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• 3-D reconstruction of skull suggests small crocodile is new species

  17-02-2017 21:32
  
  A small crocodile discovered in Germany's Langenberg Quarry may be a new species, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Daniela Schwarz from Leibniz Institute for Evolutionary and Biodiversity Research, Germany, and colleagues.Limestone slab contains the partial skeleton of Knoetschkesuchus 
  [Credit: Schwarz et al., 2017]The Langenberg Quarry has proven to be a rich source of marine-related...
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• How an Ice Age paradox could inform sea level rise predictions

  17-02-2017 21:27
  
  New findings from the University of Michigan explain an Ice Age paradox and add to the mounting evidence that climate change could bring higher seas than most models predict.An animated graphic showing the ice sheet [Credit: University of Michigan]The study, published in Nature, shows how small spikes in the temperature of the ocean, rather than the air, likely drove the rapid disintegration cycles of the expansive ice sheet that...
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• The evolution of wooden halibut hooks carved by native people of the Northwest Coast

  17-02-2017 21:14
  
  The Tlingit and Haida, indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast (NWC), have used carved wooden hooks to catch halibut for centuries. As modern fishing technology crept into use, however, the old hooks practically disappeared from the sea. But they thrived on land—as decorative art.Devil Fish Halibut Hook by Arthur B. Nelson, 2012 [Credit: Kathy Dye, Sealaska Heritage Institute]The hook's evolution from utilitarian tool to expression...
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• Divers find submerged Roman artefacts off Tuscan coast

  17-02-2017 20:50
  
  A team of divers from Italy's fire service discovered a Roman anchor and an urn during a training session off the coast of Tuscany, they announced on Tuesday.The wooden anchor [Credit: Vigili del Fuoco]The artefacts - part of a wooden anchor measuring 150cm long and a damaged urn - "date back to the Roman era", the fire service said in a statement.They were found at a depth of around 13 metres, during a training session in the...
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• Turkey restores Ottoman era 'legacies' in the Balkans

  17-02-2017 20:42
  
  Turkey restored a total of 47 historical buildings including mosques, Mevlevi lodges, dervish lodges, shrines, fountains and baths from the Ottoman era, which are all located in the Balkans, between the years 2008 and 2016.Mehmed Pasha Sokolovic Bridge [Credit: Daily Sabah]The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), which operates in 54 different countries in Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America and Middle East,...
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• Temple culture in Ptolemaic Egypt alive and kicking

  17-02-2017 20:09
  
  Egyptian temple culture was thought to be declining in the Ptolemaic era, after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. Nothing could be further from the truth, says Egyptologist Carina van den Hoven. Temple culture was very much alive and kicking.
  Temple of Horus, Edfu [Credit: WikiCommons]InnovationsCarina van den Hoven travelled to Eqypt every year for her PhD research, to study temples and photograph what she saw. Having...
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• Looking at Sardinian DNA for genetic clues to an island's - and Europe's - past

  17-02-2017 20:08
  
  Sardinia sits at a crossroads in the Mediterranean Sea, the second largest island next to Sicily. Surrounded by sparkling turquoise waters, this Mediterranean jewel lies northwest of the toe of the Italian peninsula boot, about 350 kilometers due west of Rome.Prehistoric giant statues from Sardinia [Credit: Museum of Cabras]For evolutionary biologists, islands are often intriguing, geographically isolated pockets with unique...
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• Late Bronze Age weapons hoard dug up at Scottish building site

  17-02-2017 20:07
  
  GUARD Archaeologists have recently recovered a very rare and internationally significant hoard of metalwork that is a major addition to Scottish Late Bronze Age archaeology.The Bronze Age Hoard as it was first revealed during excavations at Carnoustie 
  [Credit: © GUARD Archaeology Ltd]A bronze spearhead decorated with gold was found alongside a bronze sword, pin and scabbard fittings in a pit close to a Bronze Age settlement...
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• Street grid unearthed at site of mysterious ancient Japanese capital

  17-02-2017 19:42
  
  Archaeologists said they may have unravelled one of the many mysteries surrounding Kunikyo, the capital of Japan from 740 to 744.A road crossing a side ditch at right angles in Kizugawa, Kyoto Prefecture, resembles the grid pattern
   found in ancient capitals of Japan [Credit: Makoto Ito]The Kyoto Prefecture Research Center for Archaeological Properties said on Jan. 26 that it has found evidence of “jobo” grid pattern streets for...
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• 'The Berlin Painter and His World: Athenian Vase-Painting in the Early Fifth Century BC' at the Princeton University Art Museum

  17-02-2017 19:20
  
  The Berlin Painter was the name given by the great Oxford scholar Sir John Beazley (1885-1970) to an anonymous fifth-century B.C. Athenian vase-painter, whose hand Beazley recognized in over 200 complete or fragmentary vases in collections around the world. Since Beazley’s first published identification of the Berlin Painter in 1911, attributions to this remarkable and prolific artist have grown to over 300 works, and esteem for his...
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• The heart of a far-off star beats for its planet

  17-02-2017 18:21
  
  For the first time, astronomers from MIT and elsewhere have observed a star pulsing in response to its orbiting planet.For the first time, astronomers have observed a star pulsing in response to its orbiting planet. The star, HAT-P-2, pictured,
   is one of the most massive exoplanets known today. The planet, named HAT-P-2b, tracks its star in a highly 
  eccentric orbit, flying extremely close to and around the star, then...
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• Black-hole-powered jets forge fuel for star formation

  17-02-2017 18:21
  
  Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered a surprising connection between a supermassive black hole and the galaxy where it resides.Artist impression of galaxy at the center of the Phoenix Cluster. Powerful radio jets from the supermassive 
  black hole at the center of the galaxy are creating giant radio bubbles (blue) in the ionized gas surrounding 
  the galaxy. ALMA has...
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• Rare pulsating star 7,000 light years away is one of only seven in Milky Way

  17-02-2017 18:20
  
  Astronomers are reporting a rare star as big -- or bigger -- than Earth's sun and that is expanding and contracting in a unique pattern in three different directions.The newest delta Scuti star in our night sky is so rare it’s only one of seven identified by astronomers 
  in the Milky Way [Credit: Palomar Observatory Sky Survey]The star is one that pulsates and so is characterized by varying brightness over time. It's situated...
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• No close partner for young, massive stars in Omega Nebula

  17-02-2017 18:20
  
  Astronomers from Leuven (Belgium) and Amsterdam (Netherlands) have discovered that massive stars in the star-forming region M17 (the Omega Nebula) are—against expectations—not part of a close binary. They have started their lives alone or with a distant partner star. The researchers base their findings on data from the X-shooter spectrograph on ESO's Very Large Telescope in northern Chile.
  The open cluster M17 (the Omega Nebula),...
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• HMS Caroline

  17-02-2017 15:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Members of the Edinburgh team visited HMS Caroline, the last survivor of the iconic Battle of Jutland (1916), at her mooring at Alexandra Dock, Belfast in early February, following her return from dry docking at Harland & Wolff. Caroline, part of the collection of historic ships held by the National Museum of the Royal Navy, has been undergoing a full restoration and advanced conservation to return the ship to as close a representation of her 1916 Jutland appearance as possible. The project
  
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