Tuesday, February 28, 2006

A Busy Week for Science

In the last week or so, scientists have:

Found the lost civilization of Tambora, buried in the world's largest known volcanic eruption in 1815:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060228/ap_on_sc/lost_civilization

Discovered a new temple in Egypt with statues of Ramses II:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060227/ap_on_sc/egypt_sun_temple_4

Uncovered a fossil that puts a specialized, swimming mammal back in the Jurassic era, 100 million years before any such thing was thought to exist:
http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/060223_aquatic_mammal.html

Discovered "Cueva del Fantasma" ("Cave of the Ghost") near the Aprada tepui in southern Venezuela - a cave so huge two helicopters can fly into it. At least one new frog species has been located there so far.

The frontiers of science still beckon us.

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