http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/discovery/ en-us Wed, 2 Jul 2008 03:20:04 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039558/posts Ore. Discovery Challenges Beliefs About First Humans Until recently, most scientists believed that the first humans came to the Americas 13,000 years ago. But new archaeological findings from a cave in Oregon are challenging that assumption. Lee Hochberg of Oregon Public Television reports on the controversial discovery. LEE HOCHBERG, NewsHour correspondent: What archaeologist Dennis Jenkins found in the Paisley Caves in south central Oregon may turn on its head the theory of how and when the first people came to North America. Many scientists believe humans first came to this continent 13,000 years ago across a land bridge from Asia... PBS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039558/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 03:20:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025408/posts Machu Picchu, the crown of the Inca trail, was ransacked 40 years before its discovery by an American explorer in the early 20th Century, new research claims. One of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, the citadel, hidden by clouds 8,000 feet above sea level, has become a pilgrimage for hundreds of thousands of travellers every year. Historians have always thought that it lay undiscovered for centuries after the fall of the Incan Empire in the 1530s, until being brought to the attention of the modern world by an American explorer, Hiram Bingham, in 1911. But a research... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025408/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jun 2008 19:01:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024499/posts HOUSTON (AP) — Space shuttle Discovery's seven-member crew completed an inspection of the spacecraft's wings Sunday afternoon, looking for any signs of damage after launching a day earlier.Discovery, making its way to the international space station, is carrying the orbiting outpost's biggest room by far — Japan's $1 billion lab. The shuttle is also delivering a spare pump for the space station's malfunctioning toilet.But the inspection of the shuttle was not as thorough as it normally is because the school-bus-size lab, named Kibo — Japanese for hope — takes up almost the entire payload bay.That left no room for a... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024499/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jun 2008 20:30:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023942/posts This will be the official thread for the launching of the Space Shuttle Discovery.. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023942/posts#comment Sat, 31 May 2008 12:28:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023182/posts CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After being rushed in from Russia, a toilet pump was loaded into space shuttle Discovery on Thursday just in time for this weekend's liftoff to the international space station, where the lone commode is acting up. A NASA employee based in Moscow hand-carried the pump on a commercial flight that touched down Wednesday night. Within hours, the pump and related equipment were packed away aboard Discovery. Discovery is scheduled to blast off Saturday on a 14-day mission. The main delivery item is a 37-foot-long Japanese lab; it will be the biggest room once installed at the... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023182/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 21:07:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1977971/posts Discovery of vast prehistoric works built by Giants?The Geoglyphs of Teohuanaco Posted: February 24, 2008 1:00 am EasternBy David E. Flynn© 2008 RaidersNewsNetwork The size and scope of David Flynn's Teohuanaco discovery simply surpasses comprehension. Mammoth traces of intelligence carved in stone and covering hundreds of square miles. For those who understand what they are seeing here for the first time, this could indeed be the strongest evidence ever found of prehistoric engineering by those who were known and feared throughout the ancient world as gods. ~ Thomas Horn This satellite image (above) is a portion of the Andean foothills... Raider News Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1977971/posts#comment Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:25:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973753/posts Mysterious Pyramid Complex Discovered in Peru Kelly Hearn in Buenos Aires, Argentina for National Geographic NewsFebruary 20, 2008 The remnants of at least ten pyramids have been discovered on the coast of Peru, marking what could be a vast ceremonial site of an ancient, little-known culture, archaeologists say. In January construction crews working in the province of Piura discovered several truncated pyramids and a large adobe platform (see map). Last week they announced that the complex, which is 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) long and 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) wide, belonged to the ancient Vicús culture and was likely either a... National Geographic News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973753/posts#comment Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:17:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963456/posts 'Bizarre' new mammal discovered By Rebecca Morelle Science reporter, BBC News The curious-looking creature was caught on camera A new species of mammal has been discovered in the mountains of Tanzania, scientists report. The bizarre-looking creature, dubbed Rhynochocyon udzungwensis, is a type of giant elephant shrew, or sengi. The cat-sized animal, which is reported in the Journal of Zoology, looks like a cross between a miniature antelope and a small anteater. It has a grey face, a long, flexible snout, a bulky, amber body, a jet-black rump and it stands on spindly legs. "This is one of the most exciting... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963456/posts#comment Fri, 1 Feb 2008 21:54:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961850/posts Liberals say we are destroying the planet and destroying species. Yet, just about everyday something new is discovered. Maybe this earth is bigger than we think. Discovery New Tribe Spotted in Peruvian Amazon! Found: Giant Lobster Species! New Genus! Australian Truffles! New Species of Orchid Flirts With Wasps Squid Body + Octopus Legs = New Species? What’ll They Do Next- Revive the Dodo? uh..no- really? 9 July, 2007 From an article by Kate RaviliousNational Geographic News July 3, 2007 Adventurers exploring a cave on an island in the Indian Ocean have discovered the most complete and well-preserved dodo skeleton ever found, scientists reported yesterday. Researchers... world press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961850/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:51:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922045/posts This will be the official thread for the landing of the Space Shuttle Discovery.. What a mission!!!! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922045/posts#comment Wed, 7 Nov 2007 03:17:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914413/posts WASHINGTON (AFP) - The next mission of the space shuttle Discovery set for liftoff Tuesday is critical to building the International Space Station, ferrying in the Harmony module key to installing the European lab Columbus and Japan's Kibo lab. Harmony, a big Italian-made aluminum tube weighing in at 14.3 tonnes, will connect the two labs to the outpost and give it its almost final shape. NASA plans to bring in the Columbus on an Atlantis shuttle flight December 6 and the Kibo early in 2008. Discovery's crew of seven includes five men and two women, one of whom is Commander... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914413/posts#comment Mon, 22 Oct 2007 02:04:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1905121/posts A powerful Apollo-era crawler-transporter slowly carried the shuttle Discovery from the Vehicle Assembly Building to launch complex 39A today for work to ready the ship for blastoff Oct. 23 on a complex space station assembly mission. The three-mile trip began around 6:47 a.m. and the orbiter's mobile launch platform was "hard down" at the pad by around 1:15 p.m. NASA had hoped to move the ship to the pad last week, but the trip was delayed after engineers discovered a hydraulic leak in the shuttle's right main landing gear strut. Four seals in the strut mechanism were replaced, clearing the... SpaceFlightNow.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1905121/posts#comment Tue, 2 Oct 2007 00:04:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904247/posts Archeological Discovery in Ohio River September 27, 2007 It’s like a discovery channel special, a living history lesson and a heated border war all rolled into one. A recent river recovery of an eight ton treasure was followed by angry claims of archeological thievery. This sandstone scratching is far from another face in the crowd. After years of planning and weeks of effort, a Portsmouth, Ohio Volunteer Recovery Team pulled the prehistoric, legendary Indian’s Head Rock off the mighty Ohio River’s bottom. “It was tough to get straps around it,” recovery team diver Dave Vetter said. In the 18 and... WSAZ News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904247/posts#comment Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:03:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1903576/posts What does the California prison system have in common with Harvard University? It costs precisely as much to house, feed and guard one prisoner for one year in a California state prison as tuition, meals and housing cost for a student enrolled for one academic year at Harvard. As far as California taxpayers are concerned, it gets even worse. Their prison system is so overcrowded that it’s reached a breaking point. Either the state finds a long-term solution, or the federal courts have warned that they’ll begin ordering the release of inmates, just to ease the crush. In this two-hour... RealityBBQ.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1903576/posts#comment Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:56:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1897015/posts RALEIGH - Harlan “Carolina” Jones was commissioned by Biblical Archeology Review in 1977 to find the long-lost Ark of the Covenant. Three decades of frustration could have been avoided had Craig Newmark, then a 24-year-old fratboy at Wofford College, hurried up and started his nifty Web site for classified ads—Craigslist.org. “Don’t get me wrong, I’m excited and all,” Jones said. “But I feel like a dang fool.” Jones was searching on Raleigh Craigslist for a new Husky toolbox for his pickup truck when he clicked on the following ad: “Funky storage box. Used. Free jar, stick and a couple of... The Holy Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1897015/posts#comment Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:15:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885713/posts WASHINGTON - Astronomers have stumbled upon a tremendous hole in the universe. That's got them scratching their heads about what's just not there. The cosmic blank spot has no stray stars, no galaxies, no sucking black holes, not even mysterious dark matter. It is 1 billion light years across of nothing. That's an expanse of nearly 6 billion trillion miles of emptiness, a University of Minnesota team announced Thursday. Astronomers have known for many years that there are patches in the universe where nobody's home. In fact, one such place is practically a neighbor, a mere 2 million light years... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885713/posts#comment Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:36:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885654/posts The universe has a huge hole in it that dwarfs anything else of its kind. The discovery caught astronomers by surprise. The hole is nearly a billion light-years across. It is not a black hole, which is a small sphere of densely packed matter. Rather, this one is mostly devoid of stars, gas and other normal matter, and it's also strangely empty of the mysterious "dark matter" that permeates the cosmos. Other space voids have been found before, but nothing on this scale. Astronomers don't know why the hole is there. "Not only has no one ever found a void... SPACE.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885654/posts#comment Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:56:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878574/posts Possible discovered of America by Marco Polo before Colomb: account in VSD 'America - its West coast - would have been discovered by Marco Polo some 200 years before Christophe Colomb, according to a chart of the Library of the Congress in Washington examined since 1943 by the FBI and whose history is told in published review VSD Wednesday. This document, brought to the Library in 1933 by Marcian Rossi, an American naturalized citizen originating in Italy, “represents a boat beside a chart showing part of India, China, Japan, the Eastern Indies and North America”, indicates the report/ratio of... AFP via translation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878574/posts#comment Thu, 9 Aug 2007 10:28:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1877173/posts Science Daily — St. Andrews scientists have discovered a new way of levitating tiny objects - paving the way for future applications in nanotechnology. Artist's impression of a mirror levitating using a repulsive version of the Casimir effect. (Credit: Image courtesy of University of St Andrews) Theoretical physicists at the University of St. Andrews have created 'incredible levitation effects' by engineering the force of nature which normally causes objects to stick together by quantum force. By reversing this phenomenon, known as 'Casimir force', the scientists hope to solve the problem of tiny objects sticking together in existing novel nanomachines. Professor... ScienceDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1877173/posts#comment Mon, 6 Aug 2007 19:11:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1873894/posts NASA is racing the clock for a space shuttle flight — and desperately hoping it never gets off the ground. Not Endeavour — scheduled to lift off next week with a crew of seven, including schoolteacher-astronaut Barbara Morgan — but sister shuttle Discovery, which is being readied for launch at short notice. Discovery will mount a rescue mission if Endeavour flies into trouble and its crew has to be brought back. After Columbia disintegrated during re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere in February 2003, scientists developed several methods for repairing stricken shuttles. These include wing sensors to detect impacts, a redesigned fuel... Hindustan Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1873894/posts#comment Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:03:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1871610/posts TO LIVE up to his public image of a rugged, ex-SAS adventurer, it must have seemed essential for Bear Grylls to appear at ease sleeping rough and catching his own food in his television survival series. But it has emerged that Grylls, 33, was enjoying a far more conventional form of comfort, retreating some nights from filming in mountains and on desert islands to nearby lodges and hotels. Now Channel 4 has launched an investigation into whether Grylls, who has conquered Everest and the Arctic, deceived the public in his series Born Survivor. The series, screened in March and April... Entertainment.timesonline.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1871610/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:29:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1865423/posts Coin discovery thrills archaeologists Archaeologists monitoring some digging by the City of Oslo's waterworks department made a sensational discovery this week.Gunhild Høvik Hansen spotted the special coin while digging herself. PHOTO: ANNE-STINE JOHNSBRÅTEN The discovery was made while archaeologists were monitoring replacement of new waterlines in the oldest part of Oslo. PHOTO: ANNE-STINE JOHNSBRÅTEN The archaeologists have been following excavations done by city workers who are replacing underground water pipes in the oldest part of Oslo, called Gamlebyen. That's the neighbourhood east of today's downtown area where Oslo’s first known settlements were established more than a thousand years ago.... AftenPosten http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1865423/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:54:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1858342/posts SINAI PENINSULA, EGYPT – In a startling new discovery that is turning the heads of biblical scholars and skeptics alike, manna—a nondescript bread-like eatable—has reportedly been found covering the ground each morning in a dry and desolate region outside of Serabit El-Khadem. The Holy Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1858342/posts#comment Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:35:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1843797/posts Aventura - ancient Maya city discovered on modern papaya farm in Corozal Friday, 01 June 2007 By Joseph Stamp Romero - Staff Reporter Excavated structure where platform was found. Platform can be seen to the left of the gentleman. Archeologists say they have stumbled on three Mayan foundations, which are part of a large Mayan city called Aventura, dating back to the early Classic Period of the Mayan Civilization. Among the artifacts retrieved are the bones a man and a woman, believed to be 1,800 years old. The Belize National Institute of Archaeology have said that they found what appears... The Reporter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1843797/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jun 2007 21:05:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1806290/posts Only in science could the discovery of something old and crusty be exciting. And researchers are very excited about finding chunks of Earth's outer crust that are 3.8 billion years old. Most stuff that old has been folded back into the planet and lost forever or spat back out after being melted into unrecognizable magma. The discovery, detailed in today's issue of the journal Science, provides solid evidence that Earth had crustal plates way back then that were banging into each other much as they do today in a process that drives earthquakes and reshapes continents. That activity, and the... LiveScience.com on yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1806290/posts#comment Sun, 25 Mar 2007 02:40:45 GMT