http://www.sciencecentric.com/travel/ World travel news, scientific expeditions en-gb Copyright 2009, Science Centric contact@sciencecentric.com (Stanislav Abadjiev) Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:24:00 GMT Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:24:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss/ http://www.sciencecentric.com/images/sc_logo_news.jpg http://www.sciencecentric.com/travel/ A skeleton, found at one of the most important, but least understood, Roman sites in Britain is puzzling experts from The University of Nottingham... http://www.sciencecentric.com/travel/article.php?q=09091601-caistor-skeleton-mystifies-archaeologists http://www.sciencecentric.com/travel/article.php?q=09091601-caistor-skeleton-mystifies-archaeologists Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:24:00 GMT A rare and surprising archaeological discovery at Tel Dor: A gemstone engraved with the portrait of Alexander the Great was uncovered during excavations by an archaeological team directed by Dr Ayelet Gilboa of the University of Haifa and Dr Ilan Sharon of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 'Despite its miniature dimensions - the stone is less than a centimetre high and its width is less than half a centimetre - the engraver was able to depict the bust of Alexander on the gem without omitting any of the ruler's characteristics' notes Dr Gilboa, Chair of the Department of Archaeology at the University of Haifa. 'The emperor is portrayed as young and forceful, with a strong chin, straight nose and long curly hair held in place by a diadem'... http://www.sciencecentric.com/travel/article.php?q=09091501-a-rare-discovery-an-engraved-gemstone-carrying-portrait-alexander-the-great http://www.sciencecentric.com/travel/article.php?q=09091501-a-rare-discovery-an-engraved-gemstone-carrying-portrait-alexander-the-great Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:14:00 GMT An ancient treasure comprising three figurines of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, which was buried underground for over 1,500 years, was uncovered during the tenth season of excavations that are carried out by researchers of the Zinman Institute of Archaeology at the University of Haifa, headed by Prof. Arthur Segal and Dr Michael Eisenberg. 'It is possible that during the fourth century A.D., when Christianity was gradually becoming the governing religion in the Roman Empire, there were still a number of inhabitants in Sussita who remained loyal to the goddess of love and therefore wished to hide and preserve these items,' suggests Prof. Segal... http://www.sciencecentric.com/travel/article.php?q=09091401-figurines-aphrodite-from-the-era-the-roman-empire-discovered-hippos http://www.sciencecentric.com/travel/article.php?q=09091401-figurines-aphrodite-from-the-era-the-roman-empire-discovered-hippos Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:24:00 GMT The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) applauded Afghanistan's National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA), which announced today the establishment of the country's first internationally recognised national park... http://www.sciencecentric.com/travel/article.php?q=09042201-afghanistan-declares-its-first-national-park http://www.sciencecentric.com/travel/article.php?q=09042201-afghanistan-declares-its-first-national-park Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:10:00 GMT Two Durham University scientists are to play a key part in a 6000 km trip following the migration route of ancient Pacific cultures. Drs Keith Dobney and Greger Larson, both from the Department of Archaeology, will be joining the voyage, which will be the first ever expedition to sail in two traditional Polynesian boats - ethnic double canoes - which attempts to re-trace the genuine migration route of the ancient Austronesians... http://www.sciencecentric.com/travel/article.php?q=08110601-epic-voyage-clues-ancient-migration http://www.sciencecentric.com/travel/article.php?q=08110601-epic-voyage-clues-ancient-migration Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:04:00 GMT During October and November 2008, some 150 scientists from 40 institutions in eight nations - including scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory - will take part in an international field experiment designed to make observations of critical components of the climate system of the southeastern Pacific... http://www.sciencecentric.com/travel/article.php?q=08100701-pacific-climate http://www.sciencecentric.com/travel/article.php?q=08100701-pacific-climate Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:14:00 GMT New methods developed at the University of Arkansas will make decades-old satellite imagery readily available to archeologists and others who need to know what a landscape looked like before the spread of cities and agriculture. For the first time, archeologists can see three-dimensional views of the landscape of the Middle East from 40 years ago... http://www.sciencecentric.com/travel/article.php?q=08100604-atlas-archeological http://www.sciencecentric.com/travel/article.php?q=08100604-atlas-archeological Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:28:00 GMT Life has been discovered in the barren depths of Rome's ancient tombs, proving catacombs are not just a resting place for the dead. The two new species of bacteria found growing on the walls of the Roman tombs may help protect our cultural heritage monuments, according to research published in the September issue of the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology... http://www.sciencecentric.com/travel/article.php?q=08100603-ancient-tombs http://www.sciencecentric.com/travel/article.php?q=08100603-ancient-tombs Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:25:00 GMT Tourism in Antarctica has grown dramatically. In 1985, just a few thousand people visited the area but in the season 2007/2008 more than 40,000 did the same. A number of parties are concerned about the effects of this rapid growth with respect to safety, the environment, the scale of tourism and the lack of financial resources for monitoring and enforcement purposes... http://www.sciencecentric.com/travel/article.php?q=08100602-tourism-antarctica http://www.sciencecentric.com/travel/article.php?q=08100602-tourism-antarctica Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:23:00 GMT Nearly 200 million people now live outside their country of birth. But the patterns of migration that got them there have proven difficult to project. Now scientists at Rockefeller University, with assistance from the United Nations, have developed a predictive model of worldwide population shifts that they say will provide better estimates of migration across international boundaries... http://www.sciencecentric.com/travel/article.php?q=08100601-people-migration http://www.sciencecentric.com/travel/article.php?q=08100601-people-migration Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:20:00 GMT