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Sunday, September 9, 2012

See the 'Google pyramids' up close

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The place that went viral last month as the potential site of a mysterious Egyptian pyramid looks more like a series of mounds on the sur...

The man who discovered a ‘lost’ wonder of the world

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Among Cambridge University Library’s 200 miles of shelving and eight million books  are three soft leather folders and a scrap book volum...

Biblical-Type Floods Are Real, and They're Absolutely Enormous

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After teaching geology at the University of Washington for a decade, I had become embarrassed that I hadn’t yet seen the deep canyons where...
Saturday, September 8, 2012

Hubble Zooms in on the Center of M4

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This new image from Hubble shows an up-close look at the center of M4 or Messier 4, a global cluster located in the constellation of Scor...

Diogenes Laërtius: The Life of Epicurus

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EPICURUS was an Athenian, and the son of Neocles and Chærestrate, of the burgh of Gargettus, and of the family of the Philaidæ, as Metrod...

Funding helps protect Angkor Wat Temple complex

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The Cambodian Government and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) signed an agreement on Septemb...

Planck Satellite Observations May Help Solve the Mystery of Dark Matter

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The Planck Satellite has observed a very unique emission of radio radiation from the center of the Milky Way, moving scientists closer th...
Friday, September 7, 2012

THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH

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I WILL proclaim to the world the deeds of Gilgamesh. This was the man to whom all things were known; thiswas the king who knew the countr...

Ciocnirile găurilor negre şi spaţiu-timpul

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Au atras uriaşele găuri negre primele galaxii împreună sau au acestea au apărut în interiorul acestor galaxii? E un mister ce durează de ...

The return of folklore

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Why are gnomes and trolls suddenly back in the limelight? “History becomes legend, legend becomes myth,” said Galadriel in the film ver...