All Articles Tagged As: art

Synchrotron light unveils oil in ancient Buddhist paintings from Bamiyan (4/23/2008)

Cave in Afghanistan shows oldest use of oil based painting. ...> Full Article

Researcher finds fossilized shell-breaking crab (4/18/2008)

Found southeastern Mexico, crab are the oldest fossils with over-size claw on record and represent a new species ...> Full Article

First 'rule' of evolution suggests that life is destined to become more complex (3/19/2008)

Scientists have revealed what may well be the first pervasive 'rule' of evolution. ...> Full Article

Nuclear 'Eye' Reveals That Napoleon Was Not Poisoned, Although Arsenic Levels High At That Time (2/12/2008)

Arsenic poisoning did not kill Napoleon in Saint Helena, as affirmed by a new meticulous examination performed at the laboratories of the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) in Milano-Bicocca and Pavia, together with the University of Milano-Bicocca and the University of Pavia. ...> Full Article

Oldest Horseshoe Crab Fossil Found, 100 Million Years Old (2/8/2008)

Few modern animals are as deserving of the title "living fossil" as the lowly horseshoe crab. Seemingly unchanged since before the Age of Dinosaurs, these venerable sea creatures can now claim a history that reaches back almost half-a billion years. ...> Full Article

Giant fossil sea scorpion (11/22/2007)

Giant fossil sea scorpion bigger than a man ...> Full Article

New 150 million-year-old crab species discovered (10/19/2007)

Researchers have discovered a new primitive crab species Cycloprosopon dobrogea in eastern Romania. Previously unexamined, these ancient crabs from the Prosopidae family existed more than 150 million years ago during the Jurassic period. ...> Full Article