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South American mummies were victims of arsenic poisoning
Washington, July 5 (ANI): A new research has suggested that many of the ancient mummies from the South American Chinchorro culture were victims of arsenic poisoning.
The Chinchorro mummies are mummified remains of individuals from the South American Chinchorro culture found in what is now northern Chile and southern Peru.
They are the oldest examples of [...]
Secret behind “delta wing” dolphins’ speed and agility revealed – partly
London, June 21 (ANI): US researchers have partly been successful in solving the mystery behind the speed and agility of dolphins and porpoises.
They believe the secret can be explained by the mammals’ ability to deploy flippers in the same “delta wing” pattern as jet fighters.
Boffins have found that the sea mammals use swept-back design to [...]
Twenty years after Exxon Valdez, oil spills still threaten coasts
San Francisco – Few lessons have been learned from Exxon Valdez, as oil spills are a regular occurrence 20 years after the worst ecological disaster in US history, environmentalists warned Tuesday.
On March 24, 1989, a massive tanker captained by a man who had allegedly been drinking, sailed outside regular Alaskan shipping lanes and hit [...]
FEATURE: Problems persist two decades after Exxon Valdez oil spill
San Francisco – On March 24, 1989, a massive tanker captained by a man who had allegedly been drinking, sailed outside regular Alaskan shipping lanes and hit a reef, causing one of the worst environmental disasters in US history.
The Exxon Valdez, at the time one of the most advanced tankers in the world, split, [...]
Bottlenose dolphins ‘have amazing butchery and culinary skills’
London, Jan 29 (ANI): Bottlenose dolphins make for impressive butchers, say Australian researchers, who have observed how the playful sea-mammals use precise series of drills to kill, gut and bone a cuttlefish.
The dolphins make use of a six-step procedure to get rid of the invertebrate’s unappetising ink and hard-to-swallow cuttlebone.
“The behaviour seems so obviously related [...]
