BIG History – Page 67

Humans Hunted Australia’s Giant Beasts to Extinction
By the Editor on March 24, 2012
Humans hunted Australia’s giant vertebrates to extinction about 40,000 years ago, the latest research published in Science has concluded....
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Respect Your Elders. Even if They’re Neanderthals
By the Editor on March 23, 2012
Every election year, political candidates of all stripes are called “knuckle-dragging Neanderthals.” In a recent column, Washington Post pundit...
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Discovery Sheds New Light on Wandering Continents
By the Editor on March 23, 2012
A layer of partially molten rock about 22 to 75 miles underground can’t be the only mechanism that allows...
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Smallest Planet Yields Big Surprises
By the Editor on March 23, 2012
Mercury is even weirder than expected, NASA’s MESSENGER probe is showing. For starters, the planet’s interior is built differently...
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Detection of Cosmic Effect Brings Universe’s Formation Into Focus
By the Editor on March 21, 2012
A large research team from two major astronomy surveys reports in a paper submitted to the journal Physical Review...
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Noise Pollution Affects Plants, Too
By the Editor on March 21, 2012
Facing an ever-increasing din of background noise from traffic and other human activities, many animals are adapting by changing...
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NASA: We Have Discovered the Secrets of the Supernova
By the Editor on March 21, 2012
Officials at the U.S. space agency NASA say they uncovered the secrets of the supernova. New data from the...
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Dark Energy and the Joy of Being Wrong
By the Editor on March 20, 2012
From Adam Frank at 13:7: Sometimes nature just throws you a loop. All your carefully laid plans, all your exquisite...
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Satellites Expose Ancient Civilizations
By the Editor on March 20, 2012
Archaeologists develop large-scale method to identify ancient human settlements.
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Galactic Recycling May Explain Star-Formation Mystery
By the Editor on March 19, 2012
Galaxies don’t seem to have enough matter inside them to keep forming new stars at the rates that they...
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