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Sunday, 06 January 2008 |
Frozen Mammoth May Explain Extinction and Climate Change
Frozen in nearly the same state in which it died some 37,500 years ago, a Siberian baby mammoth undergoing tests in Japan could explain why the beasts became extinct - and shed light on climate change, scientists said on its arrival. Specialists say ‘Lyuba’, the name given to the baby-mammoth, is extremely precious since it is the first one ever found intact and undamaged. The 6-month-old gray and brown calf, unearthed in May by a reindeer herder in northern Siberia's remote Yamal-Nenets region, is virtually intact and even has some fur, though the tail and an ear of the animal were bitten off.
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Tuesday, 01 January 2008 |
International Snow Sculpture Expo
Artists in northeast China's city of Harbin are nearing completion of tallest snow sculpture ever seen in the city. It's all in preparation for this year's International Snow Sculpture Expo. The huge sculpture, named "Romantic Feelings", is 35 meters tall and 162 meters long. Its sculptors say the sculpture surpasses all previous records for festival sculptures in the city.
Ma Mingge, chief designer of sculpture, said, "The sculpture features a French lady. She holds a glass of Champagne in one hand. In her left hand are nine roses to symbolize the everlasting friendship between China and France."
Ma also said there will be snow replicas of famous paintings and sculptures by French artists on the base. Artists started shaping over 30,000 cubic metres of snow in early December. They expect to finish the work in January.
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Tuesday, 04 December 2007 |
Dinosaur Mummy Found With Skin Intact
Scientists have announced the discovery of what appears to be the world's most intact dinosaur mummy: a 67-million-year-old plant-eater that contains fossilized bones and skin tissue, and possibly muscle and organs. Preserved by a natural fluke of time and chemistry, the four-ton mummified hadrosaur, a duck-billed herbivore common to North America, could reshape the understanding of dinosaurs and their habitat, its finders say.
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Monday, 26 November 2007 |
New High Quality Scanner Presented
A new scanner has been unveiled which can produce 3D body images of unprecedented clarity while reducing radiation by some 80%. The new CT machine takes large numbers of X-ray pictures, and combines them using computer technology to produce the final detailed images. It also generates images in a fraction of the time of other scanners: a full body scan takes less than a minute. The Brilliance iCT scanner, made by Philips Medical Systems, was presented at the Radiological Society of North America.
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Wednesday, 21 November 2007 |
The Cave of Romulus and Remus
Legend has it that Rome was founded by the twin brothers Romulus and Remus, who were raised on the milk of a she-wolf in her cave lair. For many hundreds of years archaeologists have lived in hope of finding the grotto and now, by sheer luck, they believe they have. The cave, known as the Lupercal - Luper is Latin for wolf - was discovered facing the Circus Maximus underneath the palace of the first emperor, Augustus.
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