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 Stonehenge is being scanned using modern laser technology to search for hidden clues about how and why it was built. |
 E. coli gets a bad rap – probably due to the violent illness it
induces – but a group of Chinese University students in Hong Kong have
found a novel and potentially reputation-changing use for the bacteria: data storage.
The team has devised a way to encrypt and store information in the DNA
of bacteria to such an effective degree that they say just one gram of E. coli could store the same amount of data as 450 two-terabyte hard drives. |
 Scientists have found that beneath the sea floor is an entire underground ocean, inhabited by microorganisms. According to preliminary data, and its maximum depth is five kilometers. An international team of scientists, armed with a natural laboratory CORK, began to explore this mysterious and very ancient biosphere. |
 In XIX century in Colombia, was found a few dozen unusual gold figurines.
Figures depict some strange animals. With the coming era of airplane
figurines recognized aircraft. Not only that, over time there were more
such products in South America. At the burial of Egypt also found a
glider or plane. The constructed models have shown the wonders of
ballooning. |
 Situated strategically almost in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, Malta has had a long history of being a conduit for trade between Europe and North Africa.
The Maltese archipelago lies virtually
at the centre of the Mediterranean, with Malta 93km south of Sicily and
288km north of Africa. The archipelago consists of the islands of:
Malta, Gozo, Comino, Comminotto and Filfla; with a total population of
400,000 inhabitants over an area of 316sq km and a coastline of 196.8km |
 Russian blogger Artem Dragunov, who had predicted disaster in Japan and
the fire in a lame horse, gave an exclusive interview with Metro.
Recall, February 21, 2011, three weeks before the crash, which killed
thousands of people, Artem wrote in his blog: "And yes. Of Japan. There
will be no war with them. They will soon be an earthquake. There's even a
bomb is not needed. " |
 An unknown kingdom dating back to 1046 B.C. has been unearthed in north China, archaeologists said.
The kingdom is probably from the Xizhou dynasty (1046 to 771 B.C.), Xinhua reported. |
 Using infrared range finders and GPS devices, official mapping project discovers sections concealed by hills, trenches and rivers.
With the new discovered sections, the total length of the Great Wall is around 3,900 miles |
 Analysis by a UCLA-led team of scientists has confirmed the discovery of the oldest complete wine production facility ever found, including grape seeds, withered grape vines, remains of pressed grapes, a rudimentary wine press, a clay vat apparently used for fermentation, wine-soaked potsherds, and even a cup and drinking bowl. |
 Seventeen lost pyramids are among the buildings identified in a new satellite survey of Egypt.
More than 1,000 tombs and 3,000 ancient settlements were also revealed by looking at infra-red images which show up underground buildings.
Initial excavations have already confirmed some of the findings, including two suspected pyramids.
The work has been pioneered at the University of Alabama at Birmingham by US Egyptologist Dr Sarah Parcak. |
 Built 3,000 years before the miracle of Stonehenge, this is Britain's oldest and best preserved house.
The remains of the strongly built shelter, discovered on the Isle of Man, provide a rare window into the domestic life of hunter-gatherers 9,000 years ago.
Unearthed by accident during extension work to the island's airport runway, the 23ft wide pit is giving up extraordinary archaeological secrets.
Most exciting is the revelation that the people of the mesolithic age, long regarded as nomads who wandered ancient Britain in search of food, were actually very good at settling down. |
 In Azerbaijan, Sheki region, in the village Boyuk Dahna found an ancient monument, said the head of Trend Sheki-gah-Oguz expedition of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography Nasib Mukhtarov |
 Temple of Ancient Greek goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone has been discovered by a team of Bulgarian archaeologists near the town of Sozopol on the Black Sea. |
 THEY might be ancient graffiti tags left by a worker or symbols of
religious significance. A robot has sent back the first images of markings on the wall of a tiny chamber
in the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt that have not been seen for 4500
years. It has also helped settle the controversy about the only metal
known to exist in the pyramid, and shows a "door" that could lead to
another hidden chamber. |
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