Scientific Minds Want To Know
A team of Irish archaeologists is puzzled by the "bizarre" discovery of a 1,150-year-old Viking necklace in a cave in the Burren, Ireland.
Image credit: T. Andrews/GNWT
As temperatures rise in the Yukon's Mackenzie Mountains, veritable treasure troves of ancient artifacts have been uncovered by melting ice. Now, high in the mountains of northern Canada, archeologists are racing to recover items from these sites that have been entombed in ice for thousands of years.But the ice, unfortunately, may be melting too fast. Lacking manpower and funding, the research teams are struggling to recover the ancient hunting implements before they are destroyed by migrating animals and harsh weather.
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 This species of green horsefly was discovered by researchers on their first insect quest into the Amazon. Photo via artour_a To date, around 1 million insect species have been identified throughout the world. But, while that may be a mind-boggling number, biologists estimate that there remains at least 4 million more left undiscovered--many of which may lie deep in the heart of the world's largest rainforest. With that in mind, soon a team of researchers will travel 20 days, by boat, into remote regions of the Amazon in hopes of collecting around 100 thousand insect specimens. Article continues: Amazon Expedition Aims to Collect 100,000 Bugs |
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