Here are some articles we found interesting as we perused various feeds this week. We try to keep these articles in categories related to existing sections of our Academy.
Anthropology
- Ancient Megalithic Structure Older Than The Egyptian Pyramids Discovered In The Peruvian Andes. “Dated to around 2,750 B.C., using radiocarbon dating techniques, the circular stone plaza was built using massive vertical stones placed in upright positions. This construction method is similar to other ancient sites from the ancient world, like Stonehenge, which is approximately the same age as the newly discovered stone plaza. However, the researchers say it is a construction style “previously unseen” in the Andes.”
- Life on Mars could have thrived near active volcanoes and an ancient mile-deep lake. “…crustal changes behind these newly discovered volcanic features are analogous to a step that Earth took on its own evolutionary pathway toward plate tectonics more than 2.5 billion years ago.”
- People and pollution responsible for downfall of nighttime pollination, study says. Pollution reduces the scent signals from flowers.
- What turned Earth into a giant snowball 700 million years ago? Scientists now have an answer. Low volcanic carbon dioxide emissions for 57 million years.
- Volcano That Blasted Seawater into the Stratosphere May Have Damaged Ozone Layer.
- A Huge Italian Volcano Could Be Ready to Erupt. “Italy’s Campi Flegrei volcano has caused thousands of recent earthquakes and pushed up the ground, worrying 1.3 million residents.”
- ‘Magnificent creatures’: New photos show largest anaconda ever recorded. 20.8 feet long. Impressive.
- New Species of Rare Fish Discovered in Japan Has Everyone Captivated. It is the Skeleton Panda Sea Squirt.
- Meet Methuselah, The World’s Oldest Living Aquarium Fish. She is at least 93 years old.
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