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ANCIENT MUSIC MAKER
Nov 01, 2009; ... Archaeologists have discovered the world's oldest musical instruments at a dig in Germany delicate flutes carved from hollow bird bones. The people who made and played the flutes lived about 35,000 years ago and are thought to be the first modern humans They settled in caves and hunted and ...
LAUGHinG MAtteRS
Nov 01, 2009; ... Chuckling chimps? Giggling gorillas? Scientists have been studying whether animals smile and laugh for a long time. Now, after comparing 800 recordings of the noises young apes and humans make when they are tickled, a group of researchers concludes that humans are not the only animals to enjoy a ...
MIGHTY MOTHS
Nov 01, 2009; ... When you are a moth, it's easy to end up as a bat's breakfast. With its powers of echolocation- sending out sound waves to locate obstacles and food- a bat can zero in on its prey and gobble it down in midair. But at least one species of moth has evolved a way to confuse an attacking bat. Using ...
Stairway to Heaven
Nov 01, 2009; ... First it was the space elevator, planned to lift humans onto a platform 80,000 miles (129,000 kilometers) into space. Now it's the inflatable space tower. While designs are still on the drawing board, they call for a blowup tower 9 miles (14 kilometers) tall tied to a mountain top. Launched from ...
A Pirate's Life for me
Nov 01, 2009; ... Wendy Welsh sits on the edge of the boat, wearing flippers, mask, and an oxygen tank. Just before she tumbles backward into the Atlantic Ocean, she grins and says, "I have a really fun job." Welsh is an underwater archaeology conservator. She manages the laboratory where items recovered ...