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What this 3000-year-old wheel tells us about Britain's 'Pompeii'
The site known as “Britain’s Pompeii” just keeps yielding more finds.Archeologists working at Must Farm in Peterborough, Britain, recently discovered a 3,000-year-old wheel that has been completely preserved. It is the first and largest example of its kind to be discovered on the isle. The wheel’s completeness and relative size will likley shift views about how people may have travelled during the Bronze Age, especially since it was found at a site located near a river.“This remarkable but frag..>> view originalNASA gets record number of astronaut applications
NASA gets record number of astronaut applications More than 18,000 are applying to travel to Mars. Alyssa Newcomb, ABC News 11:33 AM. EST February 20, 2016 Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko (3rdL), US astronaut Scott Kelly (3rdR) and Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (R) wait for testing, prior to blasting off to the International Space Station (ISS), late on March 27, 2015. (Photo: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV, Custom) More Americans than ever think they have the..>> view originalStudy offers evidence that Hatchery Steelhead and Wild Steelhead significantly differ
For the ones concerned about wild steelhead, the hatchery-raised and wild steelhead don’t mix has been something they call common sense. Wild steelhead is a marvel and is found in abundance in rivers and streams. They move to oceans where they have to face stern conditions and staggering odds to survive. The ones who manage to survive and come back to the rivers and streams where they were nurtured, pass on their exclusively adapted genetics to wild steelhead’s new generation. For many people, ..>> view originalUN climate chief Christiana Figueres to step down: A legacy of bridging divides
Christina Figueres, the tireless shepherd behind last year's landmark climate agreement forged in Paris, is stepping down after six terms as the United Nations' climate chief.Ms. Figueres took her current post in 2010, after a climate summit in Copenhagen failed to produce legally binding action on climate change, devolving instead into an argument between developed and developing nations.The UN’s top climate official has accomplished much in her six terms in office, from building bridges with ..>> view originalPluto's Largest Moon Charon May Have Had An Ancient Subsurface Ocean
New Horizons discovered that Pluto's moon Charon may have had an ancient subsurface ocean that expanded outward to the surface as it eventually froze. NASA described it as Bruce Banner transforming into Incredible Hulk.(Photo : NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI) Pluto's largest moon Charon may have been a home to an ancient ocean. NASA's New Horizons flyby was able to capture images suggesting that Charon once had a subsurface ocean that froze and expanded outward, resulting in the surface to stretch out. The ..>> view originalStephen Hawking Wants to Ride Virgin Galactic's New Passenger Spaceship
Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson walks toward the podium during the unveiling of the new VSS (Virgin Spaceship) Unity on Feb. 19, 2016. Credit: Mike Wall/Space.com MOJAVE, California — Virgin Galactic's new spaceship has the enthusiastic endorsement of one of the world's greatest scientists, who plans to fly on the vehicle one day. Famed cosmologist and physicist Stephen Hawking revealed the name of the new SpaceShipTwo suborbital craft — VSS (for Virgin Spaceship) Unity — ..>> view original$5 million prize for A.I. targets the 'dystopian conversation'
Developers of artificial intelligence (A.I.) now have an added incentive to pursue their work: $5 million dollars.The prize money was announced at the annual TED conference Wednesday, in a joint initiative between tech giant IBM and X Prize, the company behind the world’s first private space race to reach the moon.Motivating the backers of this competition is, among other things, a desire to demonstrate the potential benefits to mankind of advances in A.I., but many skeptics have yet to be conv..>> view original
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