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October 2007
Synagogue unfurls piece of Jewish history
Baltimore Sun - United States
The scroll of Hebrew scripture, containing the first five books of the Bible, was found by US soldiers among the ruins of a synagogue in Mosul, Iraq. ...
From Here to Timbuktu: Hippos, Mud Mosques and Monkey Skulls
Bloomberg - USA
Aided by our expert guide, Mikael Djiguiba, we walked from village to village -- some were on top of the cliff, others at its base -- and saw ruins of tiny
Swarms of dragonflies hits eastside
gibfocus.gi - Gibraltar
Just after 3pm this afternoon workers in the area of eastern beach reported seeing a swarm of dragonflied affecting the area. One worker reported that he
Spirits of the West alive in America's ghost towns
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Today the town's last full-time resident, Marge Osborne, recalls seeing mysterious figures and hearing unexplained knocking whenever she walked the streets ...
Unearthing Egypt's Greatest Temple
Smithsonian - USA
The project is giving Egyptologists a fresh look at the mysterious temple culture that dominated ancient life here, in which hordes of priests conducted ...
Unique farm at risk in development scheme
Malta Independent Online - Malta
Run-off rainwater streams down the sides of the quarry and is caught by stone gutters carved into the rock walls to channel it into the six WWII shelters, ...
Mistletoe brings magic and mystery to home
The Coloradoan - Fort Collins,CO,USA
Since mistletoe grows on other plants and not in the soil, some ancient cultures believed it was a holy plant. Mistletoe symbolized peace, abundance,
The new old Alexandria
Chicago Tribune - United States
Back to the 1930s when the Cecil Hotel—staring out at an ancient harbor, a busy square and chic European-style patisseries—was the gathering place for ...
Last chance to solve puzzle of ancient hill
Times Online - UK
At the mound's centre is a layer of turf and gravel that preserved the only surviving prehistoric chalkland landscape beneath it and created another mystery ...
UFO Reporting Center operates out of former missile site
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... tape recorder and desktop computer run in an underground bunker by one man who collects and publishes UFO reports from across the country. ...
In the presence of the past
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
Stone axes, arrowheads, gardening tools and metates and manos for grinding grain are on display, as well as baskets, mats and sandals formed from bear grass ...
Grand plans shared for underground museum
Hagerstown Morning Herald - Hagerstown,MD,USA
By DAVE McMILLION charlestown@herald-mail.com An underground museum being proposed for the National Park Service adjacent to Harpers Ferry National ...
A New Underground Railroad
Christian Post - USA
Nearly 180 years ago, the term "Underground Railroad" became a part of the American lexicon. For around that time, a clandestine network of well-organized ...
The witch's promise
Times Online - UK
This ancient cottage was its last outpost. He could be the last person left in the world. Just him. Just him, and the half-dozen sheep beyond the fence.
Persistence Pays Off in Guinea Worm Fight
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
Families there lived in compounds, each with its own cistern to collect precious rainwater during the short rainy season. "They were fiercely independent ...
Youthful-looking galaxy conceals ancient stars
New Scientist (subscription) - UK
Nonetheless, its primordial composition – resembling the first galaxies in the universe – remains a mystery. In 2004, observations by the Hubble Space ...
'Monster' 100lb salmon caught in Loch Ness creates angling storm
Daily Mail - UK
One angler described it as the 'Loch Ness Monster'. The fisherman said: "The man has just caught the Loch Ness Monster. What a fish eh troops - long live ...
Bubonic plague may have killed cat
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
VANCOUVER -- Scientists at the BC Centre for Disease Control are running tests to determine if a Maple Ridge, BC cat died of bubonic plague. ...
Plague threatens native crayfish
BBC News - UK
The Environment Agency is expected to confirm crayfish plague has been found in the River Waveney on the Suffolk /Norfolk border.
Scientist Who Blames Global Warming on Bible & Christianity Takes ...
NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) - USA
Scientist Jeff Schweitzer, author of “Beyond Cosmic Dice” and Elijah, author of “The Underground Bible” debate the real culprit behind global warming. ...
Will muons reveal Maya mysteries?
MSNBC - USA
Physicists are closing in on new techniques to put ancient archaeological sites through a cosmic "CT scan" to look for hidden chambers, using showers of ...
Trucks With hidden trapdoors stealing gas from Fla. stations
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
Wednesday, police said Hobert Gibson, 70, siphoned and stole more than 900 gallons of gas from underground fuel tanks at stations in Polk County. ...
Just Another Day in Paradise
By Carevaggio(Carevaggio)
But the sky is flaming crimson like the Van Allen belt has caught fire again. Where are Walter Pidgeon and Barbara Eden when we need them? Inside again I try to find an AM news station. There is of course nothing in the Sunday papers .
Telling the story of space legend James Van Allen
Iowa City Press Citizen - Iowa City,IA,USA
The Van Allen radiation belts are named after him. And he was a principal scientific investigator for 24 space missions, including the historic Explorer
Physicists Determine Source of 'Killer' Electrons in Earth's ...
PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA
by Laura Mgrdichian Electrons trapped in the outer Van Allen radiation belt, a doughnut-shaped region of high-energy particles that surrounds Earth, ...
Despite new museum, Greece probably won't get ancient sculptures back
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
AP Earlier this week, the ancient sculptures "began making their way down from Athens' Acropolis via a series of cranes to a new museum built specifically ...
Ladybugs Swarm New York
Javno.hr - Zagreb,Croatia
Ladybugs, which were imported from Sierra Nevada, will eat the majority of pests in Manhattan. More than 700000 ladybugs were released in two housing ...
MetroWest swarmed with ladybugs
MetroWest Daily News - Framingham,MA,USA
Lisa Burns of Rockland had just come home from work when a swarm hit her white house. At first she feared it was bees.
=Discover the world beneath
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
By SS YOGA CAVES, catacombs, and underground tunnels are normally associated with dark and dank places. They are usually the abode of rats, bats or . ...
Elephants never forget their fright of the humble bee
Guardian Unlimited - UK
But despite their thick skin and size advantage, elephants turn tail and flee at the sound of a swarm of bees, according to research carried out on the ...
Beep ... Beep ... Beep
Toledo Blade - Toledo,OH,USA
... so the first Explorer launch was crammed with equipment - including a Geiger counter that detected the existence of the Van Allen radiation belts, ...
The Scientific Legacy of Sputnik
FOX News - USA
Scientists now know Earth has two such "Van Allen Belts" which can be hazardous to both satellites and astronauts. Sputnik's launch forced Americans to
Protected site, but in ruins after yrs of apathy
Expressindia.com - New Delhi,India
Mandapeshwar, like other temple caves, uses the ancient system of rainwater harvesting. The four tanks at the entrance of the cave are brimming to capacity,
Ancient world treasure unearthed
BBC News - UK
And as the dig closed for the 2007 season, with tarpaulins being pulled over ruins to protect them from the winter weather, Professor Simonetta Stopponi of ...
Pollen discovery offers clues about China trade
The Daily Yomiuri - Osaka,Japan
NARA--The nation's oldest safflower pollen, dating from around the mid-third century, was discovered in large quantities at the Makimuku ancient ruins in ...
Libya opens door to tourists
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
CYRENE, Libya—From thousands of miles of pristine Mediterranean coastline, to sweeping desert sand dunes and ancient ruins that rival Greece and Italy, ...
Skeletons found after decades underground
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Local media said the bodies could date from the 1930s when Josef Stalin's NKVD secret police shot scores of people in the deep, thick-walled basements of ...
Radius Engineering Inc. Announces its New P15 Fiberglass Shelter ...
PR Leap (press release) - Chula Vista,CA,USA
The P10 underground shelter has been in service for more than 14 years. The P15 is bigger than a single car garage and almost 12 feet in diameter by over 27 ...
Mystery of ancient city shared in Bentonville
Benton County Daily Record - Bentonville,AR,USA
By Jeff Mores Staff Writer // jeffm@nwanews.com BENTONVILLE — Archeologists and historians across the globe have been fascinated by such ancient
This Week In Offbeat Crime
Washington Post - United States
According to customs spokesman Kees Nanninga: "It looked like they were cut open, the drugs hidden in their backs and then they were glued back together ...
Processes That Give Plants Color Shed Light On Antioxidants
Science Daily (press release) - USA
The pigments, called anthocyanins, are what give some plants the vivid colours that they use to attract insects and foraging animals. ...
Chinese farmers grew rice 7700 years ago
Reuters - USA ... in Nature late last week, geographers in Britain and China described how they found artifacts -- bone, bamboo and wooden tools used for foraging and
UO builds new lab on a mountaintop, but underground
KVAL - Eugene,OR,USA
By Andy Peterson It's one of the most exciting new frontiers in science -- nanotechnology -- and our state is at the forefront. ...
Archeologists Probe Secret Tunnels in California
FOX News - USA
He remembers visiting the underground world with his father, first passing though a dark basement before descending into a lit tunnel with an arched roof ...
Mystery woman of the Chu Dau ceramics
Viet Nam News - Hanoi,Vietnam
Third, could he contact archaeologists and fine artists to help research this ancient kiln? Prior to Annabuki's letter, archaeologists knew nothing of Chu ...
Princess Anne couple seeks clues to ancient Celtic mysteries
Delmarva Daily Times - MD,USA
Du Nord's biggest surprise, however, was the link between ancient mystery schools, and a very modern-day phenomenon: Harry Potter.
Stone heads mystery leaves villagers puzzled in Da Vinci Code ...
Daily Mail - UK
On the reverse side is an ancient symbol with letters arranged around it to spell the word 'paradox.' The 'Chi Rho' cross was an early crucifix symbol first ...
Hair may solve mammoth mystery
CNN - USA
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attacking several tons of woolly mammoth with stone-tipped spears must have taken extraordinary courage -- and ancient people left ...
Photographer breathes light into the forgotten land of the Anasazi
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
By Linda McIntosh When Oceanside photographer John Clark journeyed to the ancient ruins of the Pueblo Indians and their ancestors in southeastern Utah, ...
Nation's oldest wooden mask unearthed
The Daily Yomiuri - Osaka,Japan
A wooden mask unearthed at the Makimuku ancient ruins in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, is the oldest discovered in the nation, the city's municipal board of ...
Information on Ants
PR-GB.com (press release) - Sofia,Bulgaria
After that it graduates to digging and other nest work, and then to foraging and defense of the nest. These changes are fairly abrupt and define what are ...
On the phantom trail
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
But while the Bunuba world is suffused with heat and light, its spiritual focus lies beneath the earth, in a sepulchral cave called Tunnel Creek.
Mysterious underground rooms in NY thought to be pit silo
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
Some had speculated the subterranean find was a root cellar or a stop on the Underground Railroad. But resident Anne Marie Leone was finally able to ...
Mystery of Pits Is Solved, Just in Time to Fill Them In
New York Times - United States
By BARBARA WHITAKER Local residents and researchers have apparently solved the mystery of the underground rooms in Ossining, but they will probably not be ...
Port Lavaca man survives attack by swarm of bees
Houston Chronicle - United States
They came out in a tight, very fast swarm. They were all over me," John Tackett told the Victoria Advocate. "These guys, they came out in a calculated storm ...
Tom plans underground bunker - report
Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand
"It's a self-contained underground shelter with a high tech air-purifying system where up to ten people can survive for years." Scientology's founder ...
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