Michelle Moran's Blog, page 94
March 26, 2010
First Ever Southern Tyrannosaur Dinosaur Discovered
ScienceDaily — Scientists from Cambridge, London and Melbourne have found the first ever evidence that tyrannosaur dinosaurs existed in the southern continents. They identified a hip bone found at Dinosaur Cove in Victoria, Australia as belonging to an ancestor of Tyrannosaurus rex.
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Dig for Bronze Age King's Ditch in Herefordshire
Archaeologists have begun excavating a site in Herefordshire, which they believe may reveal a 3,000-year-old earth trench called the King's Ditch.
March 25, 2010
Denmark's Little Mermaid statue leaves Copenhagen for the first time in nearly 100 years
Denmark's famed Little Mermaid statue left its perch in the Copenhagen harbour for the first time in nearly 100 years yesterday.
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Summers Were Wetter in the Middle Ages Than They Are Today
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March 24, 2010
Off with their heads! France brings back the guillotine - but just in a museum as it's put on display for the first time
A guillotine has gone on show in France for the first time since the deadly contraption was made redundant three decades ago.
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'Outstanding' collection of illuminated royal manuscripts set to fetch £16m at auction
The most valuable collection of historic illuminated manuscripts ever to be offered at auction was unveiled for the first time today.
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Gene research reveals fourth human species
By Clive Cookson in London
New Branch of Human Family Tree?
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March 23, 2010
Hypatia, Ancient Alexandria's Great Female Scholar
One day on the streets of Alexandria, Egypt, in the year 415 or 416, a mob of Christian zealots led by Peter the Lector accosted a woman's carriage and dragged her from it and into a church, where they stripped her and beat her to death with roofing tiles. They then tore her body apart and burned it. Who was this woman and what was her crime? Hypatia was one of the last great thinkers of ancient Alexandria and one of the first women to study and teach mathematics...
New method could revolutionize dating of ancient treasures
SAN FRANCISCO — Scientists today described development of a new method to determine the age of ancient mummies, old artwork, and other relics without causing damage to these treasures of global cultural heritage. Reporting at the 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), they said it could allow scientific analysis of hundreds of artifacts that until now were off limits because museums and private collectors did not want the objects damaged.
