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NASAs 2020 Mars rover may use a new technique to scan for ancient alien life
2016-08-17 20:15:33| Extremetech
A closer look at Raman spectroscopy data could help the next Mars rover ID the most important rocks on the planet.
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Do ancient sequoias hold a key to reversing climate change?
2016-07-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Planting more trees to absorb carbon is one of the many ways that humans are working to combat climate change across the world as evidenced by "carbon sink" planting efforts to meet zero net emissions, or the recent tree planting initiative in India. But meticulously collecting samples from ancient sequoia trees to then clone them in a lab and replant them throughout the world, well, that is a bit more of a novelty. But that's the task being undertaken by the Archangel Ancient Tree Archive, a...
Film star revives ancient glass making Chinese skills
2016-07-14 08:21:51| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Loretta Yang left the film industry along with her director husband to start making glassware using an ancient Chinese technique.
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Ancient supernovae may have accelerated evolution on Earth
2016-07-11 20:18:44| Extremetech
Two previously known supernovae may have affected evolution on Earth, and could even have driven a mass extinction millions of years ago.
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Monkey archaeology: Ancient evidence of tool use found
2016-07-11 18:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Primate archaeology is a new and unusual-sounding field, but it has revealed ancient evidence of some clever and dextrous monkey culture. Researchers from Oxford University, working in Brazil, found ancient "nut-cracking tools" - 700-year-old stone hammers that capuchin monkeys used to open cashew nuts. This is the earliest evidence yet of monkey tool use outside Africa. The findings are published in the journal Current Biology. One of the Oxford team, primatologist Dr Lydia Luncz, said...
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