: A 6,000-year-old telescope without a lens – Astronomy Now

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This 6,000-year-old tomb might have been the world’s first astronomy telescope – ScienceAlert

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Greenpeace was targeted by 100 Nobel laureates who signed a letter calling on the group to end its campaign against genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Greenpeace to Nobel Laureates: It’s Not Our Fault Golden Rice Has ‘Failed as a Solution’

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Archaeologists at Roanoke Island, North Carolina have just found 400-year-old artifacts believed to be from the mysterious Lost Colony, the first English settlement in North America.

On July 22, 1587, following in the footsteps of a group of colonists who’d settled there a few years prior, the English arrived at Roanoke. However, all they found from that first group was a skeleton, and within about three years, they themselves would be gone.

When an English mission to resupply the Roanoke Colony made landfall on August 18, 1590, no settlers were found, only the letters “CRO” carved into a tree and the word “Croatan” carved into a fence post nearby.

However, despite sometimes wild theorizing about what strange, tragic fate befell the colonists, the answer is likely quite simple: They went to live with the Croatan Native Americans on nearby Hatteras Island.

In fact, with a number of people on the Island subsequently showing a mixed English/Native America phenotype and speaking a likewise dialect, it’s all but certain that the Roanoke colonists and the Croatan simply began living as one.

…And while the ultimate mystery of the Lost Colony may actually be no mystery at all, finds like Deetz’s will help reconstruct this crucial moment in American history.

400-Year-Old Artifacts Uncovered At First English Settlement In The New World – All That Is Interesting

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Massive structures that housed ancient Greek warships thousands of years ago were recently excavated near Athens by a team of underwater archaeologists.

Ancient Greek Naval Base Held Hundreds of Warships

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Some say it was a giant leap for humanity, some say it was fake, some even say Stanely Kubrick directed it. 

SO, NASA Got Sick of all that Conspiracy Thing and Released over 10,000 Photos from the Apollo Moon Mission

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In a recent experiment, students investigated how the Neolithic people of Britain might have constructed Stonehenge, including how they transported the massive stones over great distances.

Heave-Ho! Stonehenge Experiment May Show How Monument Was Built

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An ancient necropolis with 5,000 years’ worth of tombs includes the skeleton of an aristocratic lady with a flattened forehead.

Weird Deformed Skull and Stone Age Tombs Unearthed in France

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Gaulcross Hoard:

100 Silver Pieces Found in Roman-Era ‘Hoard’ in Scotland

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The base of the Great Pyramid at Giza is a little lopsided because its builders made a teensy mistake when constructing it, new research reveals.

Great Pyramid of Giza Is Slightly Lopsided

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Earth has a new buddy.

NASA spots a strange new asteroid playing “leap frog” with Earth – Vox

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Originally found in the remains of a shipwreck of an ancient merchant ship that is believed to have sunk between 150-70 BC…

[In] 1902 when Valerios Stais, the Director of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, took notice of the great embedded in a rock. Stais believed it to be an astronomical clock, which was dismissed due to the preconceptions of technology only adapting to be able to make such equipment in the 14th century.

“It’s like a textbook of astronomy as it was understood then, which connected the movements of the sky and the planets with the lives of the ancient Greeks and their environment.” 

Modern Technology Uncovers New Findings: Ancient Greek Analog Computer was a Textbook of Astronomy | GreekReporter.com

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Researchers have detected gravitational waves for the second time, opening up a new field of astronomical research.

‘Astronomy of the 21st century’: LIGO spots gravitational waves again – CSMonitor.com

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NASA’s “Mars Explorers Wanted” posters are perfect for any room in your home—especially the rec room.

Clear Some Wall Space and Download These NASA Recruitment Posters Now | WIRED

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