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An ice lake in the Antarctic crust has been unreachable for over 15 million years. It is sealed almost 12,000 feet (3,750 meters) below the surface. Alexei Turkeyev, chief of the Russian polar Vostok Station says: “There’s only a bit left to go,” but it appears that they may break through soon. The interest lies [...]

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No there is no scientific study that suggests some cavemen were embarrassed by their mother when they cought them looking at a stick carving of Jane on their bedroom cave wall. It has been determined that humans first starting wearing clothing about 170,000 years ago. Darn shrinkage. A new University of Florida study following the [...]

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The remains of seven children apparently killed in a ritual and buried beneath a 500- to 600-year-old building in Peru’s Cuzco Valley have given scientists new glimpses of the sketchily understood Inca practice of sacrificing select children in elaborate ceremonies. Wonder if they were selected because they couldn’t find a safe fat burner to keep [...]

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Some archaeologists are a getting a bit giddy about some new ancient artifacts they have found. The reason that they have found them is because warming temperatures have melted patches of ice in the Mackenzie Mountains that have been in place for thousands of years. So…do I take this route, or talk about the artifacts? [...]

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Scientist have believe for decades that the Tyrannosaur had never made it to the southern hemisphere, and that all of the T-Rex dinosaurs were found in the north. The Tyrannosaur is a relative of the well known predator the T-Rex. Scientists from Cambridge, London and Melbourne have found the first ever evidence that tyrannosaur dinosaurs [...]

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A new method of carbon dating for ancient treasures like mummies, artwork, and other relics without causing them harm has been developed. The new method is expected to revolutionize dating of ancient artifacts. Reporting at the 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), they said it could allow scientific analysis of hundreds of [...]

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ALIVE…just kidding . Utah’s Red Rocks are a national attraction of state and national parks, and monuments. Recently, a new species of plant-eating dinosaur was discovered among them. The plant-eating dinosaur lived 185 million years ago and may have been buried alive by a collapsing sand dune where the skeleton was found. Get ready for [...]

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