navigation. The disruption caused by a powerful solar storm could be enough to throw off whales traveling within affected area and cause them to lose their way, since sperm whales spend their non-breeding years in warm areas where no auroras are seen and lack experience with the phenomena.
CBC reports that near Meadow Creek, British Columbia, a bollide terminated after rocketing over the province on the night of September 4th. Although most of the space rock burned up in the atmosphere with a fireball display, it may well have left small pieces of debris, called meteorites, scattered over the land after its disintegration.
For the Florida Keys, researchers have found an important new way to estimate what’s been lost. Currently, the Florida Keys are very invested in restoring coral reefs, re-seeding baby corals on existing reef sites and researching ways to make species more resilient as oceans change. Knowing where the coral used to be could influence these plans.
As Texas deals with the devastation and deathtolls from Hurricane Harvey, Florida braces for the impact of Hurricane Irma, and two more hurricanes, Jose and Katia, continue to grow in the Atlantic. These storms, all born off the west coast of Africa, are being fueled by the warm waters of the Atlantic, which intensifies hurricanes by providing more energy.
The old belief in 'Clovis first' regarding the peopling of the Americas is now falling by the wayside as recent discoveries and improved dating techniques show time and again that the old picture doesn’t quite fit with the new information.
With so many Mayan artifacts seemingly depicting what we today would describe as extraterrestrials or aliens, it gets harder to dismiss them as hoaxes or misinterpretations of Mayan drawings and carvings of conventional objects, animals or people. Word is spreading about a discovery of jade stones in a Mexican cave carved with so many realistic engravings of what look like aliens and spaceships that they’re being called “Stones of the First Encounter.” Are they?
Mohenjo Daro, built at the time of the pyramids and centuries before the Roman Baths, was the largest city of the Indus Civilization. Article links to video from National Geographic.
A well-preserved Roman mosaic, described as the most exciting discovery in decades, has been uncovered in Berkshire, England, by a local community archaeology dig. The mosaic, dated from around 4th century AD, features Bellerophon riding the winged horse Pegasus. The panel shows a scene where they attack the fire-breathing monster Chimera.
Findings on Kythnos certify that the building is associated to the worshiping of Asclepius, as we had suggested last year, on the grounds of the finding inside the cistern of a Roman inscribed cippus with the name of the god. Parts of marble votive stelae were also found inside the cistern, some bearing inscriptions. One of them is about an offering to Aphrodite Derceto (Atargatis).
Tiny fossils recently discovered in Canada have pushed back the oldest known evidence of "bio-mineralization" to 810 million years ago. The finding could yield insights into locating fossils on other planets and shed light on the ways in which lifeforms and their planets develop together over time.
On its 50th anniversary, the landmark theory of island biogeography, the study of the distribution of species on islands over time, expands from land to sea with fascinating results.
Thought-provoking blog post from Harappa.com obviously posited by someone observing similarities in and speculating about museum display pieces from Mesopotamia and Mohenjo-daro.
Neanderthal groups occupied the Abric Romaní Q level (Capellades, Barcelona) over 60,000 years and left there important demonstrations of their daily activities. Level R is expected to be dated to 62,000 years.
British Columbian archaeologists have excavated a settlement in the area, in traditional Heiltsuk Nation territory, and dated it to 14,000 years ago during the last ice age where glaciers covered much of North America which reaffirms thousands of years of their tribal oral history.
Francisco Gali, from Seville, produced a hand-drawn nautical chart of Tlacotalpa in February 1580 with great exactitude by the standards of the time. It shows in great detail the coast, the estuaries, bays, capes, lagoons and rivers, and in some areas, even indicates the depth of the water. Study of the map reveals it matches up to modern technological data with startling precision.
Article investigates the premise that covered by tons of stone and sand, well-hidden under the Giza plateau lies one of the greatest mysteries of ancient Egypt: a Second Sphinx, an ancient monument that accompanied the one still standing today.
Two species of songbirds, Eastern Bluebirds and Hispaniola Crossbills, that once made a home in the Bahamas likely became extinct on the islands because of rising sea levels and a warmer, wetter climate, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Riverside and the University of Florida. The fossil record indicates they vanished during the Earth's glacial-interglacial transition which occurred about 12,000 years ago and led to much warmer conditions and the start of the current Holocene period.
Startling results from research using Goffin's cockatoos in Vienna: "Considering that the tasks were solved by a limited number of birds combined with the fact that they used individual techniques for making specialized tools supports the assumption that Goffin's cockatoos have to actively invent innovative solutions to problems rather than retreating to inborn stereotyped behavioural routines."
On Monday, September 4, 2017, the sun blasted out a huge cloud of superheated plasma known as a coronal mass ejection (CME). This fast-moving CME is expected to slam into Earth overnight Wednesday, triggering geomagnetic storms. There is a strong geomagnetic stormwatch in effect for areas inside the continental United States, as seen on a map included in this article.
Analysis of strontium isotopes in fossil teeth from Neolithic cattle suggests that early Europeans used different specialized herding strategies, according to a study published by researchers in Switzerland.
Archaeologists have been carrying out excavations at a Neolithic mound in one of the oldest settlements in western Anatolia, Turkey, have unearthed findings dating back 8,600 years.