http://www.ccnmag.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:44:55 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/life_beyond_earth_underwater_caves_in_bahamas_could_give_clues Discoveries made in some underwater caves by researchers in the Bahamas could provide clues about how ocean life formed on Earth millions of years ago, and perhaps give hints of what types of marine life could be found on distant planets and moons. CalTechNews Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:40:38 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/domesticated_dog_skull_33,000_years_old A 33,000-year-old dog skull unearthed in a Siberian mountain cave presents some of the oldest known evidence of dog domestication and, together with an equally ancient find in a cave in Belgium, indicates that modern dogs may be descended from multiple an CalTechNews Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:37:24 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/winged_dinosaur_was_dressed_for_flight Since its discovery 150 years ago, scientists have puzzled over whether the winged dinosaur Archaeopteryx represents the missing link in birds' evolution to powered flight CalTechNews Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:05:08 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/ancient_tulip_creature_discovered A bizarre creature that lived in the ocean more than 500-million years ago has emerged from the famous Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies CalTechNews Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:16:03 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/ancient_popcorn_discovered_in_peru People living along the coast of Peru were eating popcorn 1,000 years earlier than previously reported and before ceramic pottery was used there CalTechNews Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:51:33 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/first_physical_evidence_of_tobacco_in_mayan_container Dscovery represents new evidence on the ancient use of tobacco in the Mayan culture and a new method to understand the ancient roots of tobacco use in the Americas CalTechNews Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:22:16 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/in_ancient_pompeii,_trash_and_tombs_went_hand_in_hand Cemeteries in ancient Pompeii were "mixed-use developments" with a variety of purposes that included serving as an appropriate site to toss out the trash CalTechNews Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:43:00 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/77,000-year-old_evidence_for_bedding_and_use_of_medicinal_plants_uncovered Researchers have discovered the earliest evidence for the intentional construction of plant "bedding." CalTechNews Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:14:17 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/world_s_first_super_predator_amazing_vision South Australian Museum and University of Adelaide scientists working on fossils from Kangaroo Island have found eyes belonging to a giant 500 million-year-old marine predator that sat at the top of Earth's first food chain CalTechNews Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:18:01 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/archeologists_discover_huge_ancient_greek_commercial_area_on_island_of_sicily The Greeks were not always in such dire financial straits as today. German archeologists have discovered a very large commercial area from the ancient Greek era during excavations on Sicily. CalTechNews Sat, 03 Dec 2011 01:27:20 +0100