Great beasts peppered from space
(BBC News) Startling evidence has been found which shows mammoth and other great beasts from the last ice age were blasted with material that came from space. Eight tusks dating to some 35,000 years...
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Ancient “Salt Cured” Man Found in Iranian Mine
(National Geographic) Another “natural mummy” — the sixth so far— has emerged in Iran’s Chehrabad Salt Mine, archaeologists say. The individual, who was naturally mummified by the preserving properties of salt over the past...
CDC Disease “Trading Cards”… I choose you Hantavirus!
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has issued two sets of disease trading cards available as free downloads (Adobe PDF) from their website. Sorry gamers, they do not appear to be part of a...
Giant microwave turns plastic back to oil
(New Scientist) A US company is taking plastics recycling to another level – turning them back into the oil they were made from, and gas. All that is needed, claims Global Resource Corporation (GRC),...
Scientists Identify Pathogens That May Be Causing Global Honey-Bee Deaths
(Science Daily) Researchers have identified potential culprits behind the wide-spread catastrophic death of honey bees around North America and Europe. A team of scientists from Edgewood Chemical Biological Center and University of California San...
