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Ice age graveyard reveals ancient mysteries


January 24th, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 24 (IANS) Scientists have stumbled upon an ice age graveyard where many huge mammoths, mastodons and a giant ground sloth died upto 150,000 years ago. The fossilised remains, discovered ... Read more...

Posted in Sci-Tech |

10 mastodons, 4 mammoths, and 2 Ice Age deer - ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ find


November 19th, 2010 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 19 (ANI): The chief curator of Denver Museum of Nature & Science has called the accidental discovery of an Ice Age fossil site at Ziegler Reservoir near Snowmass Village "one ... Read more...

Posted in Health Science |

Discovery of bones unravel Ice Age ecosystem


November 7th, 2010 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 7 (IANS) An excavation site in western Colorado in the US has revealed an entire Ice Age ecosystem. Denver Museum of Nature and Science excavation crews discovered two additional Ice ... Read more...

Posted in Environment |

Massive, carnivorous “shrimp” ‘may not be Earth’s first predator’


November 2nd, 2010 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 2 (ANI): A study has revealed that the infamous, carnivorous "shrimp" that is considered Earth's first great predator may, in fact, be not.A new 3-D modeling of the mouth parts ... Read more...

Posted in Health Science |

Global warming 50 mln yrs ago spurred biodiversity boom in western North America


August 7th, 2009 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 7 (ANI): A team of scientists has determined that a period of global warming from 53 million to 47 million years ago strongly influenced plants and animals, spurring a biodiversity ... Read more...

Posted in Health Science |

Obama signs $787 bn economic stimulus bill into law


February 18th, 2009 - 6:27 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 18 (Xinhua) US President Barack Obama Tuesday signed the the $787-billion economic stimulus bill into law in Denver, Colorado, calling it the first step to pave way for long-term growth. The ... Read more...

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Venus Express searches for life on Earth


October 11th, 2008 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, Oct 11 (ANI): In a surprising move, scientists are using ESAs (European Space Agencys) Venus Express to observe the Earths habitability, which might be helpful to search for life on ... Read more...

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