Origins
Victorian ‘Supercomputer’ is Reborn
by Maggie Shiels - BBC News
The world of computing could have been very different to that of today had a machine that was designed over 150 years ago been built at the time.
That is the view of Doron Swade, the man who is behind realising the creation of the famed Difference Engine No 2 which […]
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Mystery Of Ancient Supercontinent’s Demise Revealed
by ScienceDaily
In a paper published in Geophysical Journal International, Dr Graeme Eagles from the Earth Sciences Department at Royal Holloway, University of London, reveals how one of the largest continents ever to exist met its demise.
Gondwana was a ‘supercontinent’ that existed between 500 and 180 million years ago. For the past four decades, geologists have […]
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Oil Painting ‘Originated in East’
by Vincent Dowd - BBCNews.com
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Painting with oils was taking place in what is now Afghanistan centuries before such techniques were known to Europeans, researchers say.
French-based scientists have been investigating cave paintings at the ancient complex of Bamiyan.
Until 2001 two vast 6th-Century Buddhas stood at Bamiyan. Then they were […]
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Early Elephant ‘Was Amphibious’
by Science Daily
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The scientists were investigating the lifestyle of two early elephants (proboscideans) Moeritherium and Barytherium that lived in the Eocene period, over 37 million years ago. By analysing isotopes in tooth enamel from Moeritherium they were able to deduce that it was very likely a semi-aquatic mammal, spending its […]
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Origin of Birds Debated
By Clara Moskowitz - LiveScience
Birds are living dinosaurs, nearly all scientists agree, but a debate still continues about when that first early bird glided or flew into the Mesozoic scene.
Paleontologists who study fossils think the first modern birds evolved from dinosaurs about 60 million to 65 million years ago, right about the time most […]
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