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Our Ancestors - Genetic "Eve" And "Adam" Lived Approximately At Same Time

06/08/2013 10:54
5 August, 2013 MessageToEagle.com - Many aspects of the existence of the two mysterious individuals - mitochondrial Eve and Y-chromosomal Adam - including when they lived, are still shrouded in mystery. These Adam and Eve - our most recent common ancestors - passed down a portion of their genomes...

Schrödinger's 'kittens' made in the lab from photons

02/08/2013 06:25
31 July 2013 CLEARLY a cat can't be both dead and alive – or can it? Erwin Schrödinger's famous thought experiment shows the absurdity of applying quantum mechanics to everyday objects. But now the closest thing yet to Schrödinger's cat has been made – from light. [Read more] ...

Garden of Eden to become Iraqi national park

02/08/2013 06:22
31 July 2013 by Fred Pearce THE "Garden of Eden" has been saved, even as chaos grows all around. Last week, amid a wave of bombings on the streets of Baghdad, Iraq's Council of Ministers found time to approve the creation of the country's first national park – the centrepiece of a remarkable...

Hawaii Ocean Debris Could Fill 18-Wheeler

01/08/2013 07:18
Elizabeth Howell, LiveScience Contributor   |   July 30, 2013 11:39am ET In an area of Hawaii, far removed from most human habitation, a recent cleanup effort yielded an 18-wheeler's worth of human debris during a 19-day anti-pollution campaign this year. The region, which...

'Most Threatened' Tribe Sees No Relief from Illegal Loggers

01/08/2013 07:14
Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer   |   March 29, 2013 02:14pm ET A deadline to remove illegal loggers and settlers from the lands of one of the most threatened tribes on Earth appears poised to pass without action in Brazil. The Awá, a tribe of about 450, have won...

Einstein's Cosmic Speed Limit Passes New Test

01/08/2013 07:08
by Clara Moskowitz, Assistant Managing Editor   |   July 31, 2013 10:56am ET Now and then, Einstein deserves to be tested. To that end, scientists have put his special theory of relativity — particularly its notion of the speed of light as the cosmic speed limit — to the...

5 Reasons We May Live in a Multiverse

01/08/2013 07:04
SPACE.com Assistant Managing Editor The universe we live in may not be the only one out there. In fact, our universe could be just one of an infinite number of universes making up a "multiverse." Though the concept may stretch credulity, there's good physics behind it. And there's not just one way...

Photons May Emit Faster-Than-Light Particles, Physicists Suggest

01/08/2013 07:02
Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor   |   July 30, 2013 12:00pm ET The particles that make up light, photons, may live for at least 1 quintillion (1 billion multiplied by 1 billion) years, new research suggests. If photons can die, they could give off particles that travel...

Einstein's Cosmic Speed Limit Still Reigns, for Now

01/08/2013 07:00
by Clara Moskowitz, Assistant Managing Editor   |   July 29, 2013 04:41pm ET The speed of light is considered to be the ultimate cosmic speed limit, thanks to Einstein's special theory of relativity. But physicists aren't content to assume this limit without testing it. That's...

Sophisticated Technologies Mastered By Ancients

30/07/2013 10:10
29 July, 2013 MessageToEagle.com - Ancients were in possession of very sophisticated knowledge. They mastered technologies comparable to our own in the twentieth century. Over the centuries, smiths have used a range of techniques to process metal. More than two millennia ago skilled craftsmen and...
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