Oldest glass factory in Israel dates to 4th century AD
An ancient glass factory has turned up at an archaeological dig in Israel, pushing back dates for the area's industrial development in a land now increasingly known for the tech savvy of its people.Archaeologists found kilns for glass-making that would have served the entire Roman Empire 1,600 years ago, demonstrating the area's rich history in this ancient art, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority. "We exposed fragments of floors, pieces of vitrified bricks from the walls and ceiling ..>> view originalHow to launch a rocket into space... and then land it on a ship at sea
On Friday 8 April 2016, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched a mission to deliver a spacecraft called Dragon with its payload of supplies and experiments into a trajectory towards the International Space Station (ISS). Most remarkably, the first-stage ...>> view originalOctopus slips out of aquarium tank, crawls across floor, escapes down pipe to ocean
Inky the octopus, the escapee from New Zealand’s National Aquarium. (Courtesy of the National Aquarium of New Zealand) Inky the octopus didn’t even try to cover his tracks. By the time the staff at New Zealand’s National Aquarium noticed that he was missing, telltale suction cup prints were the main clue to an easily solved mystery. Inky had said see ya to his tank-mate, slipped through a gap left by maintenance workers at the top of his enclosure and, as evidenced by the tracks, made his w..>> view originalBillionaires Will Need One Heckuva Giant Space Laser For Their Probe To Alpha Centauri
Are humans the new supercomputer? Team blurred the boundaries between man and mac
A screenshot of one of the many games that are available. In this case the task is to shoot spiders in the "Quantum-Shooter" but there are many other kinds of games. Credit: CODER/AU. The saying of philosopher René Descartes of what makes humans ...>> view originalExxon Fires Back at Climate-Change Probe
Exxon Mobil Corp. went to court Wednesday to challenge a government investigation of whether the company conspired to cover up its understanding of climate change, a sign the energy company is gearing up for a drawn-out legal battle with environmentalists and officials on the politically charged issue. The company filed court papers in Texas seeking to block a subpoena issued in March by the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands, one of several government officials pursuing Exxon. Wednes..>> view originalEarliest evidence of exoplanets comes to light, 100 years later
When astronomers used the largest telescope in the world in 1917 to survey a nearby white dwarf star, they made a recording of the light emitted, casually indicated the star looked a bit warmer than our own sun, and archived the recording.Unknowingly, they had also captured the earliest known observational evidence of planets existing around other stars, or "exoplanets." But it's taken almost a hundred years and teamwork spanning several generations to make the "rediscovery." Carnegie Observato..>> view originalWorld's Longest Snake Dies After Capture Near Malaysia Construction Site
(Photo : Twitter/SkyNews) What could be the world's longest snake was recently found at a Malaysia construction site last week. Unfortunately, the snake died three short days after its capture while laying an egg. Thought to be the world's longest snake, a reticulated python caught at a Malaysian construction site died last week after laying an egg. It measured 26 feet in length, with a weight of 551 pounds. So far, another python, Medusa, holds the record of being the world's longest, 25.2 fe..>> view originalClimate Change: More Losers Than Winners
In his April 7 op-ed “An Overheated Climate Alarm” Bjorn Lomborg targets the recent Federal Climate and Health Assessment, focusing on the balance between cold-related deaths avoided and heat-related deaths caused by climate change. He complains that the report “not once” mentions that more people die of cold than heat—a complaint that is plainly false (see the chapter on temperature). Mr. Lomborg is right that cold-related deaths will decline, but quantitatively comparing this health benefit w..>> view originalScientists stunned to learn humans gave Neanderthals herpes
Scientists stunned to learn humans gave Neanderthals herpes April 13, 2016 By Sam Catherman A recent study reveals that early humans likely passed on a number of diseases to Neanderthals, including herpes. Increasingly, scientists are becoming aware that our conceptions of human-Neanderthal relations during the time the two species shared the Earth were not as accurate as once thought. Advances in genetic analysis have led to new understandings of the interactions between the two species, and t..>> view original
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