Posts Tagged ‘Australia’
WWI artifacts tell of life on the frontline
U. MELBOURNE (AUS) — More than 100 artifacts from the First World War have been uncovered in an archaeological fieldwork survey on the Gallipoli battlefield in Turkey. Continue…
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 9:26 - 0 Comments
Science & Technology - Aug 10, 2011 11:34 - 0 Comments
Dino footprints discovered Down Under
EMORY (US) — Polar dinosaur tracks from about 105 million years ago are offering clues into animal behavior during the last period of pronounced global warming. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 4, 2011 16:50 - 2 Comments
Mashup mammal: More cat than dog
BROWN (US) — With a head and body of a dog, a striped coat like a cat, and a baby-carrying pouch like a kangaroo, the thylacine of Australia and Tasmania was an odd mix. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 17, 2010 16:49 - 0 Comments
Sponge fossils may be earliest animals
PRINCETON (US)—Scientists may have discovered the oldest fossils of animal bodies, suggesting that primitive sponge-like creatures were living in ocean reefs about 650 million years ago. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 11, 2010 11:34 - 1 Comment
Australia’s burned desert more biodiverse
STANFORD (US)—A research team is exploring what makes aboriginal hunting grounds molded by fire more biologically diverse than lands untouched by humans. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 22, 2009 12:59 - 6 Comments
Age of first drink linked to alcoholism
WASHINGTON-ST. LOUIS (US)—The age at which a person takes a first drink may influence genes linked to alcoholism, making the youngest drinkers the most susceptible to severe problems, a new study finds. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 10, 2009 13:28 - 0 Comments
Dinosaurs of many kinds may have burrowed to survive
On the heels of his discovery in Montana of the first trace fossil of a dinosaur burrow, Emory University paleontologist Anthony Martin has found evidence of more dinosaur burrows—this time on the other side of the world, in Victoria, Australia. Martin believes the likely burrows were made by small ornithopod dinosaurs—herbivores that were prevalent in the region and were about the size of a large, modern-day iguana.
