Curiosity Machine

The discovery of an intact mammoth skull in California raises questions. cnn.com/2016/09/14/us/…

Archeologists have found 2,000 ancient golden spirals and they have no idea what they are .. smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/arc…

Excavations at the Minoan site, Gournia, in Crete give archaeologists a new look at Europe's first great civilization archaeology.org/issues/174-150…

UV light reveals the color & pattern of fossil shells and help a researcher discover 13 new species of ancient snails smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/uv-…

Spirit of St Louis, first to fly nonstop from New York to Paris, is lowered to the ground in the Air & Space Museum. smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-in…

In the Yucatan archaeologists have rediscovered 2 ancient Maya cities, one has an entrance depicting an earth monster archaeology.org/news/2443-1408…

Age is important in defining if a star is Sun-like. A new technique for measuring a star's age is gyrochronology .. smithsonianscience.org/2014/07/sun-li…

Bizarre dinosaur had 4 wings and long tail feathers. Named Changyuraptor yangi, it is related to the Velociraptor .. livescience.com/46803-changyur…

A well preserved limestone chapel from the reign of the 11th Dynasty king Mentuhotep II has been unearthed in Sohag. #sthash.qLgC6tcc.dpbs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ablogabouthistory.com/2014/07/15/11t…

NASA's Kepler Space Telescope has discovered the first Earth-size planet orbiting a star in the "habitable zone" .. nasa.gov/ames/kepler/na…

Scientists may now understand why zebras have stripes, they may actually keep the flies from biting .. blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2014/0…

Galileo is in the news. In the 1600s he discovered an illusion that makes Venus appear much larger. We now know why. news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/02/1…

A group of scientists has produced the first global geologic map of the largest moon in the solar system, Ganymede .. nasa.gov/jpl/news/ganym…

A civilization known as the Chavin were prevalent in the South American country of Peru from 900-200 BC, predating the Inca civilization.

Johann Sebastian Bach's best known orchestral works are the Brandenburg Concertos, written in 1721. They are of the concerto grosso genre.

The oldest plant ever to be regenerated has been grown from 32,000 year old seeds - interesting article and photo. news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/02/1…

Phobos is the larger of Mars' two moons and was discovered on 17 August 1877 by Asaph Hall .. solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profil…

The science and artistry of conserving medieval manuscripts, some interesting examples and photos .. @blmedieval britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanus…

A new type of tarantula, with a wingspan of about 8 inches, has been found in northern Sri Lanka .. wired.com/wiredscience/2…

Top 25 wild bird photographs of the week selected from the thousands of photographs submitted to the Wild Bird Trust. newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/03/24/top…